390 = Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
GENUS VII. MALACANTHUS, Cvv. 
Body elongated, but little compressed ; scales small; the anal almost as 
long as the dorsal; the other fins moderate ; head oblong ; the forehead 
slightly convex ; eyes moderate, and situated far back; the mouth quite 
cloven ; lips fleshy. In each jaw a single row of teeth, among which some 
are stout and curved ; pharyngeal teeth like those of a card ; a strong spine 
at the angle of the operculum. 
1. Malacanthus Plumieri, Cuv. 
Variegated with yellow and lilac, or bluish. Before the eyes and upon the temple, the 
yellow and lilac are disposed in longitudinal lines. Yellow marblings upon a lilac ground on 
the operculum. The dorsal is of a reddish lilac, with three longitudinal series of yellow 
spots. Caudal yellow, its posterior edge bluish and transparent, and tinged with blue at 
its upper and lower edges. ‘The upper and lower rays of the caudal elongated into slender 
points, as long again as the rest of the fin. Six strong, pointed teeth in the front of the upper 
jaw, with two small intermediate ones ; behind these, on each side, a row of fifteen small, con- 
ical, and pointed ones, and at the angle a stout one directed slightly forwards. In the lower 
jaw, in front, six and twosmall ones ; and then, on each side, five curved, pointed, compressed, 
increasing to the fifth ; the sixth is one half as large, and after it are ten or twelve, very fine, 
and a stouter one at the angle, slightly directed forwards, less than the corresponding one in 
the upper jaw. 
D.6-55. P.16. V.1-5. A.1-50. C.17. Length, 15 to 18 inches. 
Gulf of Mexico, Parra. Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Matajuelo blanco, Parra, p. 22, pl. 13, fig- 1. 
Coryphzna Plumieri, Liy., Syst. Nat., Gmex., p. 1191. 
Wn Is Buiocn, 175? 
os “2 Plumier’s Coryphene, SHaw’s Gen. Zodl., 1v. p. 215. 
Malacanthus Plumieri, GrirritH’s Cuv., x. p. 263, 
Le Malacanthe de Plumier (Malacanthus Plumieri, Cuv., Sparus oblongus, Bu., Scun.), Cuv. et Vau., xu. 
p. 319, pl. 330. 
GENUS VIII. JULIS, Cuv. 
Head smooth ; cheeks and gill-covers without scales ; the lateral line bent 
suddenly downwards when opposite the end of the dorsal fin ; in other re- 
spects the generic characters are similar to those of the genus Labrus. 
1. Julis psittaculus, Cuv. 
Brown, more or less red upon the back, lighter beneath ; two longitudinal, parallel violet or 
lilac bands upon the sides. ‘The upper band arises at the angle of the operculum ; the lower 
