NO. 1266. LABROID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 627 
similar spots along sides of belly, a small spot at upper edge of base 
of pectoral; dorsal with 2 rows of sharply defined, very small black 
spots; other fins plain. 
Color of male in life: Bod}^ and head greenish blue, cheeks and 
throat with reddish orange reticulations, lines of same color through 
eye; top of head and nape brownish; scales of upper parts with yel- 
lowish centers, the posterior ones tinged with red, broadly edged with 
greenish blue; upper part of bodj^ with 4 or 5 indefinite lateral stripes; 
dorsal greenish with reticulations of bright 3'ellowish red; pectorals 
3'ellowish red, brightest on upper part of fin; anal greenish blue, with 
3 wavy longitudinal lines of brick red; caudal edged with light orange. 
This species is one of the commonest in the bays of southern Japan, 
aboiniding in all rocky places in shallow water, and frequently taken 
on the hook in the surf. It varies much in color from brilliant red to 
dull olive. The male has black l)lotches on the dorsal and about 5 
streaks of dark olive on the body. The female has the dorsal with 
black dots, not blotches, and the streaks on the body are more or less 
obsolete. The pale spots along the sides of the back are almost always 
conspicuous in the male, but are often faint or absent in the female. 
Our specimensare from Tokyo, Misaki, Enoshima, Wakanoura, Kobe, 
Hiroshima, Tsuruga, Hakota, Nagasaki, Tsushima and Totomi Bay 
where it was dredged in rather deep water. 
20. PSEUDOLABRUS GRACILIS (Steindachner) , 
Jjabrichthys gracilis Steindachner, Fische Japans, IV, 1887, p. 17; Tokio. 
Pseudolabrus gracilis Jordan and Snyder, Check List, 1901, p. 87. 
Head 4 in length; depth 4; depth of caudal peduncle 2^; eye 6 in 
head; interorbital space 41; snout 3; D. IX, 11; A. Ill, 10; scales in 
lateral series 23; between lateral line and insertion of dorsal 1; between 
lateral line and insertion of anal 7; rows on cheek 3. 
Body notably elongate; snout sharp; jaws equal; interorbital area 
low, convex; e3^e somewhat nearer to tip of snout than to posterior edge 
of opercle. Teeth in a single series laterally, coalesced or closely 
apposed at base, the points distinct; 1 or 2 strong canines projecting for- 
ward from, posterior part of upper jaw; an outer row represented on 
anterior part of jaws by 2 canines above and 4 below. Posterior edge 
of preopercle not serrate, opercle with an elongate flap. Gill-rakers 
on first arch 7+10, short, pointed. Scales not forming a sheath on 
bases of dorsal and anal; basal half of caudal with scales; those on opercle 
large, imbricated. Lateral line complete, high on bod}", bent abruptly 
downward below base of soft dorsal. Dorsal low, the membrane scarcelj^ 
incised, not thickened around the spines, a short, soft filament pro- 
jecting be^'ond each spine, longest spine 3 in head, ray 2yV- Second 
anal spine 5i in head, longest ray 2|^. Caudal rounded, li in head, 
pectoral If; ventral 1|, the outer ray of the latter filamentous. 
