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the gill-covers a radiated depression : the dorsal fin 

 has twenty spiny, and ten soft rays : the pectoral 

 fourteen rays : the ventral six, of which the first is 

 short and spiny: the anal twelve, of which the 

 three first are spiny: the tail is marked between 

 each ray with a row of scales reaching about a 

 third part of the tail : the general colour of the fish 

 is yellow, spotted and marked with orange. This 

 species, according to Mr, Pennant, appears an- 

 nually in great shoals off Filey bridge near Scar- 

 borough, 



ANCIENT LABRUS. * 



Labrus Tinea. L. rubens ( scepe cceruko> rubro,jlavoque Darius ), 



pinna dorsali ramentacea, labiis re/lexis. 

 Reddish Labrus (often varied with blue, red., and yellow), with 



ramentaceous dorsal fin, and reflex lips. 

 Labrus Tinea. Lin. Turdus vulgatissimus. Will. p. 3 19. 



Ancient Wrasse. Perm. Brit. Zool. 



Size and habit of a Carp or rather of a Tench : 

 scales large : nose prominent : lips large, doubled, 

 fleshy, reflex, and retractile : eyes red : teeth dis- 

 posed in two rows, the first being conic, the second 

 very minute, and as if designed for supporters to 

 the rest : in the throat three tuberculated bones, 

 two above, and one below : these serve to com- 

 minute the testaceous food on which the animal 

 chiefly lives : general colour red, more or less tinged 

 either with orange or brown, but sometimes elegant- 

 ly varied with blue, red, and yellow : pectoral fins 

 large and rounded : native of the European seas, 

 and usually found in deep waters about rocky coasts. 



