250 GIBBOUS WRASSE. Class IV. 



At the bafe of the pefloral fins was a dark olive 

 fpot. 



The ends of the anal fin, and ventral fins, a fine 

 blue. 



The upper half of the tail blue j the lower part 

 of its rays yellow. 



I20. Gib- /^-^ HIS fpecies was taken off Anglefea : its length 



A ^^g Qight inches; the greatefl depth three: 

 it was of a very deep and elevated form, the back 

 being vaftly arched, and very Iharp or ridged. 



From the beginning of the head to the nofe, was 

 a fteep declivity. 



The teeth like thofe of the others. 



The eyes of a middling fize ; above each a dulky 

 lemilunar fpot. 



The neareft cover of the gills finely ferrated. 



The fixteen firfl rays of the back flrong and 

 fpiny ; the other nine foft and branched. 



The pectoral fins confided of thirteen, the ven- 

 tral of fix rays ; the firft ray of the ventral fin 

 was flrong and fharp. 



The anal fin confifted of fourteen rays, of which 

 the three firfl were flrongly aculeated. 



The tail was large, rounded at tTie end, and the 



rays 



