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639. PSEUDOJULIS, Bleeker. 

 PseudojuKs, Bleeker, Troc. Zool. Soc. London 1861, 412 (girardl). 



Body elongate, compressed, covered with large scales ; lateral line con- 

 tinuous; each jaw with 2 strong canines in front, and with no trace of 

 posterior canines; dorsal with 9 pungent spines; anal with 3 spines. 

 G<'neral character of Halicliccres, from which genus Pseiidojitlis differs in 

 the absence of posterior canines, and in having 3 anal spines. Species 

 of small size found about rocky islands of the Pacific; the type, Pseudo- 

 julis girardi, is an East Indian species, (ipevd)}?, false; Julis.) 



a. Dorsal spines slender and flexible; body very slender, the depth 5 in length; the 

 head2f; caudal truncate; pectorals and ventrals very short ; scales not contin- 

 uous across median line of nape, 6 series in front of dorsal. Color nearly 

 uniform olivaceous; a faint dark streak forward from eye; a dark spot on each 

 scale along the base of dorsal; scales along lower half of sides edged with pale; 

 spinous dorsal dusky ; a small black spot at base of fifth ray and 1 at base of 

 last ray; fins otherwise plain translucent. inornatus, 2012. 



aa. Dorsal spines slender, but pungent; body rather slender, the depth 4 in length; 

 head 3; caudal rounded; pectorals and ventrals short; scales not coutiuuons 

 across median line of nape; 8 series before dorsal. Color olivaceous; the back 

 and sides above with 7 broad dusky cross bars, the pale interspaces less than 

 J their width, these bars not continued on the dorsal fin j a streak forward from 

 eye, another backward; opercular flap with a jet-black spot, which has a broad 

 pale margin; a round black spot at base of caudal above the median rays; a 

 dusky spot on each side above vent, in front of whicli arc 2 short silvery par.al- 

 lel lines down and forward, with traces of 4 otliers ; a .small jet-black spot 

 between first and second dorsal spines; fins otherwise plain translucent. 



MELANOTIS. 2013. 



2012. PSEUDOJULIS INOBXATUS, Gilbert. 



Head 2f (31 in total) ; depth 5 (5| in total length). D. IX, 12 ; A. Ill, 12 ; 

 scales li-27-10. Body very slender; depth of caudal peduncle 11|^; snout 

 3^ in head; maxillary 4f, equaling diameter of orbit, which is If in snout, 

 and equals interorbital width. Two canines only in front of each jaw; 

 no posterior canines. Distance from front of dorsal to occiput equaling 

 distance from latter to front of eye. Dorsal spines slender and Hoxilde, 

 longest soft ray 23 in head ; caudal truncate, the outer rays not produced. If 

 in head; pectorals and ventrals very short, the outer ray of the latter not 

 at all produced ; pectorals 2 in head ; ventrals 2?, not nearly reaching vent. 

 Scales not continuous across median line of nape, 6 series in front of dorsal ; 

 scales on breast much reduced; 10 oblique series in front of ventrals; 18 

 scales along dorsal portion of lateral line; no scaly sheaths along the 

 bases of fins. Color in spirits, nearly uniform olivaceous; a faint dark 

 streak forward from eye to end of maxillary ; a dark spot on each scale 

 along base of dorsal, forming a faint dark streak ; scales along lower half 

 of sides edged with whitish (probably blue in life) ; spinous dorsal dusky, 

 a small black spot at base of fifth ray, another at base of last ray; fins 

 otherwise translucent, unmarked; iris bright silvery. This species is 

 known from a single specimen, 3^ inches long, dredged by the Albatross 

 off the west coast of Mexico, south of Cape San Lucas. (Gilbert.) {inor- 

 natus, not adorned.) 



