15S2 Bullethi ^7, United States National Museum. 



dd. General color vermilion, with two large, irregular, black blotches on 

 the back and dorsal fin, the anterior on the first 6 dorsal spines, 

 the posterior extending over the whole soft dorsal and over a por- 

 tion of the back of the tail ; snout pointed, with the upper profile 

 slightly concave ; head longer than high; caudal emargin ate. 



ECLANCHEKI, 1989. 



bb. Pectorals with a large dark blue spot towards the tip; color carmine red ; fins 

 edged with darker; base of pectorals whitish; side of body with a pale 

 rose-colored band ; dorsal fin low ; ventrals reaching vent ; snout .sharp. 



PULC'IIELLA, 1990. 



19S7. HARPE DIPLOT.EXIA, Gill. 



Head about 3; depth 3 to Sn'iicludino- scaly dorsal .slie;ith). I). XII, 

 11; A. Ill, 13; scales 5-33-12. 



Male: Forehead very gibhousin the adult; a large, rounded, fleshy pad 

 on the forehead of the adult male, overhanging the snout slightly, and 

 about 3 times the width of the eye in height; iiveopercle entire, or very 

 slightly crenulated; eye a little less than 6 in head, whieh is about 3 to 

 3i in length ; lower lip extending downwards in a loose flap on each side 

 to below the chin in the adult, which has a fleshy mass beloAv; all the 

 flns (except the pectorals) elongate in the adult, the dorsal nearly reach- 

 ing, and the anal extending beyond, the median caudal rays; external 

 caudal rays twice, or more, as long as the median ; in large si^ecimens the 

 ventrals extend to posterior end of base of anal. In life, blue, with a yel- 

 low patch behind the pectoral fin, which has a large dark spot on its 

 extremity; head, tail, and flns bright r(>d, their tips black and yellow. 



Female: Forehead scarcely gibbons in the adult; pre opercle entire or 

 slightly crenulated; eye 6 in head, which is about equal to depth; verti- 

 cal flns elongate in the adult, the dorsal extending nearly to, and the anal 

 beyond, the median caudal rays, which are I as long as the external rays. 

 Color brownish yellow; a dark band commences behind the snout and is 

 divided into 2 behind the eye, the upper portion running along the back 

 and nearly joining its fellow from the other side on the hack of the free 

 portion of the tail, while the lower crosses the angle of the operculum 

 and is continued on to the middle of the tail, terminating near the caudal 

 and alternating with 2 spots behind the base of the caudal fln ; flns yel- 

 lowish or orange. 



Pacific coast of tropical America, about rocky islands; not rare, but not 

 easily taken; known from Cape San Lucas, Panama, the Revillagigedo 

 Islands, and the Venados at Mazatlau. {diTtXdo^, double; raivia, band, 

 from the coloration of the female.) 



Harpe diplotcenia, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862. 140, female. Cape San Lucas, 

 (Coll. Xantus) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 367 (note on H. diplo- 

 tcenia Gill) ; Jordan, Keview Labroid Fishes, 29, 1890. 



Harpe pectoralis, GllA,, Vvi^c. Ac. 'Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 141, male. Cape San Lucas (Coll. 

 Xantus) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 367 (note on type). 



Gossyphtts pectoralis, Glnther, Cat., iv, 110, 1862. 



Cusgyphus diplotcenia, GOnther, Cat., iv, 110, 1862. 



Bodianv* pectoralis, Jordan, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mas. 188.'), 384. 



liodiamis diplotcenia, Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1885, 384. 



