340 COOK WRASSE. Class IV. 



is said never to exceed a palm in length ; near 

 the tail is a remarkable black spot; the first 

 rays of the dorsal fin are tinged with black. 



The Melanurus of Rondeletius (adds he) 

 takes its name from the black spot near the 

 tail; but in many instances it differs widely 

 from this species, the tail of the first is forked, 

 that of the Goldsinny is even at the end. 



I suspect that this species was once sent 

 to me from Cornwall ; besides the spot near the 

 tail, there was another near the vent. 



In the dorsal fin were sixteen spiny, and nine 

 soft rays ; in the pectoral fourteen ; in the anal 

 three spiny, eleven soft ; in the ventral six. The 

 tail almost even at the end. 



8. Cook. c 00 i ( f|, e . Coquus) Cornuli- Labrus coquus. Gm. Lin. 

 ensium. Rati Syn. pise. l63. 1297- 



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THIS species, Mr. Jago says, is sometimes 



taken in great plenty on the Cornish coasts. 



Descrip- jj- i s a sca }y fl sn an( j d oes no t grow to any 



TION. J ° J 



great size. The back is purple and dark blue ; 

 the belly yellow. By the figure it seems of 

 the same shape as the Comber, and the tail 

 rounded. 



