')'2'1 SEALE. 



Faiuih- J.AI'.RID.E. 



Halichceres iris Hcale, sp. nov. 



Head ;!.10 (measuiod to cud of opcivular ilap) ; doptli :! ; dors d IX, 

 13; aual II, 1 1 ; M-ak-s ','(; ; 13J in vertical m-i ies ; eve 4.50 in liead ; ^noiit 

 ■.'.75; intei'oibital I-.IO ; nia.xillary 1.50 ; mandible 3. 



Body oblong, cdinpres-ed, the upper and lower outline-^ e\enlv rui\ed 

 t<; the rather jioiiited liead and snout. Depth of caudal ]iedunele '.M 

 in head, its length :> in head. Mouth rather small, the jaws eijual, tiie 

 upper jaw piotraetile, upper lip with wide fold, lower lip with fold less 

 developed. Teeth in a single series in each jaw, the anterior ones eou-ist- 

 ing of enlaijied projeetiuj;- canines; they graduate in size po:t(n-iorl\-. 

 No canines at an^'le of ja\\s. No tei'tli on vomer or palatiues. €4111 

 openings extend forward to line witli angle of preopercle. Hill i-akers 

 small, fine-pointed, about 13 on ]o\\er limb. 



ISody eovered \\-ith large smooth scales, M'hieli aie' much smaller on 

 tliorax. Head entirely nake(l, fin.s unsealed, except a i ow at b.ise of 

 dorsal and anal, and basal half of caudal. Lateral line enntinuous. 



The dorsal spines aie short and pungent, the origin nf the fm is midway 

 between tip of snout and base of sixth dorsal ray, the lon,t;cst spine ab'nit 

 4. '25 in head, the lon^ijest ray 3. Caudal is plio-htly lunate, its length 

 1.35 in head. Origin of anal midway l)etween the end of la-t i-audal 

 vertebra and the posterior margin of hard opercle, beiiy^' on a line with 

 the base of third dorsal lay, its base is l.?o in head, its second '^pine is 

 longest, 3. '25 in head, its longest ray '?.5(i. Oi'igin of ventrals slightly 

 nearer angle of mouth than to anal, the length '.Mo in licad. '^Tioinls 

 1.30 in head, ending on a line with ninth scale of lateral line. 



('(tlor in life. The general color is greenish aljove and bluish below; 

 there are se\en purplish bands over back which extend obliquely back 

 and down to about the median line of sides, the anterior band is from 

 nuchal region to axil of pectoral, the second from origin of doisal. third 

 fiom p(jsteiior portion of sj^inous dorsal, fourth fimn anterior portion 

 of soft dorsal, fifth from middle of soft dorsah sixth from posrerior por- 

 tion of soft dorsal and the seventh over the middle of caudal peduncle; 

 these bands aie almost as ^^'i(le as the interspaces. 'Hie top of head 

 and nuchal region are purple, tliere are thiee wide rosy liands tinted with 

 purplish on sides of head, one from posterior of eye to posteiior mai»-in 

 of opeixle near base of pectoral, one from lower portion of oibit lo iower 

 posterior margin of opercles, one from lower anterior margin ol' oibit 

 to behind angle of mouth; thes(^ bai-s are of slightly greater width than 

 pupil, the coloring of cheeks between these bars is yellowish, with portions 

 .shading into orange and greenish, the lower jaw and throat blue, base 

 of peetorals pui'plish, the base of rays )ellow. Spinous dorsal purplish 

 with deep gi-een on liase, the purplish coloring extending back as a 



