Clafs lV. Wi R.A 98) 8 Be 203 
tifh fpots, and enriched with a fhining golden hue, 
much refembling the fplendor of the peacock? s fea- 
thers; this by degrees vanifhes in a bright filver ; 
and near the belly abe cold begins again to predomi- 
nate ina lighter proucd than on the back. 
Gee XXVII. Covers of the gills fcaly. 
Branchioftegous rays unequal in 
number *. 
Teeth conic, long and blunt at their 
ends. One tuberculated bone in the 
bottom of the throat: two above 
oppofite to the other. 
One dorfal fin reaching the whole 
length of the back:*a flender fkin 
extending beyond theendof eachray. 
Rounded tail. WRASSE. 
Roy dhe | =Wo ROA Ss. ay Ee 
ao lec Do pea (sO F IVIL. 
Vieilie, Poule de mer, Gallot, Wraffe, or Old Wife. Raii Lins 
une Roffe. Belox. 248. pie. 1366 
Turdorum undecimum genus. Labrus roftro furfum reflexo 
Rondel. 179. Gefner pifc. 1019. cauda in extremo circulari. 
Turdus vulgatifimus. Wil, Icth. Arted. fynon. 56 
319- Labrus Tinca. Lin. /y/?. 477. — 
HIS fpecies is found in deep Water adjacent 
to the rocks. It will take a bait, tho’ its 
ufual food is fhell-fifh, and fmall cruftacea, 
* Linnaeus {ays fix: this fpecies had only four; the fecond, 
fix ; the third and fourth, five. We alfo find the fame variation 
in ane rays of the AS the numbers being different in fith of 
the fame fpecies, not only of this but of other genera. 
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