Goldsinny, or GOLDFINNY

Goldsinny, or GOLDFINNY (Crenilabrus melops), also called the Cork-wing, a small fish of the Wrasse family (Labridæ), common on British coasts. Like other members of its family, it haunts the neighbourhood of rocks, feeding on crustaceans, molluscs, and the like. In colour it is more or less green or yellow, darker above, striped along the sides, with a dark spot on the tail. Like young wrasse, but unlike the adults, it has a serrated bone (preoperculum) on the side of its gill-cover.