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There are several lachnolemes, ordinarily in the 
market, but only one properly called the hog-fish, 
suillus. The most beautiful is the azgula, the aigrette 
of the windward islands. They are allsought after 
for the excellence of their flesh, “le bonteé de leur 
chair,” but one the caninus, is occasionally poisonous 
A black spot is found at the base of the dorsal fin, 
on all the species save the caninus, and though red is 
the tint of all, this one is red with less variability 
of hue than in any of the species. 
The hog-fish, suillus, has its scales red with yel- 
low at the base of each. The head purple above ; 
the two lower jaws a clear blue, on an orange with 
red ripplings. ‘There is a greenish blending with the 
gray and red borderings of the second dorsal fins 
The pectoral fins are yellow, and the ventral of the 
same colour, with red spottings. The caudalis half 
blackened with a yellow crossing. The iris of the 
eyeisred. The fish feeds among rocks, attains three 
and four feet of length, though two feet and a half 
is usually the longest dimension with us. Its habi- 
tation among rocks, renders it a frequent prize of the 
fish-pots in the broken deep-sea ground of Port Roy- 
al. The long dorsal fins, the spines elongated into 
three filaments, flaunting out like whip thongs, and 
the prominent curved teeth with the lengthened 
points of the tail, and of the extremity of the second 
dorsal and anal fin, are very marked peculiarities of 
the lachnoleme, being adaptatious to its labyrinthian - 
life among the rocks. The hog-fish, is broader and 
flatter than any other of the labroides, and has the 
fleshy lip protuberant, that has procured for these 
