250 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



62486 U.S.N. M. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 215 to 320 



mm. 7 examples. 



9591 A.N.S.P. Samoa. Dr. H. C. CaldweU. Length, 41 mm. 



9653 A.N.S.P. Samoa. Dr. H. C. CaldwelL Length, 212 mm. 



31036 to 31037 A.N.S.P. Apia. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 223 to 250 mm. 



Genus HALICHOERES Ruppell 



Halichoeres Ruppell, Neue Wirbelth., Fischc, 1835, p. 10 (14). Type 



Halichoeres bimaculatus Rtjppell, designated by Jokdan and Evermann, 



Genera of Fishes, vol. 1, 1917, p. 184. (Not Halichoerus Nilsson, 1820 in 



mammals.) 

 Halychoeres Bonaparte, Fauna Italica, Pesc, vol. 1, 1841, fasc. xxx. Type 



Halichoeres bimaculatus RIjppell. 

 Platiglossus Klein, Neuer Schauplatz, vol. 3, 1776, p. 300. Type Plati- 



glossus squamulis laevibus KjjEin—JuUs annularis Valenciennes, desig- 

 nated by Bleeker, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, December 10, 1861, p. 411. 

 Platyglossus Bleeker, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, December 10, 1861, p. 411. 



Type Julis annularis Valenciennes. 

 Hemiulus Swainson, Nat. Hist. An., vol. 2, 1839, p. (173) 228. Type 



Labrus guttatus Bloch, designated by Bonaparte, Fauna Italica, Pesc, 



vol. 1, 1841, fasc. xxx. 

 Icthycallus Swainson, Nat. Hist. An., vol. 2, 1839, p. (173) 232. Type 



Julis semipunctatus Rijppell, designated by Swain, Proc. Acad. Nat. 



Sci. Phila., 1882, p. 275. 

 Ichtycollus Bonaparte, Fauna Italica, Pesc, vol. 1, 1841, fasc. xxx. Type 



Julis semipunctatus Ruppell. 

 Giintheria Bleeker, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, December 10, 1861, p. 413. 



Type Halichoeres coeruleovittatus Ruppell, orthotypic 

 Hemiiautoga Bleeker,'^ Proc. Zool. Soc, London, December 10, 1841, p. 



413. Type Labrus centriquadrus (Commerson) Lacepede, orthotypic. 

 Chaerojulis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, p. 192. Tj^pe Julis 



semicinctus Ayres, monotj^jic. 

 Parajulis Bleeker, Ned. Tijdsk. Dierk., vol. 2, 1865, p. 251. Type Julis 



poecilopterus Schlegel, orthotypic. 

 /ndio Jordan and Evermann, Rep. U. S. Fish Comm., 1895 (1896), p. 412. 



Type Labrus radiatus Linnaeus, designated by Jordan, Genera of 



Fishes, vol. 4, 1920, p. 473. 

 Octocynodon Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., ser. 2, vol. 12, 1904, 



p. 535. Type Julis miniatus Valenciennes, orthotypic. 



Body oblong, compressed. Head compressed, conic. Teeth large; 

 anterior canines f to |; usually 1 each side behind. Preopercle 

 entire. Gill rakers short, weak. Gill membranes slightly joined to 

 narrow isthmus. Scales large, 25 to 30 in lateral line. Head usually 

 naked, sometimes few small scales on cheek behind eyes. Dorsals 

 with or without distinct basal scaly sheath. Lateral line not inter- 

 rupted, abruptly bent behind. Fins low, dorsal spines 9, rays 11. 

 Anal spines 3, rays 11. Caudal lunate, truncate or rounded. Ven- 

 trals inserted below pectoral base. 



Small brilliant fishes of tropical seas, remarkable for their greatly 

 variable color-patterns. 



» Jordan quotes Hemitautbga twice on the same page, Genera of Fishes, vol. 3, 1919, p. 309, first as a 

 synonym of Coris hkctvtvz and then as a synonym of Giintheria Bleeker. 



