S78 LABRIDM. 



The number of fin-rays are — 



D. 20 + n : p. 15 : V. 1 + 5 : A. 3 + 9 : C. 13. 



This species possesses teeth on the pharyngeal bones, as 

 figured on Pennant's plate of the Ballan Wrasse. The vent 

 is in a line under the eighteenth spinous ray of the dorsal 

 fin. 



Bloch's figure was probably taken from a preserved spe- 

 cimen, the colours of which had faded. 



