[99] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



1161. Platyglossus maculipiuna ' Miiller & Troschel. "W. 



1162. Platyglossus semiciuctus Ayres. C. (949) 



1163. Platyglossus dispilus ^ Guuther. P. 



372.— PSEUDOJULIS Bleeker. (320) 

 ^Faeudojulia. 



1164. Pseudojulis notospilus ^ Guntlier. P. 



$ Oxyjulia. Gill. 



1165. Pseudojulis modestus Girard. C. (950) 



373.— THALASSOMA^ Swainson, 



1166. Thalassoma lucasauum Gill. P. 



374.— DORATONOTUS' Gunther. 



1167. DoratonotUB thalassinus Jordan &, Gilbert. W. 



' Platyglossus viactiUpinna Miiller & Troschel. 



Dorsal fin with a black (blue) spot between the fifth and seventh spines and ^ith 

 a baud along the middle of the soft portion ; a .small black spot posteriorly in the 

 axil of the dorsal; a broad dark band runs from the head to the caudal fin, below the 

 lateral line ; sometimes a dark spot below the band on the middle of the body ; a blue 

 band from the snout through the eye to the operculum, and another above it from 

 the snout to the eye ; both bands are united, forming a V- Three bluish bands across 

 the nape and three white ones on the cheek. Base of the pectoral with a small black 

 spot. Caudal rounded. D. IX, 11 ; A. Ill, 11. Scales 2-28-9 ( Gunther), West Indies ; 

 a young specimen taken by us at Beaufort, N. C, in 1877. 



{Julia maculipinna Miiller «&, Troschel, Hist. Barbadoes, 674; Gunther, IV, 165. 

 " Pusa " ? radiata Jor. & Gill. , Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1878, 374. ) 



^Platyglossus dispilus Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, 25, and Fish. Centr. 

 Amer., 1869,447. Mazatlan to Panama. 



^Pseudojulis notospiltis Giinther 11. cc. 26, 447. Mazatlan to Panama. 



■•Thalassoma Swainson. 



{Julia Giinther, not of Cuvier, whose type Lahrus julia L. is a species of Coris ; not 

 of Swainson, who also restricted Julis to the species of Coris.) 



(Swainson, Classn. Anim. II, 1839, 224; type Julis purpureua Riippell.) 



This genus difters from Platyglossus in the possession of but eight spines in the dor- 

 sal, and in having no posterior canine tooth. The numerous species are gaily colored, 

 like those of Platyglossus. They are found chiefly in the Western Pacific. {Qalaaaa, 

 the sea; aufia, body, from the sea-green color of T. purpureum.) 



Thalassoma lucasanum =:z Julis lucasana Gill., Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 142; 

 Julis lucasana Giinther, IV, 184. Gulf of California. 



sDoRATONOTUS Giinther. 

 (Gunther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. IV, 124, 1862; tyjie Doratonotus megalepis Giinther.) 

 Body compressed ; head not compressed to an edge anteriorly ; its profile in front 

 straight or concave ; preorbital not very deep ; mouth rather wide ; teeth in a single 

 series, two large canines in front in each jaw ; a posterior canine ; cheeks and oper- 

 cles scaly ; gill membranes united, free from the isthmus; scales large; lateral line 

 interrupted behind, beginning again lower down ; dorsal fin with nine strong pun- 

 gent spines; some of the anterior elevated, the median spines short, so that the out- 

 line of the fin is concave ; caudal rounded. Colors brilliant. Size small. Two spe- 

 cies, each known from a single specimen. (Aopu (5oparoS), spear; v&roi, back.) 

 Doratonotus ihalassinus Jordan & Gilbert, Pioc, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 28. Key West. 



