84 



Gohius Maderensis, Cuv. and Val. XII. 55. Rarior. 



I believe this to be a mere variety or state of the common Euro- 

 pean G. niger, Cuv. and Val., analogous to the above-mentioned 

 Maderan state of Pholis lavis, Flem. 



GoBius EPHiPPiATUs, G. fuscus, macultttus et punctatus : capite 

 nuchaque nudis, hue sulcata : pinnarum pectoralium dorsaliumque radiis 

 haud product is : squatiiis magnis. 



D. l'"^ 6; D. 2^\ 12; A. 11 ; P. 19; V. 5; C. ^^ + XV ; 



V. o 



B. M. 5. Rariss. 



Of a nearly uniform brown colour, a little paler on the belly, with 

 a roAV of darker rich brown patches along the sides, and above these 

 numerous scattered smaller spots. Head spotted. The spots on the 

 head and fore part of the body are ocellate, or surrounded by a fer- 

 ruginous or yellow ring. The eyes are scarcely a semidiameter apart. 

 The ventral fins are united, but by a very low membrane in front. 

 Length of the only individual which has hitherto occurred, five inches. 

 It appears sufficiently distinct from all the described European spe- 

 cies by its naked head and nape. 



Fam. LoPHiDiE. 



Cheironectes bicornis. C. hispidus, setis furcatis, nudus sex- 

 appendiculatus , pallide ruber, punctulis fuscis conspurcatus : 

 /route super oculos bicorni ; cornu anteriore distincto, recurvo ; 

 posteriore gibboso-cristiformi ; filamento intermedia inconspicuo : 

 bracjiiis pectoralibus ventralibusque exsertis. 



D. 12 ; A. 7 ; P. 10 ; V. 5 ; C. ^J + V. 



A single individual only has occurred of this pretty little species, 

 which in the foregoing characters appears distinct enough from all 

 enumerated by MM. Cuv. and Val. ; approaching, perhaps, nearest 

 to Ch. furcipilis, pardalis, or coccineus. It was only one and three- 

 fourths of an inch long, and seven-eighths of an inch deep. The 

 whole fish is strongly scabrous to the touch. 



Fam. Labrid^. 



Crenilabrus caninus, nob. Synops. 186. 



A most remarkable variety of this fish has the preopercle perfectly 

 entire ; invalidating thus completely the generic character. This 

 state of the species appears permanent, and independent of age or 

 size ; whilst it is wholly unaccompanied by other marks of difference 

 or indications of disease. It is rare comparatively with the normal 

 form. 



Crenilabrus luscus, nob. in Syn. Mad. Fish 187; nee Yairellii 

 nee Linnsei. 



This also proves distinct from Mr. Couch's Scale-rayed "Wrasse 

 (^Acantholabrus Couchii, Cuv. and Val. 13. 248), to which, as figured 

 by Yarrell for the Labrus luscus, L. (a true Labrus, according to 

 Valenciennes,) I had formerly referred it. A still nearer ally ap- 

 pears, however, to be Acantholabrus Palloni, Cuv. and Val. 13. 243 



