124 WRASSE. 



Placi< Is common to the Mediterranean and American feas s is in higfi 



efteem for its delicacy among the Bahama ides. 



320. Ma K GROVE. Caujly, ii. p.— -L. grifeus, L;>. 474. 



\X7R. Widi a pointed nofe : very wide mouth j two large pointed 

 teeth in front of each jaw: whole fifh of a brown color, paleft 

 towards the belly : tail a little forked. Length about fourteen inches. 

 Catejby, with a negligence very ufual with him, has in his figure omit- 

 ted the peftoral fins. 



• 121. Hog, Calejiy, ii. u.— L. rufus, Z.z». 47;. 



"V^R. With a long protruded nofe : the whole fifh of a yellowifli red %■ 

 exterior ray of the tail on each fide extends far beyond the others. 

 Space between quite even, 



«22. Cinereous. The Shad, Catejl>y,\i. 11. fig. 2. 



\\7^R. With the nofe and fore part of the head fmooth and cartila- 

 ginous : mouth fmall and toothlefs j the back part ftrong and 

 boney : the whole fifh cinereous, tinged with purple ; lower part of 

 the dorfal fin covered with a double fkin. 



S23. Gafir. Labrus hiatula, Z/». 475. 



"OTR. With the body marked with fix or feven bands : tail undivided % 

 no anal fin. 

 Place. Inhabits the feas of Carolim, as I fuppofe the three former do. 



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