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about two-thirds the length of the head, immediately beneath 

 the commencement of the dorsal ; all the rays soft and arti- 

 culated, and, except the first, branched : ventrals a little 

 shorter ; the first ray spinous, shorter than the second and 

 third, which are longest ; all the soft rays branched ; the last 

 ray united to the abdomen by a membrane for half its length. 



B. 5 : D. 20 -I- 10 or 11 : P. 14 : V. 1 -f 5 :A. 3-]- 9. : C 13. 



Colours of specimens in spirits yellowish brown, with irre- 

 gular transverse bands ; dorsal irregularly spotted with fus- 

 cous ; anal light brown ; the other fins pale." 



" It is apparently," says Mr. Jenyns, " quite distinct 

 from any of those described by other authors. Though be- 

 longing to the present section (Labrus), which it is conve- 

 nient to retain, it would seem to form the transition to the 

 Crenilabri, to which its near affinity is indicated by the 

 rudimentary denticulations on the margin of the preopercle.'" 



The vignette below represents the bones of the head in the 

 genus Labrus. 



