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eye, alternating with bronze. Just above middle of body, close behind 



the pectorals, in the males, is a deep indigo-blue cross band, which 



nearly meets its fellow under the belly. Pectorals yellow, upper edge 



of axil black; ventrals cream-color, each reaching beyond the posterior 



edge of the blue cross-band ; other fins with horizontal,, wavy, reddish 



streaks; female without blue baud, but with irregular ink-like spots on 



numerous scales on the back and tail. Body oblong, compressed, rather 



elevated at the nape. Lips thick, the lower with a frenum. Teeth in 



about two series; three or four of the anterior in each jaw, canine-like. 



Eye small. Dorsal spines slender, low, and flexible. Scales on breast 



small. Head 3i ; depth 3|. D IX, 12; A. Ill, 12; Lat. 1. 28. Pacific 



coast, north to Point Concepciou, not rare southward. 



{Julis semicinctus Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1859, 32; Glinther, iv, IGl; Stein- 

 dacliner, Ichthyol. Beitriige, v, 151, IdTG.) 



320.— PSEUDOJUL.IS Bleeker. 



Sefioritas. 



(Bleeker, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1861, 412: type Julis girardi Bleeker.) 



This genus differs from Platyglossus only in the lack of development 

 of the posterior canines, which are either wanting altogether or reduced 

 to a slight rudiment. (v''eD5o-, false; wuXo^, Julis, an allied genus.) 



a. Dorsal spines very slender and flexible. {Oxyjulis * Gill. ) 



950. P. ntoclcstus (Grd.) Gthr, — Senorita; Pesce Bey. 



Olive-brown, the scales each with orange-brown in the centre; cream- 

 color below; sides of head with alternating horizontal streaks of bluish 

 and brown ; a dark blue spot at base of pectoral above ; membrane of 

 base of spinous dorsal largely indigo-blue; a large iuky blotch at base 

 of caudal, covering one-third the fin; fins otherwise light brown. Body 

 elongate, the back not elevated, the head slender and sharp. A smill 

 posterior canine sometimes present on one side, usually eutirely wanting. 

 Fins low; ventrals short; caudal truncate; spines weak and slender; 

 pectorals reaching beyond tips of ventrals. Head 4; depth 4i. D. 

 IX, 13; A. Ill, 13; Lat. 1. 28. L. 7 inches. Pacific coast; abundant 

 southward. A graceful little fish. 



(JuJis modestus Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv. Fish. 1858, 163; Giinther, iv, 168: Oxy- 

 julis modestus GiW, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 142.) 



*Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 142: type Julis modestus Ayres. 



