260 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



65862 U.S.N.M. Makemo, Paumotu. Albatross collection. Length, 71 or 

 72 mm. 2 examples. 



71560 U.S.N.M. Nafa, Okinawa. Albatross collection. Length, 82 to 150 mm. 



8 examples. 

 31187 to 31191 A.N.S.P. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 38 to 72 mm. 

 3129G to 31302 A.N.S.P. Apia. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 33 to 71 mm. 



HALICHOERES LEUCURUS (Walbaum) 



Labrus leucurus Walbaum, Artedi Pise, vol. 3, 1792, p. 249 (on Gronow, 



Mus. Ichth., vol. 2, 1754-1756, p. 28, No. 183; Zoophylac, 1763, No. 240). 

 Labrus purpurescens Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 262. No 



locahty (on Seba, Thesaur., vol. 3, 1758, p. 95, pi. 31, fig. 6). 

 Platyglossus purpurescens Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerl., vol. 1, 1862, 



p. 108, pi. 45, fig. 1 (Java, Bawean, Banka, Celebes, Amboina). — Gunthbr, 



Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 158 (East Indies). 

 Platyglossus purpurascens Meyer, An. Soc. Hist. Nat. Madrid, vol. 14, 



1885, p. 36 (Mysore). — Weber, Zool. Forsch. Austral. Ritter Semon, 



vol. 5, 1895, p. 272 (Amboina). 

 Halichoeres purpurescens Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 



1906 (1907), p. 94 (Bacon). 

 Julis (Halichoeres) temminckii Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vol. 4, 1853, 



p. 491. Batavia. 

 Julis {Halichoeres) kallopisos Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vol. 5, 1853, 



p. 348. Amboina. 



Depth SH to 3%; head 3 to 3K, width 2% to 2%. Snout 

 2J/g to 3; eye 5 ^/g to 6, 1% to 1 4/^ in snout, 1 to 1>^ in interorbital ; 

 maxillary reaches ^ to % to eye, 3% to 4 3^^ in head; interorbital 

 4^ to 5, convex. Gill rakers 6+11, lanceolate, short. 



Scales in lateral line 21, 5 + 1; 4 scales above lateral line, 9 below, 

 9 to 11 predorsal. Scales with 27 to 31 basal radiating striae, apical 

 28 to 36; circuli fine. 



D. IX, 12, I, ninth spine 2% to 33^ in head, first ray 2>^ to 2^; 

 A. Ill, 13, I, third spine 4% to 43^, first ray 2% to 3}i; caudal 

 IK to 13^, convex behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 1% to 2; 

 pectoral 1^; ventral Ij^ to 1%. 



Brown, each scale with basal spots of darker. Some obscure 

 scattered deep bluish spots on predorsal. Upper surface of head 

 with bluish spots; blue bar from front of maxillary to eye and 1 

 postocular across opercle, also 2 horizontal blue lines across cheek. 

 Two or 3 short bluish bands on chest and breast anteriorly each side. 

 Iris pale yellowish. Fins all pale. Dorsals and anals with obUque 

 gray bars, most distinct basaliy; black blotch subbasal on first 2 

 dorsal membranes. Pectoral with broad neutral black triangular 

 basal blotch at origin, base of fin white. 



East Indies. At present the dark caudal spots, as shown in Bleek- 

 er's figure, not evident. Also Bleeker does not show the black 

 blotch at the front of the spinous dorsal. 



