Jordan and Evermann. -Fishes of North America. 1609 



2018. CHLORICHTHYS STEINDACHNERI (Jordan). 



Head 4 in total, to end of middle caudal rays; depth 5; scales 2-27-9. 

 Caudal deeply forked, its produced rays, as also the head, bluish violet; 

 lower and posterior edge of caudal pale; obscure paler streaks on side of 

 head; breast to ventrals violet, paler than head; body violaceous, its 

 anterior third paler, the scales posteriorly edged with dull violet; dorsal 

 dull violet, its base paler, its edge whitish ; anal with a violet stripe above 

 the pale edge. Pectoral tin with a large blue-black blotch pointed 

 forward toward its tip. Acapulco; 1 specimen 5 inches long (Steindach. 

 ner) ; not seen by us. 



Dr. Steindachner observes: "An example caught at Acapulco agrees on 

 the whole so closely with Julis melanochir that I can only on account of its 

 color regard it as a variety of that species. Julis melanochir comes very 

 abundantly on the coast of the Sandwich Islands, and it may from thence 

 extend its range to the west coast of North America, which, on the whole, 

 possess but few Labroids." Inasmuch as this account of the Acapulco fish 

 differs considerably from Julis melanochir as shown in Bleeker's figure, and 

 as the Labroid fauna of the west coast of Mexico is in general wholly 

 unlike that of the western Pacific, it is probable that the fish from Aca- 

 pulco is not identical w r ith Julis melanochir. 



(Named for Dr. Franz Steindachner, the discoverer of the species.) 



Julis melanochir, STEINDACHNER, Ichtb. Beitr., in, 63, 1875, specimen from Acapulco; not 



of BLEEKER, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo Nederl., vm, 77, 1859. 

 Thalassoma steindachneri, JORDAN, Review Labroid Fishes, 654, 1890, Acapulco; after 



STEINDACHNER. 



2019. CHLORICHTHYS BIFASCIATUS* (Bloch). 



Head 3; depth 3|. D. VIII, 13; A. 11,11; scales 2-27-9. Caudal fin 

 deeply forked, the outer rays much produced, especially in the adult. 

 Body bicolor, the anterior and posterior halves different; anterior half 

 deep blue, the head paler, posterior half bottle green, a deep blue band 

 across the body covered by pectoral; a fainter one behind gill opening, 

 the two perhaps sometimes coalescing; spinous dorsal dark; tip of pec- 

 toral dark; caudal pale, its lobes dark blue on the outer part; soft dorsal 

 greenish; anal and ventrals bluish. West Indies; not uncommon ; known 

 from Cuba, Jamaica, San Domingo, and Martinique, (bifasciatus, two- 

 banded.) 



Labrus capite obtuso, GBONOW, Zoopbyl., No. 243, 1781, Antilles. 

 Labrus bifasciatus, BLOCK, Ichthy., 131, pi. 283, 1792, West Indies. 



Labrus bifasciatus var. torquatus, BLOCK & SCHNEIDER, Syst. Ichth., 243, 1801, Antilles; 

 after GRONOW. 



* "Head and iris very dark purple; body to tip of pectorals black, posteriorly green, the 

 bases of the scales darker : caudal peduncle dusky ; greenish on sides ; a pale greenish band 

 across back and sides through front of spinous dorsal; outer rays of caudal black, inner 

 white ; spinous dorsal black, soft dorsal greenish with a pale margin ; anal greenish, dusky 

 anteriorly ; pectoral white, the tips and base black ; outer rays of ventrals black, others 

 pale; head without color markings, but the numerous pores on the cheek seem to have 

 mucous tubes radiating from the eye. Pectoral black at tip." (Jordan and Kutter; 

 Specimens from Jamaica.) 

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