Jordan and Evermann. -Fishes of North America. 1609 



2018. CHLORICHTHYS STEINDACHXEUI (Jordan). 



Head 4 iu total, to end of middle caudal rays; depth 5; scales 2-27-9. 

 Caudal deeply forked, its produced rays, as also the head, bluish violet; 

 lower and posterior edge of caudal pale; obscure paler streaks on side of 

 head; Ineast to veutrals violet, paler than head; body violaceous, its 

 anterior third paler, the scales posteriorly edged with dull violet; dorsal 

 dull violet, its base paler, its edge whitish ; anal with a violet stripe above 

 the pale edge. Pectoral tin with a large blue-black blotch pointed 

 forward toward its tip. Acapulco; 1 specimen ^\ inches long (Steindach. 

 ner) ; not seen by us. 



Dr. Steindachner observes: "Au example caught at Acapulco agrees on 

 the whole so closely with JhWs mehmochir that I can only on account of its 

 color regard it as ai variety of that species. Jnlis melanochir comes very 

 abundantly on the coast of the Sandwich Islands, and it may from thence 

 extend its range to the west coast of North America, which, on the whole, 

 possess but few Labroids." Inasmuch as this account of the Acapulco fish 

 differs considerablj- from Jidis melanochir as shown in Bleeker's figure, and 

 as the Labroid fanna of the west coast of Mexico is in general wholly 

 unlike that of the western Pacific, it is probable that the fish from Aca- 

 pulco is not identical with JuUs melanochir. 



(Named for Dr. Franz Steindachner, the discoverer of the species.) 



Jvlis melanochir, Steindachner, Ichtli. Beitr., ui, 63, 1875, specimeu from Acapulco ; not 



of Bleeker, Act. Soc. So. Indo Nederl., vin, 77, 1859. 

 Thalassoma steindachneri, Jordan, Keview Labroid Fishes, 654, 1890, Acapulco; after 



Steindachner. 



2019. CHLORK'HTHYS BIFASCIATUS* (Blocli). 



Head Si; depth 3$. D. VIII, 13; A. 11,11; scales 2-27-9. Caudal fin 

 deeply forked, the outer rays much produced, especially iu the adult. 

 Body bicolor, the anterior and posterior halves diftereut; anterior half 

 deep blue, the head paler, posterior half bottle green, a deep blue band 

 across the body covered by pectoral; a fainter one behind gill opening, 

 the two perhaps sometimes coalescing; spinous dorsal dark; tip of pec- 

 toral dark; caudal pale, its lobes dark blue on the outer part; soft dorsal 

 greenish; anal and veutrals bluish. West Indies; not uncommon; known 

 from Cuba, Jamaica, San Domingo, and Martinique. {Mfasciatus, two- 

 banded.) 



Labrus capite obtuso, Gronow, Zoophyl., No. 243, 1781, Antilles. 

 Labrvs bifasciatus, Bloch, Ichthy., 131, pi. 283, 1792, West Indies. 



Labrus bifasciaUts yai. torquatus. Block & ScHNEmER, Syst. Ichth., 243, 1801, Antilles; 

 after Gronow. 



* "Head and iris very dark purple ; body to tip of pectorals black, posteriorly green, the 

 bases of the scales darker ; caudal peduncle dusky ; greenish on sides ; a pale greenish ))and 

 across back and sides through front of spinous "dorsal; outer rays of caudal black, inner 

 white; s)iinouN dmHal black, soft dorsal greenish with apale margin ; anal greenish, dusky 

 anterioiiv; prctmal white, the tips and base black; outer rays of veutrals black, others 

 pale; head williout color markings, but the numerous pores on the cheek seem to have 

 mucous tnbi'H radiating from the eye. Pectoral black at tip." (Jordan and Rutter: 

 Specimens from Jamaica.) 



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