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very fmall, and near the noftrils; the noftrils are double. 
The head and opercula are free from fcales ; each-opercu¬ 
lum is in two pieces, the hinder piece is pointed towards 
the tail, and is partly bordered with a membrane. The 
fpines of the dorfal fin are (horter than the articulated 
rays. The lateral line runs near the back as far as the 
end of the dorfal fin, where it bends and goes into the 
middle of the tail-fin ; the line is made up of a number 
of little ftrokes obl'curely reprefenting Chinefe characters. 
The fcales are broad, and marked with lines as if chan¬ 
nelled. 
There is a variety found by Commerfon at Otaheite, 
which Cepede makes a feparate fpecies; it differs in hav¬ 
ing a bright and agreeable mixture of yellow and red 
with the blue. 
34.. Labrus jaculatrix, the archer: the dorfal fin far from 
the neck ; ventral fins united by a membrane ; the lower 
■jaw the longelt ; five tranfverfe ftripes on the body. 
There are rays in the dorfal fin, 12. in the peftorals, 
6 in the ventrals, in the anal, 17 in the tail. 
Found in Afia, chiefly in the Indian Gulf; colour gold- 
yellow. This is defcribed in the 57th volume of the 
Phil. Tranf. 
35. Labrus furca, the forked wrafle: rays in the 
dorfal fin, the laft ray of the dorfal and anal fins very 
long; tail deeply forked; lower jaw the longelt, teeth mi¬ 
nute; rays in the anal fin. This and the 15 follow¬ 
ing fpecies are added to this divifion by Cepede, chiefly 
from Commerfon’s manufcripts. This and the nine fol¬ 
lowing are found in the great Indian Gulf, in the ocean 
between New Holland and the continent of America, and 
on the fouth-eaft coaft of Africa and at Madagafcar. The 
fpecific character defcribes this fifli fo completely, that 
nothing need be added. 
36. Labi us fex-fafciatus, the fix-banded wrafle : A|- rays 
■in the dorfal fin ; fnout long, mouth fmall, lower jaw 
longelt; fix tranfverfe Itripes ; tail forked. There are 
12 rays in each perioral fin, 10 in the anal. 
37. Labrus macrogaiter, the big-bellied wrafle: i-| rays 
in the dorfal fin; the belly very large; head and opercula 
Jcaly like the back ; tail crefcent-lhaped ; fix tranfverfe 
Itripes, as in the preceding. Ten rays in each perioral 
fin, ,14 in the anal, 11 in the tail. Teeth very Ihort; 
lateral line interrupted. 
38. Labrus filamentofus, the filamentous wrafle: 15 
fpines each ending in a filament, and 9 articulated rays, 
in the dorfal fin; 15 rays in the tail-fin; the aperture 
of the mouth a vertical femicircle; four or five tranfverfe 
itripes on the back. Teeth very (liort and even. 
39. Labrus angulofus, the angular wrafle: 12 fpines 
and 9 articulated rays in the dorfal fin, the articulated 
rays much longer than the fpinous; lips broad and thick; 
lines and dots on the firlt piece of the operculum like 
net-work, the fecond piece furrowed and cornered ; five 
or fix longitudinal rows of little points on each fide. 
There are 6 or 7 diftinri rays in each perioral fin, 3 
fpines and 6 articulated rays in the anal, 14 rays in the 
caudal. The teeth are very fmall; a dark fpot and 5 or 6 
white points on each fide the dorfal fin. 
40. Labrus ofto-vittatus, the eight-ltriped wrafle: !-*■ 
rays in the dorfal fin, ^ in the anal; tail femilunar; teeth 
much longer in the upper jaw; the hinder piece of the 
gill-covert angular; four oblique Itripes on each fide. The 
dorfal fin is edged with black or brown. 
41. Labrus punriulatus, the punriulated wrafle: dorfal 
fin very long, with 513 fpines; dorfal, anal, and ventral, 
fins, fearp ; caudal femilunar, with 12 or 1 3 rays; lower 
jaw the longeft, mouth very large; five or fix large teeth 
"in the lower jaw, and two in the upper; little round fpots 
all over the body. 
42. Labrus Commerfonii, Commerfon’s wrafle: rays 
in the dorfal fin; teeth nearly equal in both jaws; rays 
in the anal fin ; back and much of the tides belpread 
jjvith little round equal .fpots, as in the preceding. 
II u s. 
