528 FISHES. 



AcANTHOLABRUS. — A Wrasse with five or six anal spines, 

 and with the teeth in a band. 



From the Mediterranean and British coasts (A. palloni). 



Centeolabrtjs. — Wrasses with four or five anal spines, and 

 with the teeth in a single series. 



Two species are known from Madeira and the Canary 

 Islands, and one from northern Europe and Greenland. The 

 latter is scarce on the British coasts, but bears a distinct 

 name on the south coast, where it is called " Eock-cook." 



Lachnolaemus from the West Indies, and Malacopteeus 

 from Juan Fernandez, are Labroids, closely allied to the pre- 

 ceding ISTorth Atlantic genera. 



CossYPHUS. — Body compressed, oblong, with scales of moder- 

 ate size ; snout more or less pointed ; imbricate scales on the 

 cheeks and opercles ; basal portion of the vertical fins scaly. 

 Lateral line not interrupted. Teeth in the jaws in a single 

 series ; four canine teeth in each jaw anteriorly ; a posterior 

 canine tooth. Formula of the fins : D. -jif^, A. ^. 



Twenty species are known from the tropical zone and 

 coasts adjoining it; some, like 0. gouldii from Tasmania, 

 attain a length of three or four feet. 



Chilinus. — Body compressed, oblong, covered with large 

 scales ; lateral line interrupted ; cheeks with two series of scales; 

 praeoperculum entire ; teeth in a single series, two canines in 

 each jaw ; no posterior canine tooth ; lower jaw not produced 

 backwards. Dorsal spines subequal in length ; formula of the 

 fins : D. f=^, A f . 



Common in the tropical Indo-Pacific, whence more than 

 twenty species are known. Hybrids between the different 

 species of this genus are not uncommon. 



Epibulus. — Closely allied to the preceding genus, but with 

 a very protractile mouth, the ascending branches of the inter- 

 maxUlaries, the mandibles, and the tympanic being much pro- 

 longed. 



