FISHES.. THOHACICI. 19. Labrus. 99 



64. L. Julis. Back green, sides blackish with a longitu- 

 dinal indented fulvous stripe : 2 front-teeth longer. 



Indented striped Wrasse. Donovan's Fishes, t. 96. 



Body 7 or 8 inches long, elongated, changeable blue-green with 

 the indented stripe fulvous and silvery, belly silvery : jaws equal : 

 derfal-fin with : a black spot at the top, 22-rayed ; pectoral 12'; 

 ventral 6; anally; tail 13-rayed. . 



65. L. variegatus. Red with 4 longitudinal greenish-olive 

 stripes each side, and as many blue-ones. 



Striped 'Wrasse. Br. Zool. fti. t. 45 Donovan t. 21. ■ 



Body oblong', about 10 inches long, covered with large fc ales : 

 lips large, doubled : gill-membrane 5-rayed, .the covers grey striped 

 with yellow : throat almost yellow : at the bafe of the pectoral-fins 

 a dark olive fpot : dorfal-fin marked at the beginning with a bread 

 band of rich blue, the middle part white, the rest red : anal and 

 ,ventral-fins edged with blue: dorfal-fin 31 -rayed; pectoral 15; 

 ventral 6 ; anal 15; tail blue on the upper half,- yellow on the ' 

 lower. . 



66. L. bimaculatus. Grey, with a brown rounded spot each 

 side on the middle of the body, and another near the 

 tail. 



Bimaculated Wrasse. Penn. Brit* Zool. iii. p., 247., n. 117. 



Body rather deep, of a light colour : gill-membrane 6-rayed : la* 

 teral-line curved: dorsal-Jin 26-rayed ; pectoral 15; ventral 6 ; 

 anal 12. 



67. L. trimacalutus. Red, with large scales, and 3 blacfe 

 spots towards the end of the back. 



Trimaculated Wrasse. Br. Zool. t. 46. Donovan's Fishes t. 49.' ' ,1 1 



Body oblong, about 12 inches in length, above orange-red, pale* 

 beneath', with 4 rose-coloured fpots alternating with the black ones: 

 gill-membrane 5-rayed : fins fome of them edged with blue : lateral- 

 line nearly straight : dorfal-fin 30-rayed ; pectoral 16; ventral 6 »; 

 ! anal 14 : tail 14-rayed. 



68. L. Cornier. Slender, red, beneath yellow : beneath 

 the lateral-line a longitudinal silvery stripe. 



Combpr "Wrasse. Br. Zool. iii. p. 252. t. 47. 



Back, fins, and tail red : belly yellow : silvery-stripe parallel 

 fmooth, even 1 dorfal-Jin 31-rayed ; pectoral 14 ; ventral 5 ; anal 10. 



G&. L. Coquus. Slender, purple and dark blue, beneath 

 yellow. 



Cook Wrasse. Br. Zool, iii, n+ 123* Ray.Pifc. 163 /. 4. 



Body refembling the last: back purple and dark blue: belly 

 yellow. - 



90« L. cornubicus* Variegated green brown and yellow: near 

 the tail a round brown spot : anal-fin yellow, oblique- 

 ly barred with brown. . 



Coldfinny. Donovan'j Fishes tab.72. . Br. Z00L iii. t. 47. 



Body about a palm long, shaped like L. Tinea : lips doubled ; jaxvi 

 »Dd gill-covers rich yellow : belly yellowish-white : dorsal-fir, (green- 

 ish, with dusky clouds : pectoral and ventral-fins yellowish-white : 

 dorsal-fin 25-rayed ; pectoral 12: vetral 7; anal 13; tail green, 

 14-rayed. 



11. L. lineatus. Greenish beneath yellowish, with nume- 

 rous parallel longitudinal yellowish lines. 



Streaked Wrasse. Donovan's Brit. Fishes, tab. 74. 



Body] inches long, with green head back and fins, the sides pale : 

 iris yellow, pupil black : lateral-line curved : dorsal-fin so-rayed : 

 pectoral 14 j ventral 8 ; anal 11 ; tail 1 5-rayed. 



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