This section is from the book "A Manual Of British Vertebrate Animals", by Leonard Jenyns. Also available from Amazon: A Manual Of British Vertebrate Animals.
L. lineatus, Don. Brit. Fish. vol. iv. pl. 74. Turt. Brit. Faun. p. 99. Mem. Brit. An. p. 209. L. Psittacus, Riss. Hist. Nat. de l'Eur. Merid. torn. iii. p. 304.? Green-streaked Wrasse, Yarr. Brit. Fish. vol. 1. p. 279.
Seven inches. Don.
Body green, with numerous longitudinal yellowish lines: fins greenish. Number of fin-rays,
D. 20/10; A. 3/8; C. 15; P. 14; V. 8. Don.
Obtained by Donovan from the coast of Cornwall, where it is said to be provincially known by the name of Green-Fish. According to Mr. Yarrell, it appears also to have been met with on the Devonshire coast by Montagu. It is probably the L. Psittacus of Risso*, but Donovan's description is too imperfect to speak with certainty on this point.
 
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