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BAILLON’S wrass. 
Orcnilalrus Baillonii, GusjTtipii. t, h, 
'JUNTiiFai, Gat-,. Br. Mn.seum. vol. iy, p. gj,. 
B,'iis"h"’fi*er.~d Zt to 
but a drawing of „„o wHoh came a few *“,00 '™““°”' 
~c;:;';:r?or 
of it ki*„ L 1 G f™'" "”'>y 
hhs1h» 
evidenpp ft • 1 ■ provide the requisite 
complete tl T’ it the more 
ourlt; Gu„,her a,e here added ,0 
hereas considerable stress is laid in these extracts from the 
catalogue on the black marks described as existing on the 
dorsal and anal fins, the further description distinctly sliews 
rat, as well this species as the other which is said to bear a 
c ose airiiuly to it, are liable to much variety in this respect 
at least as regards their distribution. ’ 
Our example measured seven inches and a quarter in leimth 
and two inches in depth; covered with large scales, as weirthe 
mat-LiT small scales, prominently 
'talked round the posterior half of the eye. The profile 
equT rf"'" mouth, jaws 
dli J\ . P'opoi'tmns generally as in the Corkwiug, but the 
Pp t'ai-i icd nearer to the root of the tail, 
ectoral and ventral fins dusky yellow, the former with dusky 
d ll k 1 other fins, head, and back very 
fiL longdddinal streaks from the pectoral 
ackward, the whole. Including the root of the pectoral fin, 
