Class IV. STRIPED WRASSE. 337 



branched rays ; the ventral fins consisted of six 

 rays, the first spiny; the anal fin of twelve, 

 the three first short, very strong, and spiny, 

 the others soft and branched; the tail was 

 rounded ; the lateral line was strait at the be- 

 ginning of the back, but grew incurvated to-* 

 wards the tail. The body was covered with 

 large red scales ; the covers of the gills with 

 small ones. On each side of the lower part of 

 the back-fin were two large spots, and between 

 the fin and the tail another. 



Labrus variegatus. Gm. Lin. 1294. 5. Striped, 



JL HIS was taken off the Skerry Isles, on the 

 coast of Anglesey, its length was ten inches, Descrip-? 

 The form was oblong, but the beginning of 

 the back a little arched ; the lips large, double, 

 and much turned up ; the teeth like those of the 

 preceding ; the branchiostegous rays, five \ the 

 number of rays in the back, pectoral, and ven- 

 tral fins, the same as in those of the former ; in 

 the anal fin were fifteen rays, the three first 

 strong and spiny ; the tail was almost even at 

 the end, being very little rounded ; the covers 

 of the gills cinereous, striped with fine yellow ; 

 the sides were marked with four parallel lines 

 vol, in. % 



TXOJJ, 



