NO. 1266. LABROJD Fl'SHE>S OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 643 
The genus as here understood differs from Coris chiefl}' in the 
presence of the posterior canine tooth. The body is usually more elon- 
gate than in CovIn^ and the scales are frequently smaller (55 to 85). 
In most species the anterior dorsal spines are slender and prolonged. 
Brilliantly colored tishes of the coral reefs, some of the species bury- 
ing themselves in the sand. The name JuUs^ originally based on the 
Girelle of the Mediterranean {JuUs jidis)^ has been wrongly transferred 
to the genus TJiahis-sonia bj" Bleeker and Giinther. 
{lovXo;, violet.) 
33. JULIS FORMOSA (Bennett). 
Labrus formosus Benxett, Fishes Ceylon, No. 16, 1830; Ceylon. 
Coris formosa Guxther, Cat. Fish., IV, 1862, p. 201; after Bennett. 
fCorU formosa Bleeker, Atlas Ichthy., 1862, p. 99, pi. xix, fig. 3; Celebes; 
Amboyna.— ? Day, Fishes India, 1885, p. 407, pi. lxxxvi, fig. 5; Malay 
Archipelago. 
fCoris 2>ulcheri'ima GtJXTHEK, Cat. Fish., IV, 1862, j). 200; Aiiiljoyna, Tahiti, 
Aneitum. 
Coria puleherrima 1sySl\ka.\\ \, Prel. Cat., 1897, p. 28; Riukiu Islands. 
D. IX, 12; A. Ill, 12 (scales about 80). The anterior dorsal spines 
produced; caudal rounded; ventral long, pointed. Posterior canine 
present. Bluish-gray, with circular black spots; head yellow, with 2 
oblique ))lue bands ascending toward the origin of the dorsal, one 
beginning from the snout and passing through the eye, the other par- 
allel to the first, running below the eye. Dorsal and anal fins brown, 
the former with red margin, and with 2 green lines running within 
the red; black dots between the raj^s. Anal with a narrow green edge 
and a narrow green intramarginal line; a series of green dots within 
the margin. The inner half of the caudal red, the outer yellowish- 
white. (Giinther after Bennett). 
One specimen of this species from Riukiu is in the Imperial Museum 
at Tokyo. As the svnononw of this and related species is still uncer- 
tain, we copy the substance of the original account, not having exam- 
ined the specimen recorded by Ishikawa. 
{formos us, comely . ) 
19. CHEILIO Lacepede. 
Cheilio (Commerson) Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1803, p. 432 (auratus). 
iJemmZis SwAix.sox, Nat. Hist. Fishes, II, 1839, p. 228 {vittatus). 
Eiq)emis SwAiNSO's, Nat. Hist. Fishes, II, 1839, p. 232 {fimformis). 
Body elongate, compressed, covered with rather small scales, -15 to 
50 in the lateral line; lateral line continuous; cheeks scaleless; a few 
rudimentar}' scales on the opercle; teeth small, in one series; no pos- 
terior canines; dorsal spines flexible; tins not produced. Fin rays, 
dorsal IX, 13, A III, 11. Polvnesia to Africa, apparently a single 
species, varying much in color. 
(jfTAocr, lip.) 
