LABRID^. 269 



Genua VI. — CoBiS, Lacepede. 



Eologymnosus, sp. Lacep ; Halichoeres, sp. Riipp. ; Pseudocoris, Eemicoris, and 

 OpMhalmolepis, Bleeker. 



BrancMostegals six : pseudobranchice present. Body oblong and compressed' 

 Teeth in the jaws, the anterior ones being conical and free, while laterally the 

 outer row is composed of larger teeth than the Miner : a posterior canine pointing 

 forwards, often exists at the angle of the mouth. A single dorsal fin with eight or 

 nine spines : anal with three. Scales small, 60 or more rows : none on the head 

 (^except in G. lineolata). Lateral-line continuous. 



Geographical distribution. — From the south coast of Great Britain extending 

 to tlie Atlantic and the tropical portion of both hemispheres, as well as the 

 adjacent regions. 



1. Coris julis, Plate LXXVII, fig. 1 mule, fig. 2 female. 

 Synonymy of males. 



Julis, Rondel, vi, cap. 7, p. 180 ; Salviani, p. 219 ; Gesner, Aquat. iv, p. 464 ; 

 Aldrov. i, c. 7, p. 39 ; Jonston, i, tit. 2, c. 1, art. 5, t. xiv, f. 3 ; Willngh. p. 324, 

 pi. X, f. 1 ; Ray, Syn. p. 138. Labrus, no. 7, Artedi, Gen. p. 34, no. 1, Synon. 

 p. 53. McBnas, Klein, Miss. Pise, v, p. 46, no. 4, t. viii, f. 8. Labrus, sp. Gronov. 

 Mns. Ich. ii, sp. 184 and Zooph. no. 241 . Sparus nilotic.us, Hasselq. Iter Palses. 

 p. 387. Bainbow wrasse, Pennant, Brit. Zool. (Ed. 1812) iii, p. 343. 



Labrus julis, Linn. Syst. i, p. 476 ; Shaw, Zool. iv, p. 525 ; Bloch, t. cclxxxvii, 

 f. 1 ; Bonn. Atl. Ich. p. 108, pi. iii, f . 199 ; Lacep. iii, p. 493 ; Bl. Sohn. p. 247 ; 

 Donovan, Brit. Fish, iv, pi. xcvi ; Turton, Brit. Fauna, p. 99 ; Risso, Ich. Nice, 

 p. 227 ; jenyns. Manual, p. 397 ; Gronov. ed. Gray, p. 79. 



Julis Mediterranea, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii, p. 309 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fishes (Ed. 1) 

 i, p. 291, c. fig. (Ed. 2) i, p. 344 (Ed. 3) i, p. 621. 



Julis speciosa, Risso, 1. c. iii,^ p. 311 ; Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 375. 



Julis vulgaris, ¥\emhig, Brit. Anim. p. 210 ; Cav. and Val. xiii, p. 361, pi. 

 ccclxxxiv; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Peso. c. fig. ; Kroyer, Dan. Fiske, i, p. 661, c. fig. ; 

 Moreau, Poiss. France, iii, p. 141. 



Jidis f estiva, Ouv. and Val. xiii, p. 374. 



Jidis melaniora, Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii, p. 12. 



Julis julis. White, Catal. p. 26. 



Coris jidis, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 196 ; Steind. Ich. Span. u. Port. 1868, p. 35 ; 

 Winther, Ich. Dan. Mar. p. 27 ; Giglioli, Peso. Ital. p. 35. 



Bainbow wrasse. Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, iii, p. 49, pi. cxxxiv. 



Synonymy of females and young. 



Labrus Oiofredi, Risso, Ich. Nice, p. 228, pi. ix, f. 23. 



Jidis Giofredi, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii, p. 310 ; Cuv. and Val. xiii, p. 371, pi. 

 ecclxxxv ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesc. pi. fig. 2 ; Moreau, Poiss France, iii, p. 145, 

 c. fig. 



Coris giofredi, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 197 ; Giglioli, Pesc. Ital. p. 35. 



B. vi, D. t^'ts. P- 12-13, V. 1/5, A. ^l^^, C. 13-14, L. 1. 75-78 (80), L. tr. 

 3/24, Vert. 9-10/15-16. 



Length of head 4J to 4^, of caudal fin 7 to 7|, height of body 4-1- to 5 in the 

 total length, ^j/e— diameter 5 to 6 in the length of the head, li to 2 diameters 

 from the end of the snout, and 1 to 1^ apart. Jaws of the same length anteriorly, 

 the snout more elongated in adult males than in females and young, partly due 

 to the comparatively smaller eye : the maxilla extends posteriorly to below the 



