642 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.xxiv. 
Snout short, bluntly pointed, jtiw.s equal, lower lip thin, divided into 2 
lateral pendent lobe.s. Teeth closely apposed or coalesced at l)ase, the 
points distinct, in a single series, 2 strong blunt canines on tip of each 
jaw, 2 or 4 smaller teeth in a row behind the canines; no posterior 
canines present. Preopercle entire, operclo with a broad flap, its 
length 5 in head. Gill-rakers on first arch O + 11, moderately long, 
slender, pointed; pseudobranchia^ large. 
Scales moderate, much reduced on nape and on pectoral region, 
dorsal and anal fins without basal sheath, small scales extending far 
out on interradial membranes of caudal, head naked. Lateral line 
complete, abruptly bent downward below base of soft dorsal. 
Dorsal spines long and slender, not pungent, the longest 2i in head, 
longest ra}' 1^; anal spines similar to those of dorsal, the rays equal 
to those of dorsal in length; the membranes of both fins thick. The 
caudal and pectorals of our specimen are so worn, it having been con- 
Fig. 9.— Coris aygixa. 
fined in a floating basket, that their shape and length can not l)e deter- 
mined. Outer rays of ventrals lengthened, the fins reaching base 
of first anal ray. 
Color in alcohol, uniform blue-black, the scales with a somewhat 
lighter edge, the fins much darker than the body. 
Color in life deep green, the scales edged with brownish; a ])luish 
green vertical band behind end of depressed pectoral; caudal with a 
wash of blue on posterior parts, dorsal and anal with golden brown 
reticulations. 
One specimen of this fine species was obtained at Wakanoura. 
{ay<iiiJa is defined as egret by Lacepede; the long dorsal spines 
being compared to a plume on a helmet.) 
18. JULIS Cuvier. 
Jt(//.s CcTviER, Re^ne Animal, Isted., I, 1817, p. 261 (julis). 
Hemicoris Bleeker, Proe. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1861, p. 412 {variegata). 
? Pseudocor i s Bleeker, Proc. Zool. Soc. Load., 1861, p. 412 {heteroptera.) 
