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Lahrm coquus (cooh), Gmel. Linn. p. 1297 ; Art. Walb. iii, p. 260 ; Shaw, 

 Zool. iv, p. 503 ; Lacep. iii, p. 443 ; Turton, Brit. Fauna, p. 99 ; Flem. Brit. 

 Anim. p. 209 ; Jenyns, Man. p. 39tj. 



Labrus vittatus, Art. Walb. iii, p. 256. 



Lahrus vetula, Bl. t. coxciii; Bl. Schn. p. 250; Lacep. iii, p. 447; Swainson, 

 Fisbes, ii, p. 228 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fishes (Ed. 1) i, p. 284, c. fig. ; Jenyns, Man. 

 p. 395. 



Gramwiistes variegatus, Bl. Schn. p. 190. 



Sparus formostis, Shaw, Nat. Misc. i, pi. sxxi. 



Labrus formosus, Shaw, Zool. iv, p. 512. 



Labrus pavo, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii, p. 299 (not loh. Nice). 



Labrus Imeatus, Bonn. Atl. Icb. p. 113, pi. xcviii, f. 402 ; Risso, Ich. Nice, 

 p. 220. 



Labrus larvatus, Rafin. Oaratt.- 38, sp. 101; Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, 

 p. 249. 



Striped wrasse, cooh or cuolcoo wrass, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, iii, p. 34, 

 pi. cxxvii. 



Synonymy af females. 



Labrus carneus, Ascan. Ic. t. xiii ; Blooh, t. cclxxxix ; Bl. Schn. p. 249 ; Yarrell, 

 Brit, Fishes (Ed. 1) i, p. 286, c. fig ; Nilss. Prod. p. 75 ; Pamell, Wern. Mem. 

 vii, p. 258, and Pish. Firth of Forth, p. 98. 



Trimaculated wrasse, Pennant, Brit. Zool. (Ed. 1776) iii, p. 248 (Ed. 1812) 

 iii, p. 336. 



Labrus trimaculatus, Gmel. Linn, i, p. 1294 ; Bonn. Atl. Ich. p. 113, pi. xcviii, 

 f. 401 ; Lacep. iii, pp. 435, 488 ; Shaw, Nat. Misc. xix, pi. 786, and Zool. iv, 

 p. 502 ; Donovan, Brit. Fish, iii, pi. xlix ; Turton, Brit. Fauna, p. 99 ; Risso, Ich. 

 Nice, p. 219 ; Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 68 ; Jenyns, Manual, p. 396 ; Thompson, Nat. 

 Hist. Ireland, iv, p. 126 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. (Ed. 2) i, p. 320 (Ed. 3) i, p. 495 ; 

 Guichen, Explor. Alger. Poiss. p. 83. 



Labrus exoletus, Retz. Faun. Suec. p. 335. 



Labrus mixtus, Kroyer, Dan. Fiske, i, p. 496, o. fig. 



Three-spotted wrass, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, iii, p. 36, pi. cxxvii. 



Yarrell in his third edition of British Fishes observes that this is the female 

 of L. ridxtus. 



Varieties of female. 



Labrus bimaaulatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 477 ; Gmel. Linn. p. 1289 ; Bonn. 

 Atl. Ich. p. 112 ; Lacep. iii, p. 439 ; Bl. Schn. p. 201 ; Shaw, Zool. iv, p. 502 ; 

 Risso, Ich. Nice, p. 227 ; Turton, Brit. Fauna, p. 99 ; Jenyns, Manual, p. 396. 



Bimaculated wrasse. Pennant, Brit. Zool. (Ed. 1776) iii, p. 247 (Ed. 1812) iii, 

 p. 355. 



Labrus quadrimaaulatus, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii, p. 302. 



(Monstrosity.) 



Labrus vetula, Yarrell, Brit. Fish. (Ed. 1) i, p. 284, c. fig. ; Jenyns, Manual, 

 p. 395 (not Bloch). 



Acantholabrus Yarrellii, Cuv. and Yal. xiii, p. 250 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. (Ed. 2) 

 i, p. 339 (Ed. 3) i, p. 5,16 ; White, Catal. p. 25. 



Sea-wife, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, iii, p. 37. 



Nilsson (iv, p. 273) first suggested that this fish was a monstrosity of L. mixtus 

 in which three of the soft rays had become transformed into spines. The type 

 appears to have been lost. 



B. V, D. (jiy^^, P. 17, V. 1/5, A. T-o?T2. C. 13-15, L. 1. 50-60, L. tr. 

 5-7/17-21, Vert. 18/21. 



Length of head 3j to 3|, of caudal fin 7|- to 8, height of body 4j to 4| in the 

 total length. Eye — diameter 51 in the length of the head, 2 to 2j diameters 

 from the end of the snout, and 1-} apart. Body rather compressed, snout 



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