Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1607 



nape. 7 or 8 rows before dorsal; caudal deeply lunate in adult, the 

 outer rays twice median ones ; outer ventral rays produced, not quite 

 twice inner rays; dorsal spines pungent. D. VIII, 13; A. Ill n 



GRAMMATICUS, 2020. 



ee. Color uniform bright green, without well-deBned marks on head or body 

 Head 3 in length ; depth about 3 ; scales continuous across nape; about 7 

 rows before dorsal ; scales 27 ; outer caudal lobes much produced, 1J in 

 head; outer ventral rays filamentous; dorsal spines pungent. D. VIII 

 13; A. Ill, 11. VIRENS, 2021. 



2014. CHLOBICHTHYS LUCASAMJS (Gill). 



Head 4; depth about 4. D. VIII, 13; A. Ill, 12; scales 2-26-8. Head 

 rather pointed ; dorsal spines pungent; ventrals not filamentous. Scales 

 before dorsal small, 6 in number. Caudal lunate in adult, truncate in the 

 young, the black outer rays produced somewhat beyond the others. A 

 broad black band along side, its lower edge passing along lower edge of 

 eye and upper edge of pectoral, then along middle of body curving up- 

 ward to base of upper lobe of caudal; belly below this abruptly paler, 

 brownish posteriorly ; a faint brown streak along sides from behind pec- 

 toral to middle of caudal base; dark lateral band fading insensibly above 

 into the brown hue of the back; upper part of back again black; head 

 all dark, black above, the color gradually fading below to brown; 2 pale 

 bluish streaks from lower part of eye downward and backward ; a black 

 spot at upper base of pectoral; dorsal black, with a narrow pale margin 

 on the soft part; caudal pale, its upper and lower rays abruptly black, 

 and narrowly edged with pale; anal brown at base, pale at tip; pectoral 

 brown, with a blackish area toward the tip. Length about 3 inches. 

 Gulf of California, in rock pools. Known from Cape San Lucas, Mazatlan, 

 and Tres Marias. Here described from 3 specimens (No. 37154, U. S. Nat. 

 Mus.) brought from Tres Marias Islands by Alphonso Forrer. 



Julis lucasanus, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 142, Cape San Lucas; GUNTHER, Cat., 



iv, 184, 1862 ; JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 367. 

 Thalassoma Zf/crt,9rt?mm, JORDAN, Cat. Fish. N. Am., 98, 1885; JORDAN & HUGHES, I. c., 1886, 



68 ; JORDAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1888, 333 ; JORDAN, Review Labroid Fishes, 652, 1890. 



2015. tmORICHTHYS SOORROEIVSIS (Gilbert). 



Head 3 to 3 ; depth 3 to 3. D. VIII, 13 ; A. Ill, 11 ; scales 2-27-8. Depth 

 of caudal peduncle 2 in head; maxillary 3|; snout 2f; interorbital 4. 

 Interopercles meeting below on median line of throat. Scales reduced 

 on breast and nape, the latter scaled over median line ; 8 or 9 scales in a row 

 along nape, arranged in 5 or 6 oblique series; 13 oblique rows on breast; 

 well-developed scaly sheaths along bases of dorsal and anal, and series of 

 scales running out on membranes between rays of caudal. Outer caudal 

 rays little produced, the outline of fin greatly concave, longest ray equal- 

 ing length of head in front of preopercular margin ; ventrals short, the 

 outer rays not produced, the inner rays contained If in length of outer ; 

 pectorals short and broad, If in head ; dorsal spines strong and sharp. 

 Deep brown, each scale on sides with a vertical bluish bar at base, nar- 



