July, 1906. Catalogue of Bermuda Fishes — Bean. 65 



FiQURE 6. Iridic elegans Bean. 



175. Iridic ele}i:ans Bean. 



Bean, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xix, Feb. 26, 1906, 30. 



5129 No, 703. Nonsuch Id. Eel-pot. Sept. 25. 



5130 No. 762. Jones Bay, Cooper's Id. Oct. 25. 



5 13 1 No. 767. Jones Bay, Cooper's Id. 2 spec. Oct. 28. 



D. IX, 11; A. Ill, 12; scales, 3Vj»-a6-9. Eye i^i in snout, 4 in 

 head. Head 3U in total to end of scales. Depth equal to head. 

 Pectoral extends to tenth scale of transverse series; ventral ^j head, 

 not quite reaching vent. 



Colors in spirits: A narrow blue line from angle of mouth to 

 edge of subopercle ; a wavy blue line starts near angle of mouth, runs 

 under eye and gently down toward upper axil of pectoral ; spots and 

 broken lines of blue behind eye and on nape ; five pale bars from edge 

 of back downward toward median line; a large, diffuse black blotch 

 on anterior half of soft dorsal extending downward to lateral line; 

 two smaller dark blotches under last four dorsal rays; an irregular 

 dark blotch on root of caudal ; three blue lines on body, the uppermost 

 along lateral line, the others below median line; three short, oblique 

 blue lines in pectoral region. 



176. Iridic meyeri Bean. 



Bean, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xix, Feb. 26, 1906, 29. 



4938 No. iioi. Nonsuch Id. Oct. 1905. 



This species is remarkable for its small mouth, full lips, colora- 

 tion, and unusual dentition. It does not agree well with the Atlantic 

 species of Iridio because it has, apparently, only two incisors in the 

 front of each jaw. and these project almost straight forward. The 

 upper jaw is as long as the eye, two-thirds as long as the snout, 