43. Labrus laevxs, the fmooth wrafle: if rays in the 
dorfal fin; the lower jaw longer than the upper; teeth 
large, recurved, equal ; lateral line almoft ftraight ; tail a 
little crefcent-lhaped; fcales hardly vifible; five large 
fpots or bands. 
44. Labrus macropterus, the large-finned wrafle : 20 
rays in the dorfal fin, 21 in the anal ; molt of thefe rays 
long and thready ; tail-fin femicircular ; a black fpot on 
the hinder angle of the opercula, which, and the head, 
are fealy like the back. 
43. Labrus 15-aculeatus, the 15-fpined wrafle: -if rays 
in the dorfal fin, 3 in the anal ; 12 in the tail ; the up¬ 
per jaw longeft ; teeth fmall and equal ; gill-covert an¬ 
gular ; fix tranfverfe ftripes on the back and neck. This 
and the following probably inhabit the great Indian Gulf, 
and about the South-Sea iflands. The lateral line is in¬ 
terrupted. 
46. Labrus macrocephalus, the great-headed wrafle : 
rays in the dorfal fin; -ji in the anal; the head large, nape 
and (pace between the eyes much railed; the lower jaw 
the longeft ; teeth hooked, equal, (landing apart; tail-fin 
in two rounded lobes, and with a light border; pectorals 
trapezium-fhaped. 
47. Labrus Plumierii, Plumier’s wrafle: rays in the 
dorfal fin, -jL in the anal, blue ftripes on the head ; body 
filvery fpotted with blue and gold ; fins gold-colour ; a 
tranfverfe crooked ftripe on the caudal ; 6 or 7 rays in 
the membrane of the gills. Inhabits America ; lateral 
line gold-colour. On the whole, this is a beautiful fpe¬ 
cies. Defcribed from Plumier’s manufcripts. 
48. Labrus Gouanii, Gouan’s wrafle : rays in the dor¬ 
fal fin ; the anal; gill-covert in three pieces, not fealy 
like the back,terminating inabroad rounded prolongation; 
lateral line very faint ; a pointed appendage between the 
ventrals; tail femilunar. Its country is unknown, this and 
the following being part of a Dutch collection given (fays 
Cepede) to France. The teeth are hooked, largelt in front. 
49. Labrus enacanthus, the nine-fpined wrafle: rays 
in the dorfal fin ; lateral line interrupted ; fix tranfverfe 
ftripes on the body, and two on the caudal fin, which is 
femilunar ; two or three large, ftrong, hooked, teeth at 
the extremity of each jaw ; fcales large. 
50. Labrus rubo-lineatus, the red-lined wrafle £§ rays 
in the dorfal fin, in the anal ; four long teeth in each 
jaw, ftanding apart; the upper jaw rather longeft ; eleven 
or twelve thin longitudinal red ftripes on each fide ; an 
ocellated fpot at the origin of the dorfal, and another at 
the bafe of the tail-fin, which is a little crelcent-fhaped. 
Inhabits the quickfands and coral rocks about the ides 
of Madagafcar and Reunion; defcribed by Commerfon in 
his Latin MS. The lateral line is ramified or fprigged. 
Colour brown ; fins flefli-colour. 
51. Labrus pavo, the peacock wrafle: body varied with 
blue, green, red, and hoary. There are 5 rays in the 
membrane of the gills, 31 in the dorfal fin, 14 in the pec¬ 
torals, 9 in the ventrals, 14 in the anal, 16 in the tail. 
This fpecies is placed by Cepede at the head of the fe¬ 
cond divifion with the tail-fin entire, but without deferib- 
ing that (in, whether ftraight, rounded, or lanceolated ; 
we have therefore left it where Gmelin has placed it, 
among thofe with forked tails. It inhabits the Mediter¬ 
ranean Sea, near Syria ; and is a moft beautiful fpecies. 
It exhibits almoft all the colours of the rainbow. The 
upper furface is green mingled with yellow, interfperfed 
with red and blue fpots of the brighteft hue; fpots of a 
fnnilar colour, hut (mailer, fparkle upon the opercula, 
and upon the anal and tail fins, which laft is violet, or ra¬ 
ther the colour of indigo ; the front of the dorfal is blue 
and purple ; on each fide of the body are two beautiful 
brown fpots ; the ventral fins are of a bright red. The 
body and tail are long and comprelfed; there is one row 
of teeth in the jaws ; the perioral fins are rounded ; the 
rays of the dorfal and anal fins are longer as they approach 
the tail. Length a foot or more. 
II. Tail 
