Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of ATorth America. 1607 



nape, 7 or 8 rows before dorsal ; caudal deeply lunate in adult, the 

 outi'r rays twice median ones ; outer ventral rays produced, not (^uite 

 twice inner rays; dorsal spines punijent. D. VIII, 13; A. Ill, 11. 



GBAMMATICUS, 2020. 



ee. Color uniform bright green, without well-defined marks on head or body. 

 Head 3 in length ; depth about 3; scales continuous across nape; about 7 

 rows before dorsal; scales 27; outer caudal lobes much produced, \\ in 

 head; outer ventral rays tilameutous; dorsal spines pungent. D. VIII, 

 13; A. Ill, 11. VIKENS, 2021. 



2014. C'HLOUKHTHTS LUl'ASAMS (Gill). 



Head 4; depth about 4. D. VIII, 13; A. Ill, 12; scales 2-26-8. Head 

 rather pointed ; dorsal spiues piiugent; ventrals not filamentous. Scales 

 before dorsal small, G in number. Caudal lunate in adult, truncate in the 

 young, the black outer rays produced somewh;it beyond the others. A 

 broad black band along side, its lower edge jiassing along lower edge of 

 eye and npper edge of pectoral, then along middle of bod.y curving up- 

 ward to base of itpper lobe of caudal; belly below this abruptly jialer, 

 brownish posteriorly ; a faint brown streak along sides from behind pec- 

 toral to middle of caudal base; dark lateral band fading insensibly above 

 into the brown hue of the back; upper part of back again black; head 

 all dark, Mack altove, the color gradually fading below to brown; 2 pale 

 bluish streaks from lower part of eye downward and backward ; a black 

 sj)ot at upper base of pectoral; dorsal black, with a narrow pale margin 

 on the soft part; caudal pale, its upper and lower rays abruptly Ijlack, 

 and narrowly edged with pale; anal brown at base, pale at tip; pectoral 

 brown, with a blackish area toward the tip. Length about 3^ inches. 

 Gulf of California, in rock pools. Known from Cape San Lucas, Mazatlan, 

 and Tres Marias. Here described from 3 specimens (No. 37154, U. S. Nat. 

 Mus.) brought from Tres Marias Islands by Alphouso Forrer. 



Julis lucasamig, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 142, Cape San Lucas; Gunther, Cat., 



IV, 184, 1862; Jordan &. Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 367. 

 Thalassoma lucasanum, Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. Am., 98, 1885 ; Jordan & Hughes, I. c, 1886, 



68 ; Jordan, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1888, 333 ; Jordan, Review Labroid Fishes, 652, 1890. 



2015. CHLORHHTHTS SOCOBUOEXSIS (Gilbert). 



Head 3 to 3i ; depth 3 to SJ. D. VIII, 13 ; A. Ill, 11 ; scales 2-27-8. Depth 

 of caudal peduncle 2A in head; maxillary 3|; snout 2f ; interorbital 4|. 

 Interopercles meeting below on median line of throat. Scales reduced 

 on breast and nape, the latter scaled over median line ; 8 or 9 scales in a- row 

 along nape, arranged in 5 or 6 oblique series; 13 oblique rows on breast; 

 well-developed scaly sheaths along ))ases of dorsal and anal, and series of 

 scales running out on membranes between rays of caudal. Outer caudal 

 rays little produced, the outline of fin greatly concave, longest ray equal- 

 ing length of head in front of preopercular margin ; ventrals short, the 

 outer rays not produced, the inner rays contained If in length of outer ; 

 pectorals short and broad. If in head; dorsal spines strong and sharp. 

 Deep brown, each scale on sides with a vertical bluish bar at base, nar- 



