1608 Bulletin /7, United States National Museum. 



rowly margined with light blue; sides of head thickly covered with 

 small purplish or bluish spots aud broken lines margined with darker 

 blue, those on cheeks arianged in lines radiating from the eye; dorsal and 

 anal purplish, a subniarginal light streak (prol)ably blue in life), and a 

 narrow white margin; a black Idotch on anterior rays of spinous dorsal; 

 pectorals and ventrals purplish at base, with more or less orange or yellow 

 on distal portion; caudal brownish, the outer rays tipped with black. 

 Kevillagigedo Archipelago, abundant at Socorro Island ; the longest speci- 

 men known, 10^ inches long. (Gilbert.) 



Thalassoma iocorroense. Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. >lus. 18iH), 69, Socorro Island (Type 

 No. 43084. Coll. Alhatrois) ; Jordan, Review Labroid Fi.shes, 653, 1890. 



2016. (HLORUHTHYS NITIDUS (Giinther). 



Head 3f (4^ in total) ; depth 4 (4A in total). D. VIII, 13; A. II (III), 11 ; 

 scales 2-26-8. No posterior canine tooth. Dorsal spines pungent, shorter 

 than the rays; caudal lobes very slightly produced; the length of the 

 ventral | of that of the pectoral. Color in spirits, a violet band, united 

 with its fellow on the snout, runs through the ej^c and across the bend of 

 the lateral line to the caudal, sometimes broken up into large spots, 

 forming a single series; dorsal fin brownish, darkest toward the margin, 

 which is white; a black blotch between the 4 anterior spines; anal white; 

 caudal with a blackish streak along each lobe; a black spot superiorly in 

 the axil of the pectoral, which is tran.sparent. Jamaica (Giinther) ; not 

 seen by us. Length 3 inches, {nitidus, shining.) 



Julis nitida, GOnther, Cat., IV, 190, 1862, Jamaica. (Coll. Dr. Pariiell.) 

 Thalassoma nitidum, Jordan & Hughes, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 68 ; Jordan, Review 

 Labroid Fishes, 653, 1890. 



2017. CHLORUHTHYS MTIDISSIMUS (Goode). 



Head 3f ; Depth 4. D. VIII, 13 ; A. Ill, 11 ; scales 2-26-8. Body slender, 

 compressed; ventrals very short, 2| in pectorals. Top of head aud back 

 brilliant yellow, this color extending on sides of head and to ventrals; a 

 large yellow blotch on ca-udal fin ; lower parts rosy white; a maroon band 

 backward from eye, breaking up on body into a series of 6 quadrate spots 

 of bottle green, the last blotch extending on outer rays of caudal; dorsal 

 mostly greenish, with pale margin, a dark blotch between second and tifth 

 spines; pcictorals pale; ventrals yellow. Bermudas (Goode) ; not seen by 

 us; probably not distinct from Chlorichthys rittidua.'' (nitidissimus, most 

 shining.) 

 Julis nitidissima, Gooue, Am. Jour. Sci. and Arts 1877, 293, Bermuda. (Coll. Goode.) 



*ln describing Jiilis nitiilissinKi, Professor Goode iii(li( mIis liis suspicion that it is iden- 

 tical with Jvlis nititld. I'lic only tangible distiurtinii xmhiM 1)c in the length of the ven- 

 trals, f the pectorals in ('. iiitiiliix nm\ ^ in C.nitulissimiis. The other difference.s may be 

 due to the fact that the type of nilidissimus was treshly c aiiglit ; those of nitidus preserved 

 in alcohol. 



