G02 CONTEIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



rays twice as long as the median. {Goode.) D. XII, 10; A. Ill, 11; 

 scales 5-32-13. West Indies, north to Florida Keys. 



(Labrus riifus L. Syst. Nat. i, 284: Cossijphus riifus Giinther, iv, 108; Gill, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 222; Goode, Bull. U. S. Nao. Mus. v, 37: Cossyjthus bodianus 

 Cuv. & Val. xii, 103: Bodianus rufus Poey, Rep. Fis. Nat. Cuba, ii, 331.) 



aa. Base of dorsal not scaly; scales rather small; vertical fins little produced. (Pime- 

 lometopon* Gill.) 



945. H. pulchra (Ayres) J. & G. — Bed-fish; Fat-head. 



Males with the head, dorsal, anal, and caudal fins, and the posterior 

 part of the body, as far as the vent, purplish black; middle part of the 

 body, pectoral fin, middle of caudal, and i)osterior edge of dorsal red, 

 varying in tint from clear crimson to blackish, with coppery or purplish 

 lustre; region about shoulder-girdle reddest; lower jaw in both sexes 

 abruptly and entirely white; females dusky rose-colored, with the black 

 areas ill defined or obsolete. Forehead in the adult with a very prom- 

 inent fatty hump. Gill-rakers short, thickish. Caudal fin truncate, the 

 lobes in the adult produced and pointed. Scales on breast small ; pre- 

 opercle serrulate in young. Head 3^; depth 3. D. XII, 10; A. Ill, 

 12 ; Lat. 1. 62. L. 30 inches. Coast of California, from Point Con- 

 cepcion southwards; very abundant. Dried in immense numbers by 

 the Chinese. 



,{Lahrus pulcher Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. i, 3, 18.54: Semicos»ijphns pxdcher 

 GUnther, iv, 99; Pimelometopon pulcher Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 59.) 



319.— PI.ATVGL,OSSUS Bleeker. 

 Doncellas. 

 (Halicbares Ruppell, preoccupied : Chocrojulis Gill.) 

 (Klein; Bleeker, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1861, 411: type Julis annularis C. & V.) 



Body oblong, compressed, not elevated, covered with large scales, 

 there being 25-30 in the course of the lateral line, which is not inter- 

 rupted, but abruptly bent i)osterior]y. Scales on breast rather smaller. 

 Head naked, compressed, conic. Preopercle entire. Teeth large, each 

 jaw wath two to four canines in front, none of them bent backwards; a 

 posterior canine tooth directed forwards on each side of the upper jaw^. 

 Dorsal spines nine; anal spines three, graduated; ventrals inserted 

 under axil of pectoral. Gill-rakers short and leeble ; gill-membranes 

 slightly joined to a narrow isthmus. Species numerous, brilliantly col- 

 ored, abounding in kelp in the tropical seas. {-Kkaruq, broad ; yXutcaa^ 

 tongue; an old name without evident application.) 



*Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 58: type Labrus pulcher Ajres. {TtijueXoi, 

 fat; /ueroTtov, forehead.) 



