Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1601 



636. OXYJULIS, Gill. 



(SENORITAS.) 



Oxyjulis, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 330 (modestus) . 



Body very slender; the snout sharp; canines small, 2 above, 4 below; 

 posterior canine small, or represented by a slight rudiment. Dorsal spines 

 very slender and flexible, not all pungent, this character distinguishing the 

 genus from Julidio. One species, ranging farther northward than any other 

 of the JuUdinw. (o,v$, sharp; Julis.) 



2008. OXYJULIS CALIFORXICUS (Giinther). 



(SENORITA.) 



Head 4; depth 4|. D. IX, 13; A. Ill, 13; scales 28. Body very slender, 

 strongly compressed; the head slender, with sharp snout ; snout 3 in head ; 

 eye 5; anterior canines small, f, the upper larger and divergent; posterior 

 canine extremely weak or wanting, rarely present on both sides; scales 

 before dorsal much reduced, in 10 or 12 rows, those on breast considerably 

 smaller than those on sides ; dorsal spines slender and flexible, not at all 

 pungent ; caudal truncate ; ven trals short, the first ray not twice the length 

 of the inner ray. Color olive brown; centers of scales orange brown; 

 belly cream color ; sides of head with alternate streaks of brown and 

 bluish ; a large inky blue-black blotch at base of caudal, covering % of fin ; 

 membrane of base of spinous dorsal largely indigo blue; fins otherwise 

 pale ; lower pharyngeals essentially as in Iridio, the large teeth more acute. 

 Length 7 inches. Coast of southern California; common about rocks and 

 kelp from Monterey to Guadalupe Island ; one specimen taken at Sausalito, 

 San Francisco Bay. A pretty little fish, common in the kelp and among 

 rocks. 



Julis modestus, GIRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., vn, 1854, 151, San Diego, Monterey, San 

 Miguel; GIRARD, U. S. Pac. K. K. Sur., Fish., 163, 1858 ; GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 

 1862, 142 ; not Julis modestus, BLEEKER. 



ITalichceres calif ornic us, GUNTHER, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser.3, Vol. vm, 1861,386, name, 

 only ; substitute for Julis modestus, preoccupied. 



Pseudojulis modestus, GUNTHER, Cat,, iv, 168, 1862; JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1880, 455; JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 10; JORDAN & GILBERT, 

 Proc.U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 225 ; JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 604, 1883; JORDAN, Cat. 

 Fiah.N.A.,99,1885. 



Oxyjulis modestus, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 331. 



Oxyjulis calif or nicus, JORDAN <fc HUGHES, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 65. 



Pseudojulis califomicus, JORDAN, Review Labroid Fishes, 650, 1890. 



637. EMMEEKIA, Jordan & Evermann. 

 Emmeelda, JORDAN & EVKRMANN, Check-List, 413, 1896 (venustus). 



This genus differs from Pseudojulis only in the presence of 4 canines in 

 front of each jaw instead of 2; posterior canine wanting or represented 

 by a slight rudiment; dorsal spines slender, but somewhat pungent. 



