NO. 1206. LABROID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 647 
Color in life; upper half of bod}'- dark greejii with brick-red reticu- 
lations, lower part indigo, a flesh-colored band extending ])ackward 
from lower part of pectoral; head light greenish olive; caudal green- 
ish blue with large, blackish, brick-red blotch; pectoral bluish with 
the tip washed with blackish; with flesh-colored spot at base; ventrals 
indigo. Described from a specimen about 200 millimeters long from 
Nagasaki. 
This most beautiful little fish is common in rock pools ofl' the head- 
lands of Japan. We have many specimens from Tokyo, Misaki, and 
Nagasaki. 
{Cujyido^ the god of Love.) 
36. THALASSOMA LUTESCENS (Solander). 
? Labrus lunaris Lixx-Ers, Syi^t. Xat., lOtli ed., p. 283, India; 12th ed., p. 474, and 
of the copyists. 
?JiiIls lunaris Cuvier and Y.xlenciexnks, Hist. Poiss., XIII, 1837, p. 409; Mas- 
suah, Siam. — Richardson, Ichth. China, 1846, p. 260; Canton. — Bleeker, 
Atlas Ichth., p. 90, pi. xxxiii, tig. 5, etc.— Gunther, Cat. Fish., IV, 1862, 
p. 180; ^lozambique, Ceylon, Amboyna, Moluccas, Hongkong, Celebes. — 
?Day, Fish India, 1885, p. 403; Andamans. 
? Scarus gaUus FoRSKAL, Deer. Anim., 1775, p. 26; Red Sea. 
'! Labrus zeylanicus (Forster) Pennant, Indian Zoology, 1790, p. 56, pi. xvi; 
Ceylon. 
LdhruK viridis Block, Ichthyologia, V, 1785, p. 129, pi. cci.xxxii; Japan. — 
Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 246. — Lacepede, Hist. Xat. Poiss., Ill, 
1801, pp. 354, 520, after Bloch. (Not Labrus viridis of Linnseus. ) 
Julis viridis CuviER and Valenciennes, Hist. Poiss., XIII, 1837, p. 420; Bourbon 
Island. 
'Lfnlis liorphyrocephxda Bennett, Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc, II, 1830, p. 183. 
'! Jidis hardivickei Gray, Ind. Zool. Pise, 1830, pi. ix, fig. 1; India. 
'! Julis meniscus CvviER and Valenciennes, Hist. Poiss., XIII, 1837, p. 415; Sey- 
chellas, Macao. 
Julis mertensi CvviER and Valenciennes, Hist. Poiss., XIII, 1837, p. 421; Ulea. 
lAibrus lutescens Solander Ms.; Tahiti. 
Jidis lutescens Bennett, Zool. Beechey's Voy. Blossom, Fishes, 1839, p. 65, pi. 
XIX, fig. 2; Tahiti, Riukiu: after Solander. — Brevoort, Ex])ed. Japan, Fishes, 
1856, p. 271, pi. VIII, figs. 3, 4; Nafa, Okinawa Island. 
'i Jrdis celebicus 'Ri^KEKER, Celebes, VIII, 1855, p. 313; Celebes. 
Head 3f in length; depth 3f ; depth of caudal peduncle Of; eye 5^ in 
head; interorbital space 4; snout 2|; D. VIII, 13; A. HI. 11; scales 
in lateral series 24; between lateral line and insertion of dorsal 2; 
between lateral line and insertion of anal 8. 
Body compressed, caudal peduncle deep, dorsal outline evenly 
curved. Teeth in a single row, canine-like in front, growing succes- 
sively short posteriorly; no posterior canines. Preopercle smooth; 
opercle with a small rounded flap. Gill rakers on first arch 5+10, 
short, slender, pointed. 
Head naked, dor.sal and anal with a very narrow sheath, scales on 
nape and breast not greatly reduced in size. Lateral line complete, 
abruptly bent downward below base of soft dorsal. Membrane of 
