APPENDIX. 



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The Cepola rubescens of LinnEeus was probably a northern fish, and we 

 accordingly retain that name 



to the one figured and descri- < ;v \ \, \ X \ j^_ \ >. j ?8 



bed by Montague.* It is at 

 once known from the follow- 

 ing by the specific charac- 

 ters above mentioned. We 

 may observe^ in addition, that 

 the dorsal fin commences be- 

 fore the ventral, the base of 

 the latter being in a line with 

 the second ray of the former. 

 Specimens dried, and in spi- 

 rits, are in the British Mu- 

 seum, from whence these re- 

 marks were made ; but not 

 having seen this species in 



a fresh state, I cannot describe its colours. The annexed cut will show the 

 relative positions of the above mentioned fins, while that lit fig. b represents 

 the caudal fin. 



CEPOLA longicauda. 



Caudal fin distinct^ lanceolate_, more than double the 



length of the head, and composed of thirteen rays. 



Inhabits Britain. Zool. Museum. 



Several specimens of this fish, captured on the British 

 coast, are in the Zoological Society's collection; and another, 

 said to be from the Bay of Naples, in that of the British 

 Museum. The correctness of this latter locality, however, I 

 am inclined to doubt. 



The ventral fin is of the same length as the pectoral ; the chief charac- 

 ters rest on the remarkable length of the caudal fin, which is more than 

 double that of the head ; the close proximity of the two first rays of the 

 dorsal is very remarkable, both in the Zoological and British Museum 

 specimens ; the vent was on a line with the ninth dorsal ray. I did not 

 observe this species in the Mediterranean. 



CEPOLA noiiemradiata. 



Caudal fin lanceolate, rather longer than the head, of 

 nine distinct rays ; ventral nns comm-encing on a line! 

 with the dorsal. 



Very common in the Sicilian seas. (Jig. 127. c.) 



Having seen numerous fresh individuals of this species, it can be de- 

 scribed more fully than the two preceding. It is particularly common in 

 the spring on the coasts of Palermo, and is there sold in the fish-market. 



* Montague's account, however, is not sufficient for me to say that it 

 unequivocally belongs to this species ; he says, for instance, that the ventral 

 fin is a little before the base of the pectorals, but in the British Museum 

 specimens it is immediately under. 



