Ch&IV. STRIPED WRASSE. 207 
IN he worl RTP BD) WRASSE, 
HIS was taken off the Skerry I/les, on the coaft 
of Anglefea, its length was ten inches. 
The form was oblong, but the beginning of the 
back a little arched: the lips large, double, and 
much turned up: the teeth like thofe of the pre- 
ceding: branchioftegous rays, five. 
The number of rays in the back, pectoral, and 
ventral fins, the fame as in thofe of the former. 
In the anal fin were fifteen rays; the three firft 
ftrong and fpiny. 
The tail almoft even at the end, being very little 
rounded: the covers of the gills cinereous, ftriped 
with fine yellow. 
The fides marked with four parallel lines of green- 
ifh olive, and the fame of moft elegant blue. 
The back and belly red; but the laft of a much 
paler hue, and under the throat almoft yellow. 
Along the beginning of the back fin was a broad 
bed of rich blue; the middle part white; the reft 
red. 
At the bafe of the pectoral fins was a dark olive 
{pot. 
The ends of the anal fin, and ventral fins, a fine 
blue. 
The upper half of the tail blue; the lower part 
ef its rays yellow. 
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Calor. 
