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14. SYMPHODUS CINEREUS. 



Labrus corpore griseo obscurius punctate- Briinnicli, Ichthyol. Massil., 1768, 58. No. 75. 



Ldbrus cinereus Bonnaterre, Eucycl. Meth., 1788, 118 (after Briiunich). 



Ldbrus griseus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1788, 1296 (uot of Linnaeus, nor of Guielin op. tit., 



p. 1283, after Briiunich). 

 Crenilabrus griseus Giintlier, iv, 83; and of most recent writers. 

 Labrus rubellio Walbaura, Artedi Piscium, iii, 1792, 264 (after Briiunich). 

 ? Labrus bicolor, Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 267 (aftor Seba). 

 Labrus fuscus Pallas, Zoogr. Ross. — Asiat., iii, 1811. 

 Crenilabrus fuscus Cuv. & Val., xiii, 219. 

 ? Labrus frenatus Pallas, 1. c.,270. 

 ? Labrus simus Pallas, 1. c, 271. 

 Lutjanus massa Risso, Ichth. Nice, 1810, 274. 

 Crenilabrus coltce Cuv. & Val., xiii, 204 (not Lutj., cotta Risso). 

 ? Labrus futii Rafinesque, Caratteri, etc.", 38, 1810. 

 ? Labrus lappanoides Rafinesque, 1. c, 39. 

 Crenilabrus staiti Nordinann, DemidoiPs Reise, iii, 1840, 452. 

 Crenilabrus pusillus Nordraann, I.e., 454. 



Habitat. — Mediterranean fauna and neighboring coasts. 



Etymology : Cinereus, color of ashes. 



This species is generally abundant in the Mediterranean. We have 

 specimens from Venice and Palermo. 



The names Labrus cinereus Bonnaterre and Labrus griseus Gmelin 

 were given simultaneously to this species, and we can not find which 

 of the two is the earlier. The name Labrus griseus is, however, inad- 

 missible, because there was an earlier Labrus griseus Linnaeus (=^ Lutjanus 

 griseus). On an earlier page of Gmelin's work we find this Labrus 

 griseus also, the compiler, Gmelin, with characteristic carelessness, not 

 having noticed the duplication of the name griseus. 



In all our specimens of this species, the dark spot on the front of the 

 dorsal and that on the lower side of the caudal peduncle are very con- 

 spicuous. 



15. SYMPHODUS DODERLEINI. 



Crenilabrus tinea Cuv. & Val. xiii, 199 (probably not Labrus tinea L., nor of Briinnicli; 



probably not Lutjanus tinea Risso ; these being probably S. scina.) 

 Crenilabrus tinea Giinther, iv, 8G; Canestrini, LabroidCs del Mediterraneo, 1868, 31, 



with an excellent figure. 

 Symphodus dodeideini Jordan (nora. sp. nov.). 



Habitat. — Mediterranean fauna and coasts of southern Europe. 



Etymology : named for Pietro Doderlein, professor of zoology in the 

 University of Palermo. 



This species seems to be rather rare in the Mediterranean, and among 

 the many nominal species, we find none which seem to have been based 

 on it. It is evidently the Crenilabrus tinea of Cuv. & Val., their de- 

 scription according perfectly with our specimens. It is also appar- 

 ently the Crenilabrus tinea of Stetndachncr, Vinciguerra and Doderlein. 

 The description of Giinther applies well to our specimens. Giinther 



