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moderately deep. Rays of tlie dorsal fin thirty of k' . 
soft portion has only four wlnVh ^ ttiuty, of which the 
first of these soft rays thl i ^-^h^theiied, the 
anal three firm and X toft f«-^een rays, 
colour was beautiful, and withfot the ’ ^‘^'^‘^teen. The 
are liable, such as I have no • ^ to which they 
The groundwork a rich de^n 
broad pale defined straight line badf^ -Tt ^ 
pale line; all the lines trdtd'^ h ^a d *; ^ 
ground-colour; a similar n.,-. “largm of the 
tbe upper portion of the 
wide interrupted line runnins hict f . obscure 
gill-cover along the side of the body Belly 1 1^7'^'*’ | °^ i^' 
tbe sides, approaching to reddish ‘tail T 
rent patches six in all i 
of vm-y dli brotn !; tliTI -ranged, with dots 
and darker, but not exceeding thelizVtf 7'^"' 
at the end of the fin T,1 - f 1 ^ ® l^^-l. 
and ventral fins of the colour o^tirbodf A"f“"t 
death these snots a-enPv.IKr • r , ® a^er 
uniform. The drawing of thirUdi’ 
alive in water, when it disi 1 i made when it w'as 
Another example with similar Tolou^' Wt”^ aetivity. 
larger size, was afterwards caught. ’ ^ considerably 
In a communication with which I bavp a 
the west of Cornwall, the Comber Wra^ss is 
to the fishermen of Mount’s 1^:07 as 
slender and most graceful of the Wrasses- tb 
'ips thinne., j.„ rdTiitPd 
have not examined a specimen. ^ ^ 
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