206 TRIMACULATED WRASSE. Clafs IV. 
of fix; the firft fpiny; the fecond and third ending 
ina flender briftle: the anal fin is pointed ; the four 
firft rays being fhort and fpiny; the reft long and 
foft. 
Wi. The TRIMACULATED WRASSE. 
HE fpecies we examined was taken on the 
coaft of Anglefea, its length was eight inches. 
It was of an oblong form; the nofe long ; the 
teeth flender; the fore teeth much longer than the 
others. 
The eyes large: branchioftegous rays, five. 
The back fin confifted of feventeen fpiny rays, and 
thirteen foft ones; beyond each extended a: long 
nerve. 
The pectoral fins were round, and confifted of 
fifteen branched rays. 
The ventral fins confifted of fix rays; the firtt 
fpiny. 
The anal fin of twelve ; the three firft fhort, (very 
ftrong, and fpiny; the others foft and branched. 
The tail was rounded. 
The lateral line was ftrait at the beginning of the 
back, but grew incurvated towards the tail. 
The body covered with large red fcales ; the covers 
of the gills with {mall ones. 
On each fide of the lower part of the back fin 
were two large fpots, and between the fin and. the 
tail another. 
IV. The 
