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fish, consisting of Labrus maculatits, Crenilahrus Tinea, and its variety C. 

 Cornubicus, showing no difference but the black spot on the tail. 



Mr. 3PCaUa, in 1840, mentioned C. Tinea and C. Curnub. as frequent at 

 Roundstone. He added, " I have taken a number of C. Tinea of small 

 size, without the black spot and brilliant colour; I have specimens three 

 times the size with the black." I have never known this species brought 

 to Belfast market. 



A specimen of Crenilahrus Cornubicus, in possession of Dr. Ball, was 

 as follows : — 



Length 1 inch 9 lines. 



D. 16 + 9 ; P. 14 ; V. 1 + 5 ; A. 3 + 10 ; C. 14, and some short ; 

 coloui'ed as in Donovan's plate. 



It was taken at Glendore, County Cork. 



The fin-rays of two of the specimens which I procured at Bangor, in 

 September, 1835, were thus noted in my journal : — 



C. Tinea, seven inches long. — Fin-rays, D. 16 -j- 10 ; P. 14 ; V. 1 -|- 5 ; 

 A. 3 + 10; C. 13, well developed rays. 



C. Cornubicus, six inches long. — Fin-rays, D. 16 -|- 9 ; P. 14 ; V. l-^- 5 ; 

 A. 3 -4" 10 ; C. 13, well developed rays. 



Jagg's Goldsinny, Crenilahrus rupestris, Selby, 

 Has been obtained on the North-East and West coasts. 



Cren^ilabrtjs rupestris* [Lutjanus rtijiesiris, Bloch), Jago's 

 Goldsinny. 



On the 10th and 13th of September, 1835, I detected two specimens of 

 this fish at Bangor (County Down), amongst a number of the C. Tinea and 

 C. Cornubicus that were taken by boys fishing from the rocks, and using as 

 bait a species of Nereis, apparently the N. rufa of Pennant. The folloM'ing 

 short description, drawn up from them when recent, may not be unac- 

 ceptable, as the species is subject to much variation. Total length 4^ and 

 4| inches ; number of fin-ravs : — 



D. 17 + 9 ; P. 14 ; V. 1 4- 5 ; A. 3 -f 8 ; C. 15, well developed ; Br. 6. 

 D. 18 + 9 ; P. 15 ; V. 1 + 5 ; A. 3 + 8 ; C. 15. 



Depth equal to length of head ; head to length of body nearly as 1 to 3 ; 

 lateral line taking the precise form of dorsal profile. A row of pores 

 appearing near the margin of the pre-opercle is continued forward over 

 the eye. Behind its upper portion they are numerous, and irregularly 

 disposed. Caudal fin covered with scales for two-thirds of its length from 

 the base, none upon the dorsal and anal fins, their base being concealed 

 by the scales of the body. Colour above the lateral line greenish-brown, 

 below it changing gradually to pale green, the colour of the belly. Some 

 irregular rows of orange spots occur longitudinally beneath the lateral 

 line. Pectoral fins orange-yellow, which colour, with lighter shades of 

 yellow, prevails in all the fins, except the anterior portion of the dorsal, 

 which from the first to the fourth ray is black ; of this colour also are the 

 upper margin of the ej-e and orbit, and a roundish spot at the upper edge 

 of the tail. The centre of the scales, being of a rather darker shade than 

 their margin, gives to these specimens the appearance of being faintly 

 lineated. 

 They seem to be identical with the species represented in the vignette 



* See Mr. Selby in Mag. Zool. and Bot., vol. i. p. 170. 



