32. juLis. 179 



Grecnish-rosecoloured, with a large oblong red (in spirits, white) 

 blotch on the side ; vertical fins with oblique or transverse bluish 

 lines ; one or two series of small brown spots between the soft dorsal 

 fin and the lateral line. 

 Amboyna. 



a. Adult. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection, 



32. JULIS*. 



Julis, sp., Cm: ^- l\d. 



Body compressed, oblong, covered with scales of moderate size ; 

 head entirely naked ; lateral line not interrupted ; snout of moderate 

 extent, not produced ; no posterior canine tooth. Dorsal spines 

 eight. 



Seas between the Tropics and the parts adjoining them. 



The akiiU of JuJis is distinguished by thick ossifications of the 

 principal frontal bonos, which are especially conspicuous in old indi- 

 viduals ; they form a deep cavity for the i)rocesscs of the intermaxil- 

 larics. The suborbital ring also is very solid. In all the species the 

 vertebral column appears to be composed of eleven abdominal and 

 fourteen caudal vertebrae. J. pavo, lunaris, and dorsalis have been 

 examined. 



1 . Julis pavo. 



Labrus pavo, Hnsselqii. Iter Polast. p. 389 ; Lacep. iii. p. 484. 



syriacus, Bl. >Schn. p. 244. 



hebraicus, Htsso, Ichth. Nice, p. 282 (not Laccp.). 



Julis turcica, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 299. 



pavo, Cuv. S,- Vol. xiii. p. 377. pl.38G ; C/tr. Jity/ie A/am. III. I'm'.ss. 



pi. 87._ fig. 1. 



unimaculata, Zotw, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 11. 



Labrus cretensis, Gronov. Si/st. ed. Gray, p. 82. 



D. ■^. A. :^. L. lat. 30. L. transv. 3/11. Vert. 1114. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is con- 

 tained three times and a third in the total. Caudal lobes more or 

 less produced. Pectoral with a large black blotch at its extremity . 

 and with a small blackish s])ot siiperiorly in the axil. Body greenish 

 or reddish, each scale with a red vertical streak ; a broad, oblicpie, 

 transverse green band behind the pectoral ; head Avith irregular green 

 bands; dorsal green, with a very broad black longitudinal band from 

 the third dorsal spine, occupying nearly the whole of the middle ; 

 basal half of the anal fin black or violet. Caudal lobes with a blackish 

 longitudinal streak. The green colour is sometimes replaced by 

 bright-red. 



Mediterranean. Sea of Madeira. 



a. Fine specimen. Fernando V^). From Mi-. Fraser's Collection. 



* 1. Julis lessonii, Cuv.Sf Val. xiii. p. 384. — St. Helena. 



2. Renard, fig. 179. — Julis pavoninus, Cuv. &( Val. xiii. p. 483. — Kast. Indies. 



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