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JULIS. 
l genus differs from others of the family of Wrasses in havina; 
the head entirely without scales. The lateral line forms an 
opposite the end of the dorsal fin; to which Swainson adds, that the 
uibc rays ot the dorsal fin are higher than the succeeding, and the fin 
itseit 18 thus rendered falcate. 
RAINBOW WRASS. 
Julis, 
Ldbrus julis, 
Julis vulgaris, 
(( it 
Coris julis. 
JoNSTON ; pi. 14, f. 3, 
Willoughby; pi. X. 4, p. 324. 
Linmus. Donovan; pi. 96. 
CuviEB,. Fleming; Br. An., p. 210. 
Yaerell; Br. Fishes, vol. i. p. 344. 
Guntheb; Cat. Br. M., vol. iv, p. 195. 
_ So far as^ is known this very pretty fish has only occurred 
111 a single instance in England, which was in Mount’s Bay, 
in the county of Cornwall; which district may therefore be 
regarded as the furthest extent of its range northward. It 
appears to have been caught by the merest accident, in the 
year 1802, and fortunately was obtained for the use of Mr. 
Donovan, who has given a beautiful likeness of it. But its 
history is to be learnt from the Mediterranean, where, in some 
districts, it is common, and where from ancient times some 
strange series are told of its habits. Oppian relates in verse 
what Jihan repeats in prose. The last-named writer says that 
Ills fish lives in rocky places, and has its mouth poisonous, 
in such a manner that whoever tastes it is rendered unable to 
swallow. When fishermen have caught a Prawn, fSquilla,) 
the middle portion of which has been devoured by a Julis, 
ey sometimes eat it; but the consequence is that they 
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