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fish, consisting of Labrus maculatus , Crenilabrus Tinea , and its variety C. 
Cornubicus, showing no difference hut the black spot on the tail. 
Mr. M i Calla, in 1840, mentioned C. Tinea and C. Cornub. as frequent at 
Roundstone. He added, “ I have taken a number of C. Tinea of small 
size, without the black spot and brilliant colour ; I have specimens three 
times the size with the black.” I have never known this species brought 
to Belfast market. 
A specimen of Crenilabrus Cornubicus , in possession of Dr. Ball, was 
as follows : — 
Length 1 inch 9 lines. 
D. 16 + 9 ; P. 14 ; Y. 1 4- 5 ; A. 3 + 10 ; C. 14, and some short ; 
coloured as in Donovan’s plate. 
It was taken at Glendore, County Cork. 
The fin-rays of two of the specimens which I procured at Bangor, in 
September, 1835, were thus noted in my journal : — 
C. Tinea , seven inches long. — Fin-rays, D. 16+10; P. 14 ; V. 1 + 5; 
A. 3 + 10; C. 13, well developed rays. 
C. Cornubicus , six inches long. — Pin-rays, D. 16 + 9 ; P. 14 ; V. 1+ 5 ; 
A. 3 + 10 ; C. 13, well developed rays. 
Jago’s Goldsinny, Crenilabrus rupestris, Selby, 
Has been obtained on the North-East and West coasts. 
Crenilabrus rupestris* (. Lutjanus rupestris , Bloch), Jago’s 
Goldsinny. 
On the 10th and 13th of September, 1835, I detected two specimens of 
this fish at Bangor (County Down), amongst a number of the C. Tinea and 
C. Cornubicus that were taken by boys fishing from the rocks, and using as 
bait a species of Nereis, apparently the N. rufa of Pennant. The following 
short description, drawn up from them when recent, may not be unac- 
ceptable, as the species is subject to much variation. Total length and 
4f inches ; number of fin-rays : — 
D. 17 + 9; P. 14; Y. 1 + 5; A. 3 + 8; C. 15, well developed ; Br. 6. 
D. 18 + 9 ; P. 15 ; V. 1 + 5 ; A. 3 + 8 ; C. 15. 
Depth equal to length of head ; head to length of body nearly as 1 to 3 ; 
lateral line taking the precise form of dorsal profile. A row of pores 
appearing near the margin of the pre-opercle is continued forward over 
the eye. Behind its upper portion they are numerous, and irregularly 
disposed. Caudal fin covered with scales for two-thirds of its length from 
the base, none upon the dorsal and anal fins, their base being concealed 
by the scales of the body. Colour above the lateral line greenish-brown, 
below it changing gradually to pale green, the colour of the belly. Some 
irregular rows of orange spots occur longitudinally beneath the lateral 
line. Pectoral fins orange-yellow, which colour, with lighter shades of 
yellow, prevails in all the fins, except the anterior portion of the dorsal, 
which from the first to the fourth ray is black ; of this colour also are the 
upper margin of the eye and orbit, and a roundish spot at the upper edge 
of the tail. The centre of the scales, being of a rather darker shade than 
their margin, gives to these specimens the appearance of being faintly 
lineated. 
They seem to be identical with the species represented in the vignette 
* See Mr. Selby in Mag. Zool. and Bot., vol. i. p. 170. 
