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This curious little fish seems to be very common in the Mediterranean. 

 Our numerous specimens are from Venice, Palermo, and southern France. 

 No special doubt seems to exist in regard to its synonymy, the name 

 scina, clearly belonging to it, having priority over the generally received 

 specific name rostratus. 



Genus V.— OTENOLABIWS. 



Ctenolabrus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xiii, 223, 1839, (rupestris = 



suillus). 

 Tautogolabrus Gunther, Cat. Fish, Brit. Mus., iv, 80, 1862 (burgall = adspersus). 

 Lappanella Jordan, subgenus nova. 



Type : Labrus rupestris L. = Labrus suillus L. 



Etymology: Krsfc comb, from the serrated preopercle; Labrus^ an 

 allied genus. 



This genus contains four species, distinguished from the species of 

 Symplwdus by having the teeth in the jaws in two series anteriorly, 

 there being a series of smaller teeth behind the canines. The known 

 species diverge considerably from each other, and each of the three 

 best.known may be the type of a distinct subgenus. The first of these 

 groups approaches very closely to the subgenus Symphodus of the pre- 

 ceding genus. 



ANALYSIS OF SPECIES OF CTENOLABRUS. 



a. Snout long and sharp, low, horizontally produced, the depth of the head at the 

 eye not half the length of the head; inner series of teeth small. 

 (Lappanella, Jordan.) 

 b. [Body elongate, the greatest depth 4 in length, the head 3£; back somewhat ele- 

 vated, the anterior profile somewhat concave ; snout a little longer 

 than eye, which is 4 in head ; cheeks not broader than eye, provided 

 with about four rows of scales ; scales on body large ; interopercle 

 scaly; dorsal spines rather high ; color scarlet ; a brown band backward 

 from eye to gill-opening ; a large black blotch on the front of the soft 

 dorsal, one on the tail at the base of caudal, near the upper margin, one 

 on the upper rays of caudal, and one near the tip of the middle rays. 

 D. XVI, 11 ; A. Ill, 10; scales 3-37-10. J (Cuv. $ Vol.) Iris, 20. 



aa. Snout not specially elongated or depressed, the depth of the head at the eye not 

 less than half its length ; scales smaller ; vertebrae probably more num- 

 erous (33 to 36). 

 c. Interopercle scaly (European species) (Ctenolabrus). 

 d. [Body moderately robust, the depth about 3^ in length, the head 3^; snout 

 rather pointed, the anterior profile being nearly straight ; eye 3f in head, 

 rather shorter than snout; mouth small, the maxillary not reaching 

 front of eye ; cheeks with six rows of scales; dorsal spines low, lower 

 than the soft iays ; color golden or pinkish, darker above ; fins reddish ; 

 a dark blotch along front of spinous dorsal, another at upper base o 

 caudal; body sometimes with a short, pale lateral stripe, sometimes 

 with dusky cross-bands. D. XVII, 10; A. Ill, 8; scales 4-40-15; ver 

 tebrse 15 + 18 = 33.] (Day.) Suillus, 21. 



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