302 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



17454. Murcielagos Bay, Mindanao. August 9, 1909. Length, 122 mm. 

 22526. San Pascual, Burias Island. April 8, 1909. [1510.] Length, 107 mm. 



Olive, spots violet black anteriorly limited by blue; stripes on front of head 



brownish red; yellow along belly and anal base. Dorsal edge orange brown. 



Anal and caudal same. Throat blue, then orange. Body redder in places, 



especially on caudal, base brown. 

 9450. Simaluc Island. September 22, 1909. 2 examples. Length, 78 to 108 



mm. 

 1 example, Sitanki Reef. September 24, 1909. Length, 94 mm. 

 52230 U.S.N. M. Apia. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 71 to 103 mm. 3 



examples. 



Genus CORIS Lacepede 



Coris LAC^pfeDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1802, pp. 96, 97. Type Coris 



aygula Lacepede, designated by Jordan and Evermann, Genera of 



Fishes, vol. 2, 1917, p. 61. 

 Julis CuviER, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1814, p. 90. Type Labrus julis 



Linnaeus, by tautonomy. 

 Aygula Rafinesque, Analyse de la nature, 1815, p. 87. Type Coris 



aygula Lacepede, virtualh'^, as Aygula Rafinesque proposed to replace 



Coris LAcfipfeoE. 

 Neanis Gistel, Naturg. Thierr., 1848, p. ix. Type Labrus julis Linnaeus, 



virtually, as Neanis Gistel proposed to replace Julis Cuvier. 

 Hemicoris Bleeker, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1861, p. 411. Type Hali- 



choeres variegatus Ruppell, orthotypic. 

 Pseudocoris Bleeker, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1861, p. 411. Type 



Halichoeres heteropterus Bleeker, orthotypic. 

 Ophthalmolepis Bleeker, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1861, p. 413. Type 



Julis lineolatus Valenciennes, orthotypic. 



Body oblong, compressed. Hind canine absent or present. 

 Scales small or moderate, 50 to 85 in lateral line. Head scaleless, 

 sometimes patch of scales behind eye. Lateral line complete. Dor- 

 sal spines 9, rays 12, front spines usually produced and flexible. 

 Anal spines 3, rays 12. Caudal rounded or forked. 



Brilliant fishes of the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific. 



ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES 



a'. Coris. Hind canine obsolete; scales, 00 to 62; front part of body with fine 

 spots, larger on vertical fins, obsolete with age and body becoming black; 



size, large angulata. 



a^. Hind canines present; body not becoming black with age. 

 6'. Hemicoris. Scales 45 to 65. 



c'. Body without longitudinal white or yellow bands. 



dK Side of head with 1 or 2 curved bluish bands; no black spot on 



opercular flap. 



eK Dorsals with 1 or 2 black spots; no black blotch on opercular flap. 



p. First membrane of spinous dorsal black and black blotch on 



front of soft dorsal; side of head with 2 irregular curved 



bands variegata. 



p. Small black spot at base of first membrane of spinous dorsal; 



1 curved band on side of head batuensis. 



e^. Dorsals without black spots. 



gK Opercular flap with black blotch venusta. 



g^. No black opercular blotch multicolor. 



