1518 Didktin //, United States National ]\Iusmni. 



Subgenus AYRESIA, Cooper. j 



1957. t'HROMIS PUXCTtPIXNIS (Cooper). ] 



3 

 (Blacksmith.) 



Head 4; depth 4*. D. XIII, 11; A. II, 10; scales 4-29-10, 18 pores. 

 Body oblong, somewhat legnlarly elliptical, the caudal peduucle loug. 

 Head blunt, short, and deep, the jjiofile abruptly descending to the snont. \ 

 Interorbital space high and rounded. Lips thick, the lower without fre-1 

 uuni. Eye not very large. Teeth moderate, coiiica], in about 2 series,' 

 the inner very small. Cheeks, opercles, and to]) of head sciily. Dorsal! 

 spines still' and low; soft dorsal and anal rather low, pointed behind,! 

 their tips not reaching base of caudal; caudal deeply forked; the lobea ; 

 pointed; i>cctorals and ventrals loug. Dark slaty-blackish, with violet j 

 luster above; some of the scales with a greenish spot or edging; iinsj 

 bluish-black ; posterior part of body with small round brown spots, which ' 

 form more or less regular series ; soft dorsal and caudal densely spotted, i 

 Length 9 inches. Coast of California from Point Concepcion to Cerros ! 

 Island; rather common in the kelp about rocks; a handsome little fish. 

 (punctus, spot; pinna, tin.) 

 Ayresia punctipinnis, Coopek, Proc. Gal. Ac. Sci. 1863, 73, San Diego Bay, San Pedro, 



Santa Barbara. (Coll. Dr. J. G. Cooper.) 

 Chromis punctipinnii, Jordan & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 52; Jordan & Gil- : 

 BEET, Synopsis, 611, 1883. . 



Subgenus HELIASES, Ciivier & Valenciennes. i 



1958. CHROMIS IXSOLATUS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). ' 



(Chauffe-Soleil.) I 



HeadSi; depth 2. D. XIII, 13; A. II, 12; scales 2^-25-9 ; pyloric ca;ca 2. 

 Body short and deep, with short caudal peduncle; caudal fin emargiuate, 

 with the lobes rounded; second anal spine less than 2 in head. Steel 

 broAvn; a curved blue streak between eyes in front, disappearing with 

 age; many scales on upper and anterior parts of body, each with a blue 

 spot; tins all plain, dusky; young with a dark dot behind dorsal fin. 

 Length about 4 inches. West Indies and neighboring shores, rather com- 

 mon about coral reefs ; rarely north to Pensacola, in deep water. Here 

 described from a specimen from the .Snai)per Banks off Pensacola; a hand- 

 some little fish, (buolaius, warmed in the sun ; from the name " Chaufte- 

 Soleil," in use in Martinique.) 



Heliases insolatus, Cuvier & Valencienne.s, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 494, pi. 137, 1830, Mar- 

 tinique. (Coll. Plie.) I 

 Ileliastes insolatun, Gunther, Cat., iv, 61, 1862. 



Cliromis insolatug, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 285; Jordan it Gilbert' 

 Synopsis, 612, 1883. 



1«.59. CHK0MI8 ENCHRYSURUS, Jordan &. Gilbert. I 



Head 3^; depth 2. D. XIII, 12; A. II, 12 (D. XII, 11; A. II, 11, in one ' 

 specimen) ; scales 3-2(3-9. Body regularly ovate-oblong, the anterior pro- 

 file evenly convex; the caudal peduncle very short. Head broad above, | 



