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rowly margined with light blue; sides of head thickly covered with 

 small purplish or bluish spots and broken lines margined with darker 

 blue, those on cheeks arranged in lines radiating from the eye; dorsal and 

 anal purplish, a submarginal light streak (probably blue in life), and a 

 narrow white margin ; a black blotch on anterior rays of spinous dorsal ; 

 pectorals and ventrals purplish at base, with more or less orange or yellow 

 on distal portion; caudal brownish, the outer rays tipped with black. 

 Revillagigedo Archipelago, abundant at Socorro Island; the longest speci- 

 men known, 10| inches long. (Gilbert.) 



Thalassoma socorroense, GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 69, Socorro Island (Type 

 No. 43084. Coll. Albatross) ; JORDAN, Koview Labroid Fishes, 653, 1890. 



2016. CHLORICHTHYS NITIDUS (Giinther). 



Head 3f (4 in total) ; depth 4 (4^ in total). D. VIII, 13; A. IT (III), 11; 

 scales 2-26-8. No posterior canine tooth. Dorsal spines pungent, shorter 

 than the rays; caudal lobes very slightly produced; the length of the 

 ventral of that of the pectoral. Color in spirits, a violet band, united 

 with its fellow on the snout, runs through the eye and across the bend of 

 the lateral line to the caudal, sometimes broken up into large spots, 

 forming a single series ; dorsal fin brownish, darkest toward the margin, 

 which is white; a black blotch between the 4 anterior spines ; anal white; 

 caudal with a blackish streak along each lobe ; a black spot superiorly in 

 the axil of the pectoral, which is transparent. Jamaica (Giinther); not 

 seen by us. Length 3 inches, (nitidus, shining.) 



Julis nitida, GUNTHER, Cat., iv, 190, 1862, Jamaica. (Coll. Dr. Parnell.) 

 Thalassoma nitidum, JORDAN & HUGHES, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus, 1886, 68 ; JORDAN, Review 

 Labroid Fishes, 653, 1890. 



2017. CHLORICHTHYS NITIDISSIMUS (Goode). 



Head 3f; Depth 4. D. VIII, 13; A. Ill, 11; scales 2-26-8. Body slender, 

 compressed; ventrals very short, 2 in pectorals. Top of head and back 

 brilliant yellow, this color extending on sides of head and to ventrals ; a 

 large yellow blotch on caudal fin ; lower parts rosy white; a maroon band 

 backward from eye, breaking up on body into a series of 6 quadrate spots 

 of bottle green, the last blotch extending on outer rays of caudal; dorsal 

 mostly greenish, with pale margin, a dark blotch between second and fifth 

 spines; pectorals pale ; ventrals yellow. Bermudas (Goode) ; not seen by 

 us; probably not distinct from Chlorichthys nitidus.* (nitidissimus, most 

 shining.) 



Julis nitidissima, GOODE, Am. Jour. Sci. and Arts 1877, 293, Bermuda. (Coll. Goode.) 



la describing Julis nitidissima, Professor Goode indicates his suspicion that it is iden- 

 tical with Julis mtida. The only tangible distinction would be in the length of the A-en- 

 trals, t the Pectorals m (7. nitidus and ? in C. nitidissimus. The other differences may be 

 due to the iact that the type of nitidissimus was freshly caught ; those of nitidus preserved 



