vations on Border Fishes, by Mr. A. Brotherston. 117 



IV. GrOLDsrjsrNY or Jago (Crenilabrus rupestris) 8elhj.=Zutja- 

 nus rupestris, Bloch. — During the violent storm which raged 

 along the eastern coast on the 20th and 21st of December, 1876, 

 three specimens of this interesting fish were thrown out by the 

 sea near Berwick. Their lengths were respectively 1\, 7, and 6£ 

 inches. They varied in colour, the largest and the smallest 

 being of a deep orange on the back, becoming lighter down- 

 wards, and getting nearly white on the belly. The other is 

 much darker, greyish green, intermixed with yellow, showing 

 transverse markings on the sides. There is no doubt of all three 

 being the same species, as each had the characteristic dark spots, 

 one on the anterior portion of the dorsal fin, and the other at the 

 base of the tail near the upper edge. In Selby's otherwise ex- 

 cellent figure of this fish (Mag. of Zool., and Bot. i., pi. 6) the 

 dark spot is represented on the uncovered part of the rays of the 

 tail, whereas in all these examples it is on the scaly part fully 

 three-eighths of an inch from where the scales terminate, about 

 one-half of the tail being covered with scales. The following 

 shows how the fin-ray formula differs in different individuals of 



this species : — 



Length 



of Dorsal P. Ventral Anal. Caudal. 

 Specimen 



Selby, Mag. Zool. 



Bot. i., 169 - 

 Thompson, do., 



do., ii., 445 - 



and 



do., 



Do. 



do. 



Yarrell, British Fishes, 

 2nd ed. i., 336 



The three Berwick speci- j 

 mens cast out by the <^ 

 sea, Dec. 21, 1876 



6f in. 



4f in. 



7iin. 

 7 in. 



Dorsal 



P. 



Ventral 



Anal. 



18+9 



14 



1+5 



3+8 



17+9 



14 



1+5 



3+8 



18+9 



15 



1+5 



3+8 



17+9 



14 



1+5 



3+7 



18+8 



1-1 



1+5 



3+8 



18+9 



15 



1+5 



3+7 



18+9 



15 



1+5 



3+8 



15 and 2 short. 



!15 well de- 

 veloped. 

 Br. 5. 

 15 



13 



13 and 2 short. 

 15 and 2 short. 

 15 and 2 short. 



The G-oldsinny seems to have been lost sight of in this country, 

 or confounded with others of the same family, from the time of 

 Bay — who appears to have been the first to make it known, 

 until the 20th of February, 1836, when Mr Selby got a specimen, 

 which was left on the shore near Bamburgh, after the reflux of 

 an extraordinary high tide. At the same time other two were 

 picked up in Berwick Bay, and secured by Dr Johnston. Thesp 

 * Yarrell had seen no examples more than seven inches in length. 



