Jordan and Evermann . Fishes of North America. 1599 



2005. IRIDIO POEYI CSteindachner). 



Head 3; depth 3Ji. D. IX, 11; A. Ill, 12; scales 2-28-10; eye small, 

 6| in head including the opercular flap; snout slender, nearly 3 times 

 diameter of eye; tubes of lateral line not described, perhaps as in Iridio 

 kirschii. Lower half of body violet red, the upper reddish brown; each 

 scale above with a deep-blue spot; a clear blue band downward and back- 

 ward from the dark postorbital spot; a second from corner of mouth; 

 a blue crescent on base of pectoral which widens into a blue axillary spot ; 

 caudal greenish with convergent streaks of yellow, edged with violet. 

 Surinam (Steindachner) ; not seen by us; evidently close to Iridio Mrschii, 

 but the eye apparently smaller, the color different. (Named for Prof. 

 Felipe Poey . ) 



Platyglfufxn-N i>octji, STEINDACHNER, Iclith. Notizen, vi, 49, 1867, Surinam. 



2006. IRIDIO CAUDALI8 (Poey). 



Head about 3|; depth 4 with caudal, 3 without; eye 6 in head, 2 in 

 snout; caudal rounded medially, concave toward its points, the upper lobe 

 longer than lower; tubes of lateral line not described. Color olive green 

 above, sky blue below ; an olive spot surrounded by clear green on each 

 scale ; passage from sides to belly made insensibly by a yellow band; body 

 becoming paler toward the tail; head with blue streaks, which extend 

 on throat and base of pectorals, a green spot edged with dark blue behind 

 eye, 2 series of round spots of cobalt blue, from caudal toward middle 

 of trunk, where they disappear; blue on rays of caudal; dorsal and anal 

 bright rose, crossed by 2 blue streaks, formed by series of blue points 

 on dorsal, which has also a blue streak on its front; ventrals rosy ; pectorals 

 washed with blue; iris vermilion, with yellow. Length 160 mm. Cuba. 

 (Poey) ; not seen by us; possibly the female of Iridio pictus, but probably 

 a distinct species, (candalis, from the form of the caudal.) 



Julis caudalis, POEY, Memorias, n, 213, 1800, Havana. 

 Platyglossus caudals, GUNTHKR, Cat., iv, 166, 1862. 



2007. IRIDIO PICTUS (Poey). 



Head 3^ ; depth 4|. D. IX, 11 ; A. Ill, 12 ; scales 2-28-10. Tubes of pores 

 of lateral line all simple or very nearly so, not trih'd; body very slender, 

 the depth less than length of head; snout very sharp; the anterior profile 

 of head straightish and not steep; snout 2* in head; eye 2 in snout; pec- 

 toral moderate, If in head. Color in spirits, pale, unmarked, except for 

 the small black spot behind eye; in life, olivaceous; a row of round sky- 

 blue spots along each side of back; a broad band-like area of orange 

 mingled with violet spots along sides backward from head to middle of 

 body, the lower edge of this band serrate ; below this a pale violet band, 

 darker behind; still lower a yellow stripe; head olivaceous, marked with 

 blue; preorbital scarlet, with 3 violet stripes; opercles bright red, with 

 3 violet stripes, the postocular black spot in the uppermost; dorsal and 



