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REVIEW OF THE LABROID FISHES. 



G39 



bb. Side below spinous dorsal with a very broad, blackish cross-bar. 



c. General color bluish or olive ; dark cross-bar obscure, running from middle 

 of spinous dorsal to the space between ventrals and vent ; be- 

 hind this a pale yellowish bar; head and anterior region with 

 round pale bluish spots, which exteud on back and on the dark 

 bar ; dorsal bluish at base, yellowish above, with regular blue 

 spots ringed with darker ; a narrow blue margin aloug edge of 

 fin ; caudal with obscure round bluish spots ; anal like dorsal ; 

 pectorals and ventrals plain Nicholsi, 42. 



cc. General color red ; dark cross-bar conspicuous from the fourth to seventh 

 dorsal spines downwards to middle of sides; scales of sides 

 each with a vertical blue lino, those anteriorly margined with 

 violet; sides of head with blue lines and spots; dorsal and 

 caudal orange, the former with oblique broken lines of blue, 

 the latter with a few blue spots at base ; anal violet, then yel- 

 lowish, then margined with blue, with a blue median line and 

 broken blue lines at base ; other fins pale. Head 3£ in length ; 

 canines strong, scales on nape in 5 or 6 series, not crossing the 

 median line ; caudal very slightly emarginate ; outer ray of 



ventrals twice inner ray and reaching vent Sellifer, 43. 



aa. Caudal fin rounded or subtruncate; the outer rays not produced, shorter than 

 the middle rays. 

 d. Scales before dorsal reduced in size, extending across the median line, and 

 in 10 to 13 rows; ventral short, its rays not filamentous; snout 

 rather blunt ; body moderately elongate, the depth 3f in length ; 

 color olivaceous, with some blue and bronze markings ; males 

 with a broad indigo- blue cross-band behind pectorals ; females 

 with inky spots on the scales of the upper posterior part of 

 back ; pectorals yellow, with a black axillary spot. 



Semicinctus, 44. 

 dd. Scales before dorsal large, in 4 to 6 rows, not crossing the median line ; 

 snout moderately pointed. 

 e. Ventral fins with the outer rays produced, more than twice the length 

 of the inner. 

 /. Sides without conspicuous dark lateral band and with a distinct dark 

 vertical bar, extending downward from spinous dorsal ; axil- 

 lary spot obscure ; body rather elongate, the depth about 3f in 

 length ; profile not steep ; posterior canines rather small ; 

 head with black streaks and spots above; caudal sharply 



barred Garnoti, 45. 



ffi. Side with a broad blue-black lateral band extending from eye to tip 

 of caudal; the back above this dark brown or bluish; spinous 

 dorsal fin with no conspicuous black spot ; a dark blue stripe 

 from eye to nape; fins mostly blue-black with pale edgings; 

 middle and base of caudal dusky; tip of pectoral dusky; 

 profile rather steep ; body rather robust, tbe depth 3£ in 



length Dimidiatus, 46. 



ee. Ventral fins with the outer ray not produced, its length not more than 

 half that of inner rays; side with a dark lateral band ; species 

 of small size. 

 g. Spinous dorsal with a conspicuous blue-black spot between the fifth 

 and seventh spines ; body not very slender, the depth 3f in 

 length ; a dark band from snout through eye to opercle, the 

 lateral band on side broader than eyo and placed a little above 

 the opercular baud, the lateral band extending nearly to tip 

 of caudal ; no second dark band bolow it : a faint dark spot 



