Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1593 



bands below the eye, alternating with bronze. Just above middle of 

 body, close behind the pectorals in the males, is a deep indigo-blue cross 

 band, which nearly meets its fellow under the belly; pectorals yellow, 

 upper edge of axil black ; ventrals cream color, each reaching beyond the 

 posterior edge of the blue cross band; other fins with horizontal, wavy, 

 reddish streaks; female without blue band, but with irregular ink -like 

 spots on numerous scales on the back and tail. The coloration is com- 

 paratively plain, but that of the female is notably different from that of 

 the male. The specimen described is from San Diego. Southern Califor- 

 nia, Santa Barbara Islands to Cerros Island ; rather common in the kelp 

 off shore. Length about a foot, (semicinctnv, half-banded.) 



Julis semicinctus, AYRES, Proc. Gal. Ac. Sci. 1859, 32, Cerros Island ; male. 



Platyglossus semicinctus, GUNTHER, Cat., iv, 161, 1862; STEINDACHNER, Ichtli. Beitrage, v, 

 151, 1876; JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. 1880, 455; JORDAN & GILBERT, 

 Synopsis, 603, 1883; JORDAN, Cat. Fish. N. Am., 99, 1885; JORDAN &, HUGHES, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mns. 1886, 60. 



Halichceres semieinctus, JORDAN, Review Labroid Fishes, 643, 1890. 



11MW. IKIDIO UAKMOT1 (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Head 3; depth about 3|. D. IX, 11; A. Ill, 11; scales 3-26-9. Body 

 rather elongate ; profile not steep ; posterior canines rather small; scales 

 before dorsal large, in 4 to 6 rows, not crossing median line; snout mod- 

 erately pointed; ventral fins with the outer rays produced, more than 

 twice the length of the inner. Head olive, shaded with brown ; bright 

 violet blue on the lower jaw; dark violet dots and streaks behind and 

 above eye; shoulders deep yellow olive; behind this a blackish cross 

 band, behind which the back and base of the dorsal is a rich maroon- 

 crimson; body below this livid purplish, shaded with olive; spinous 

 dorsal olive, with blue dots; soft dorsal bluish, banded with bronze and 

 edged with dusky; caudal bluish gray, with sharply defined narrow 

 bronze bands; anal olive reddish, with streaks of crimson, violet, and 

 blue; pectorals light reddish, their tips black; axil violet; ventrals pale; 

 a diffuse dusky spot at upper base of caudal. Of this small species we 

 have but 2 specimens, each about 8 inches long, from Havana. Poey 

 notes that this species varies much in color markings. He regards his 

 Jul is rnpius as a synonym of Julis cinclus. The types of Julis garnoti 

 examined by us in Paris belong to the same species. West Indies; 

 recorded from Cuba, Martinique, and St. Croix. (Named for M. Garnot, 

 a collector at Martinique.) 



Julis garnoti, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xin, 390, 1839, Martinique. 



Julis cinctus, POEY, Memorias, n, 211, pi. 13, fig. 19, 1860, Havana. 



Julis ruptus, POEY, Memorias, n, 212, pi. 13, fig. 20, 1860, Havana. 



Ctwerojulis ruptus, POEY, Synopsis, 334, 1868, Havana. 



Platyglossus ruptus, COPE, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 1870, 464. 



Platyglousus garnoti, GUNTHER, Cat., iv, 162,1862; JORDAN, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 45 ; 



JORDAN & HUGHES, 1. c., 1886, 61 ; JORDAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 541 (note on types 



of Julis garnoti). 



Ghcerojulis cinctus, POEY, Enumeratio, 108,1875. 

 Halichceres garnoti, JORDAN, Review Labroid Fishes, 643, 1890. 

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