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WRASSE. 



Class IV. 



XXVI. 



WRASSE. 



Covers of the gills fcaly. 



Branchioflegous rays unequal in number*. 



Teeth conic, long and blunt at their ends. One 



tubercuiated bone in the bottom of the throat: 



two above oppofite to the other. 

 One dorfal fin reaching the whole length of the 

 back : a (lender fkin extending beyond the end of 



each ray. 

 Rounded tail. 



lie. An- Vieille, Poule de mer, Gal- 

 TiENT, . Iot> line RoiTe, Bdon, 

 248. 

 Turdorum undecimum genus. 

 Rondel. 179. Gefjier pi/c. 

 1019. 

 Turdus vuIgatifTimus, Wil. 

 Icth. 319. 



WrafTe, or Old Wife. Rati 



jyn, pifc. 136. 

 Labrus roftro farfum reflexo 



Cauda in extreme circulari. 



Arted. Jynon, ^6. 

 Labrus Tinea. Lin. /yj?. 



477- 



/ g ^HIS fpecies is found in deep water adja- 

 _£. cent to the rocks. It will take a ,bait, 

 though its ufual food is fhell-fifh, and fmall cru- 

 ftacea. > 



* Linnaus fays fix : this fpecies 'had only four; the fecond, 

 iix ; the third and fourth, live. We alfo find the fame vari« 

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

 in fiih of the fame fpecies, not only of this but of other ge- 

 nera. 



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