Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1591 



rower stripe of bright blue, then a broad yellow band, then a row of blue 

 spots, then orange, then an edge of sky blue; pectoral translucent, 

 shaded with bine, and some pale, orange; ventral with the spine and first 

 soft ray bine, the membrane orange, the fin otherwise translucent. West 

 Indies; common from Brazil north to the Florida Keys and Bermuda, and 

 St. Pauls Rocks. Length 18 inches. Our specimens from Key West and 

 Havana. This is the largest in size of the American species of Iridio, 

 and one of those most readily recognized. Professor Goode has well 

 described the variations due to age. This species is evidently the Pudiano 

 verde of Marcgrave, the Pudding-wife of Catesby, and the Doncella of 

 Parra. Labrus radiatus of Linmeus, in the tenth edition, is based solely 

 on the Pudding-wife of ( 1 atesby. The Linna3an name, radiatus, must 

 therefore be taken for this species. In the twelfth edition, Labrm radi- 

 atux disappears, and the pudding-wife appears as a doubtful synonym of a 

 Sparnx rad'mtuN, which is based on a specimen of Jridio bivittatu* sent by 

 Dr. Garden from South Carolina, (radiatus, radiant, streaked.) 



Pudiano verde, MARCGRAVE, Hist. Pise. Brasil., 146, 1648, Brazil ; on a drawing by Prince 



MAURICE of Nassau. 

 Turdus oculo-radiato (Pudding-wife), CATESBY, Nat. Hist. Carol., 11, 12, pi. 12, fig. 1, 1743, 



Bahamas. 



Labrus radiatus. LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., Ed. x, 288, 1758; based on CATESBY. 

 Dnnt'flla, PARRA, Desc. Dif. Piez. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 95, lam. 37, fig. 1, 1787, Havana. 

 Labrus brasiUensis, BLOCK, Ichtb., pi. 280, 1792, Brazil ; on a drawing of the Pudiano verde 



by Prince MAURICE of Nassau; BLOCK & SCHNEIDER, Systema Ichthyol., 242, 1801. 

 Julia crotaphus, CuviER, Rdgne Anim., Ed. n, Vol. 2, 258, 1829 ; based on Doncella of PARRA ; 



no description. 



Julis cyanostignia, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES,. Hist. Nat. Poiss., xm, 391, 1839, Martinique. 

 Julis opalina, CDVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xm, 392, 1839, Martinique. 

 Julis patatus, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xm, 398, 1839, Martinique; 



Cuba. 



Julis principis, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poisa., xm, 402, 1839, Bahia. 

 Chlofichthys ItrasiUcmds, SWAINSON, Class. Fish., etc., 232, 1839; name only. 

 Plati/glossvft ci/anostigma, GUNTHER, Cat., iv, 161, 1862; COPE, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 1871, 



464; GUNTHER, Shore Fishes, Challenger, 4, 1880. 

 Platyglossus principis, GUNTHER, Cat., iv, 164, 1862, 

 Platyglossus radiatus, GUNTHER, Cat., iv, 163, 1862 ; JORDAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 135 ; 



JORDAN, Cat. Fish. N. Am., 98, 1885 ; JORDAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 45; JORDAN & 



HUGHES, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 59. 

 riatifglossus opalinus, GUNTHER, Cat., IT, 163, 1862. 



Chosrojulis cyanostigma, POEY, Synopsis, 334, 1868, Havana; POEY, Enumeratio, 107, 1875. 

 Chcerojulis radiatus, GOODE, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 35, 1875. 

 Halichoeres radiatus, JORDAN, Review Labroid Fishes, 641, 1890. 



1996. IRIDIO NICHOLSI (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Head 3i; depth 3. D. IX, 12 ; A. Ill, 11 ; scales 2-28-8. Body deep and 

 compressed, head entirely naked; caudal fin slightly concave, truncate 

 when spread open, the outer rays longer than the middle ones; ventral 

 fins filamentous, the outer ray produced, more than twice as long as inner 

 rays; scales before dorsal not crossing the middle line, in ahout 5 series. 

 General color bluish or olive ; side below spinous dorsal with a very broad, 

 blackish cross bar somewhat obscure, running from middle of spinous 



