188 PISCES. 



L. carneus, Bl. ; L. trimaculatus, L. Bl., 289. Reddish; three 

 black spots on the hind part of the back. 



L. turdus^ Gm.; Salvian. 87. Green, more or less distinct; 

 scattered spots sometimes resembling mother of pearl, some- 

 times brown; frequently a nacred band along the flank. (1) 



L. merula, Gm.: Salvian. 87. Black, more or less bluish; the 

 dorsal of these three species contains from sixteen to eighteen 

 spines. The last one is only obtained from the Mediterra- 

 iiean.(2) 



Cheilinus, Lacep. 



Differs from Labrus, properly so called, in the interruption of the 

 lateral line opposite the end of the dorsal; it recommences a little 

 lower down. The scales on the end of the tail are large and some- 

 what envelope the base of the caudal. They are beautiful fishes from 

 the Indian Ocean. (3) 



Lachnolaimus, Cuv. 

 The general characters of a true Labrus, but the pharyngeals 



vetula, Bl., 293, to be an altered figure of the same; it is, in the nuptial season, the 

 Turdus perbelle piclus, of Willugh., 322, and the Sparua formosus, Shaw, Nat. 

 Misc. 



(1) I am of the opinion that the Lab. viridis and the Lab. luscus, Lin., are varie- 

 ties of this turdus, which is subject to great changes of colour. The Lab. viridis, 

 Bl., 282, is a Julis, Cuv., and differs from that of l.innteus. 



(2) Add: Lab. americanus^Bl., Schn., or Tautoga, Mitch., pi. iii, 1; — L. hey-issd, 

 Lacep., Ill, XX, 1; — L. large queue, Id., ill, ix, 3; — L. deux croissants, id.. Ill, 

 xxxii, 2; — L. Diane, Id., Ill, 1. 



N.B. The Cheil. auratus, Commers., Lacep., IV, 433, or the Labrus inermis, 

 of Forsk, (L. Hassec, Lacep.) and Voy. Freycin., Zool., pi. 54, No. 2, is merely a 

 very slender Labrus with flexible dorsal spines. 



(3) The Ckeili7ie trihbe, Lacep. Ill, xxxi, 3, the same as the Spams chlorurus, 

 Bl., 260; — Sparus radiatus, Bl., Schn., 56; — Sparus fasciatus,B\., 257, which is 

 also the Labre enneacanihe, Lacep., Ill, p. 490; — Labrus fasciatus, Bl., 290, which 

 is also the Labre malapteronote, Lacep., Ill, xxxi, 1; the figure to which should be 

 referred the description of the Labre fuligineu.x. Id. Ill, p. 493, but not the fig., 

 which is that of the Mesoprion xminotatus; — Labrus melagaster, Bl. , 296, 1 ; — L. di- 

 agramme, Lacep., Ill, 1, 2; — L. lunula, Forsk. N.B. The Labrus scarus, L., 

 (Cheiline scare, Lacep.) was merely established by Artedi andLinnsus on an equi- 

 vocal description of Belon, Aquat., lat. ed. p. 239, and Obs. p. 21, where it is im- 

 possible to ascertain even the genus of the fish of which he speaks. The fig. and 

 description of Rondelet, lib. VI, cap. II, p. 164, usually quoted with those of Be- 

 lon, refer to a totally different fish of the genus Sparus. The true Scarus of the 

 Greeks is another fish, as we sliall soon see- 



