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A OOEWrSH FAUNA. 
rayed visitor from the tropics of some other species, just as 
were Hay’s bream and Pimelepterns Uornuliensis. 
Eock cook. {AcantJwlahrm exoletus). Small mouthed wrasse. 
Common and well defined, but I am by no means certain that 
it is not L. maeulatm or L. coqims in its young form. 
Corkwing. ( Crenilabrus Corniibicus). Gold finny. Yery com- 
mon, hut as Couch says, “ the Corkwing like others of its 
family varies in its colours. 
Jago’s Goldsinny. (^Crenildbrm rupeslris), Cuvier). Common, 
but it is frequently a matter of great difficulty to say when 
a specimen is eorkwing and when goldsinny. 
Rainbow Wrasse {J-ulis vulgaris) has occurred once only. In 
Mount’s Bay. 
Two-spotted Wrasse (see “Fauna”) is probably another name 
for the three-spotted wrasse. See YarreU, Vol. I, p. 286, 
ed. 1836, where he gives the synonym of “Doubly-spotted 
wrasse ” to L. trimaculatus. Hog wrasse is abandoned by 
Couch in British Fishes. 
I think I have said enough to show that the classification of 
the Labridse is in a most unsatisfactory condition, and requires 
the close attention of ichthyologists. 
CYPEimi>JE.—{Tlim Caeps). 
The Carp. ( Cyprinus carpio). A pond fish throughout Cornwall. 
The Gudgeon {GoUo fluviatilis) said by Couch (British Fishes) to 
have been introduced of late into Cornwall, and to he thriving 
“ in some ponds near Penzance,” but I do not know of it. 
The Tench. {Ihica vulgaris). A common pond fish. 
Gold-fish. {Cyprinus auratus). A pond fish, of course not 
aboriginal. But it breeds in ponds. 
Dace. {Leuciscus vulgaris). Common in the Tamar and its 
tributaries. 
Minnow. {Leuciscus phoxinus). Minnis. Often confounded with 
the three-spined stickleback. Common. 
Loach. ( Cohitis barhatula). Occurs in Cornwall, hut I think it 
rare. From my experience of it in other counties, I can 
fully agree with those who say it is “delicious food” 
(Couch British Fishes, vol. 4, p. 70), if only you can get 
enough of them to make a dish. 
