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LABRID.E. 



the anterior part of the dorsal fin in his enumeration of the 

 spots, and calls the species four-spotted : he also adds, that 

 those specimens which frequent the more rocky districts of 

 the Mediterranean are observed to be most inclined to red 

 in colour, Mr. Couch*'s coloured drawings of Cornish spe- 

 cimens, which are remarkably red, are in accordance with 

 Risso''s remark. The lips and fleshy portions of the under 

 jaw, not covered with scales, are of a delicate flesh colour. 



