Jordan ajid Evcrmanii. — Fishes of North Ametica. 1597 



Chcerojulis grandisquainis, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 206, Beaufort, N. C. ; 



adults, the color faint. 

 Chcerojulis arangoi, Poey, Enumeratio, 109, 1875, Havana; young, brightly colored. 

 Platyglossus florealis, J ORDAN & Gilbert, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 287, Pensacola. 



young, brightly colored. (Type, No. 30839. Coll. Dr. Jordan.) 

 Julis psittaculus, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xiii, 387, 1839. 

 Platyglossns bivittatus, GOnther, Cat., iv, 104, 1862; Steindachner, Ichth. Notiz., vi, 49, 



1867; Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 1870, 463; Jordan, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1884,136; 



Bean & Dresel, Proc. ir. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 153; Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. Am., 98, 1885; 



Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 45; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 540 (note on 



types o{ Julis psittacuhis, Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 Platyylossus humeralis, GiJNTHER, Cat., iv, 165, 1862; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis 603 

 Chcerojulis bivittatus, Poey, Synopsis, 335, 1868. 

 Choenijulis huineralis, Poey, Synopsis, 335, 1868; Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus. 



1879, 338. 

 Platyijlossus radiatus, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 608. 

 Platyglossus (jrandisquaiiiis, Jordan &. Gilbert, Synopsis, 603, 1883. 

 Halichoeres bivittatus, Jordan, Review Labroid Fishes, 645, 1890. 



2003. IRIDIO DISPILrS (Giinther). 



Head 3f ; depth 3f. D. IX, 11; A. Ill, 12; scales 2-28-9. Caudal fin 

 double concave, the median portion convex, the outer rays more or less 

 produced iu the adult (the fin rounded in the young) ; scales before dorsal 

 in 6 or 7 lows, not crossing the median line; ventrals with the outer ray 

 little inoduced, not reaching nearly to tips of pectorals; body rather 

 stout; profile steep; snout moderately pointed. Color iu spirits, olive, 

 blue spots on the scales posteriorly, whitish spots anteriorly; around 

 blue-black spot on lateral line below fourth and fifth dorsal spines, the 

 spot larger than eye; no spot behind eye (in the adult); 4 or 5 pale-blue 

 wavy lines on side of head, the lower broadest; a pale-yellowish area 

 behind pectoral with horizontal blue streaks; no axillary spot; dorsal 

 and anal each with a brown longitudinal stripe; caudal (in male) bhick- 

 ish mesially, with blue streaks; a white stripe along each outer i-ay. 

 Pacific coast of tropical America; Mazatlan to Panama. A beautiful 

 little fish, abundant in the branches of the Astillero at Mazatlan. Unlike 

 most species of the group, it lives on the muddy bottoms, and is abundant 

 about the roots of the mangrove, which border the muddy branches of th(! 

 Astillero. Here described from a specimen from Panama, agreeing fairly 

 with Dr. Giinther's description. 



The following account is taken from Mazatlan specimens, which differ 

 somewhat in color: Head 3^; depth 4. D. IX, 11; A. Ill, 12; eye 6 in 

 head; snout 3^; maxillary 4^; pectoral If; anal 3; caudal fin 2. Body 

 Blender and compressed; dorsal and ventral outlines similar; head pointed, 

 the profile slightly convex ; mouth small, the jaws eciual ; teeth in a single 

 row; canines j in front of .jaws; at the posterior end of the premaxillary 

 is a single strong, sharp tooth, pointing forward, and entirely below the 

 angle of the mouth. Lateral line high, following the curve of the back 

 to the eighth dorsal ray, where it curves sharply down through 2 rows of 

 scales, and then runs straight through middle of caudal ijeduucle to tail; 

 pores of lateral line simple; scales large, 2-27-10; head entirely naked; 

 gill rakers very small and pointed, 6-{-7. Dorsal spines slender but jiuu- 

 gent; caudal slightly rounded, the upper angle slightly acute; ventrals 



