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ANTIENT WRASSE. Class IV. 



GENUS XXXIV. WRASSE. 



Gills covers scaly. 



Rays branchiostegous unequal in number.* 



Teeth conic, Ions; and blunt at their ends. One 



tuberculated bone in the bottom of the 



throat : two above opposite to the other. 

 Fin one dorsal reaching the whole length of the 



back : a slender skin extending beyond the 



end of each ray. 

 Tail rounded. 



1. Antient. Vielle, Poule de mer, Gallot, 



une Rosse. Belon 248. 

 Turdorum undecimum genus. 



Rondel. 179- Gesner pise. 



101Q. 

 Turdus vulgatissimus. Wil. 



Ichth. 319. 

 Wrasse, or Old Wife. Raii 



Syn.pisc. 136. 

 Labrus rostro sursum reflexo 



cauda in extremo circulari. 



Arted- syno?i. 56. 



Labrus Tinea. Lin. sysl. 477- 



Gm. Lin. 1289. 

 La Vieille on Vielle. Duhamel 



Tr. des Pesches, iii. 34. 



sect. 4. tab. 6. Jig. 1. 

 La Vielle de mer. Block ichth. 



ix. 14. tab. 293.? 

 Le Labre tancoide. De la Ce- 



pede Hist, des Poissons, iii. 



502. 



* Linnccus says six : this species had only four ; the second, 

 six; the third and fourth, five. We also find the same variation 

 in the rays of the fins, the numbers being different in fishes of the 

 -ame species, not only of this but of other genera. 



