248 TRIMACULATED WRASSE. Class IV; 



other eleven fofr, and lengthened by a Ikinny ap- 

 pendage : the peroral fins confift of fifteen rays 5 

 the ventral of fix , the firft fpiny -, the fecond and 

 third ending in a ilender bridle: the anal fin is 

 pointed ; the four firft rays being fhort and fpiny ; 

 the reft long and fofc. 



GULATED. 



tiS. Trima- ^^y^HE fpecies we examined was taken on the 



" -^ coaft- Q^ Anglefea\ its length was eight inches. 



It was of an oblong form \ the nofe long •, the 



teeth (lender ^ the fore teeth much longer than the 



others. 



The eyes large : branchioftegous rays, ?iVQ, 

 The back fin confifting of feventeen fpiny rays^ 

 and thirteen fofc ones; beyond each extended a long 

 nerve. 



The pe6loral fins were round, and confifted of 

 fifteen branched rays. 



The ventral fins confifted of fix rays ; the firft 

 fpiny. 



The anal fin of twelve; the three firft ftiort^ 

 Very ftrong, and fpiny; the others fofc and branch- 

 ed. 



The tail was rounded. 



The lateral line was ftrait at the beginning of the 

 back, but grew incurvated towards the tail. 



The 



