G02 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



rays twice as long as the median. (Goode.) D. XII, 10; A. Ill, 11; 

 scales 5-32-13. "West Indies, north to Florida Keys. 



(Lulu-it* ri'fux L. Syst. Nat. i, 284: Cofmyphus rufits Giiuther, iv, 108; Gill, Proc. 

 Aoail. N;it. 8ci. I'hila. 1863,222; Goodc, Bull. U. S. Nm. Mus. v,37: Cossyphus bodianus 

 Cuv. & Val. xii, 103: Bodianus rufus Pocy, Rep. Fis. Nat. Cuba, ii, 331.) 



aa. Base of dorsal not scaly; scales rather small; vertical fins little produced. (Pime- 

 lomctopon* Gill.) 



945. II. pulclira (Ayres) J. &, G. Red-fish; Fat-head. 



Males with the head, dorsal, anal, and caudal fins, and the posterior 

 part of the body, as far as the vent, purplish black; middle part of the 

 body, pectoral fin, middle of caudal, and posterior edge of dorsal red, 

 varying in tint from clear crimson to blackish, with coppery or purplish 

 lustre; region about shoulder-girdle reddest; lower jaw in both sexes 

 abruptly and entirely white; females dusky rose-colored, with the black 

 areas ill defined or obsolete. Forehead in the adult with a very prom- 

 inent fatty hump. Gill-rakers short, thickish. Caudal fin truncate, the 

 lobes in the adult produced and pointed. Scales on breast small; pre- 

 opercle serrulate in young. Head 3 ; depth 3. D. XII, 10 ; A. Ill, 

 12 ; Lat. 1. G2. L. 30 inches. Coast of California, from Point Con- 

 ception southwards ; very abundant. Dried in immense numbers by 

 the Chinese. 



(Labnis piildur Ayrrs, Froc. Cal. Ac ad. Nat. Sci. i, 3, 1854: Semioossyphtu pulflur 

 Guuther, iv, U9; rinuhmetopon pitlchvr Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. PLila. 1864, 59.) 



319. PLATYGLOSSUS Bleeker. 



Donccllas. 



(Hattcliccres Ruppell, preoccupied : Chocrojulis Gill.) 

 (Klein; Bleeker, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1801, 411: type Julia iiintitlitri* C. & V.) 



Body oblong, compressed, not elevated, covered with large scales, 

 HICK- being 2;"i-30 in the course of the lateral line, which is not inter- 

 rupted, but abruptly bent posteriorly. Scales on breast rather smaller. 

 Head naked, eompressed, conic. Preopercle entire. Teeth large, eaeli 

 jaw with t\v<> to four canines in front, none of them bent backwards; a 

 posterior canine tooth directed forwards on each side of the upper jaw. 

 Dorsal spines nine; anal spines three, graduated; ventrals inserted 

 under axil of pcctoial. Gill-rakers short and feeble; gill-membranes 

 slightly joined to a narrow isthmus. Species numerous, brilliantly col- 

 ored, abounding in kelp in the tropical seas. (rJ.aro^^ broad ; ^w<r<ra, 

 tongue; an old name without evident application.) 



"Gill, 1'roc. Arad. Nat. Sri. 1'liila. 1864, 58: type Labruu puh-lur Ayros. (7rz///lo$, 

 fat; /.leroTtov, forehead.) 



