GATTORXIOTNE. 
reddish bro-wn, much mottled and clouded:— the fin rays for 
the most part vermilion, as are the lips and tendrils over the 
‘ I have never known the fish as thus described to he left by 
the tide in any concealment; hut on the other hand I have 
met with two examples thus left, which answered closely to 
the figure (PI. 86) given by Donovan, to which Dr. Gunther 
refers as a representation of the Gattorugine, although very 
different in its colours. I scarcely venture to differ in this 
respect from an observer whose accm-acy in general cannot be 
disputed; but if these instances only constitute a variety it is 
remarkable, and as coupled with a variation of habit also it 
is deserving of a distinct representation and description. Fig. 
I, Plate CXIII. 
The smaller example of the two, which scarcely exceeded two 
inches in length, was found concealed under a stone at about 
low-water mark; and the larger, which measured four inches 
and a half, was taken from a cleft in a rock, where it had been 
left by the tide in the manner of the Common Shanny, which 
in shape it much resembled. A description of this specimen 
will be best understood by a comparison with those particulars 
of the Common Gattorugine, in which they differ one from the 
other. The eyes were less distinctly elevated,— in this respect 
resembling the Shanny more than the Gattorugine; the dorsal 
ridge only a little elevated above the level of the head; the 
belly less protuberant, and no separate process between the first 
ray of the anal fin and the vent. The dorsal rays comparatively 
higher, and their extremities more free of the membrane, the 
first ray in fact being lengthened into a short process. Pro- 
cesses above the eyes, each a single thread with lateral fibres; 
ventral fins undivided to a greater length; pectorals extending 
even beyond the vent, while in the Common Gattorugine it 
extends to little beyond half that distance. The dorsal fin 
especially is proportionally more expanded as it approaches the 
tail. A slight tuft of fibres project from the nostrils as the fish 
is seen alive in a pool, where it shews little signs of activity. 
The fin rays were the same as in the Gattorugine, with the 
slight exception of a single one in the dorsal fin and tail. The 
cofours were beautiful, and much varied; the ground colour rich 
brown; a broad, light, crooked band from the eye to the cheek; 
