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44. HALICHCBRES SEMICINCTUS. 



(Kelp-fish; Senokita.) 



Julis 8emicinctus Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad., 32, 1859 (Cerros Island ; male). 

 Platyylossus semicinctus Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus.. iv, 1G1, 1862 (copied) ; Stein- 



dachner, Ichtliy. Beitriige, v, 151, 1876 (San Diego) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Mus., 455, 1880 (San Pedro); Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., 10, 1881 (Wilmington, Cal.) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



52, 1881 (Santa Catalina, San Pedro) ; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis Fish. N. 



Am., 603, 1883; Jordan, Cat. Fish. N. Am., 99, 1885 ; Jordan & Hughes, Proc. 

 ' U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 60 (San Diego). 

 Chcerojulis semicinctus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 223, 1863 (no description). 



Habitat — Lower California fauna ; Los Angeles to Cerros Island. 



Etymology : Semicinctus, half-banded. 



This species reaches a length of about a foot. It has been described 

 with sufficient accuracy by Steindachner and by Jordan & Gilbert 

 (Synopsis). The coloration is comparatively plain, but that of the 

 female is notably different from that of the male. 



The specimen before us is from San Diego. 



45. HALICHCBRES GARNOTI. 



Julis garnoti Cuv. & Val., xiii, 390, 1839 (Martinique) ; Guichenot in Sagra, Hist, de 



Cuba, 218, about 1855 (Havana). 

 Platyylossus garnoti Giinther, iv, 162, 1862 (Martinique) ; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat.Mus., 



45, 1886 (Havana); Jordan & Hughes, 1. c, 1886, 61 (Havana) ; Jordan, Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 541 (Martinique ; types of Julis garnoti). 

 Julis ductus Poey, Mem. Cuba, ii, 211, tab. 13, fig. 19, 1860 (Havana). 

 Chocrojulis ductus Poey, Synopsis, 334, 1868 (Havana) ; Poey, Euuineratio, 108, 1875 



(Havana). 

 Julis ruptus Poey, Mem. Cuba, ii, 212, tab. 13, fig. 20, 1860. 

 Chcerojulis ruptus Poey, Synopsis, 334, 1868 (Havana). 

 Platyylossus ruptus Cope, Trans. Am. Phil., Soc, 464, 1870 (St. Croix). 



Habitat. — West Indian fauna. 



Etymology : Named for M. Garnot, a collector at Martinique. 

 Of this small species we have but two specimens, each about 8 inches 

 long, from Havana. Poey notes that this species varies much in color- 

 markings, and includes in his Euuineratio his Julis ruptus as a synonym 

 of Julis ductus. The types of Julis garnoti examined by us in Paris 

 belong to the same species. 

 The life coloration in our specimens of H. garnoti was as follows : 

 Head olive, shaded with brown; bright violet-blue on the lower jaw ; 

 lark violet dots and streaks behind and above eye ; shoulders deep 

 r ellowolive ; behind this a blackish cross-band, behind which the back 

 tnd the base of the dorsal is a rich maroon-crimson ; body below this livid 

 >urplish, shaded with olive. Spinous dorsal olive, with blue dots ; soft 

 lorsal bluish, banded with bronze and edged with dusky ; caudal bluish- 

 gray, with sharply defined, narrow, bronze bands ; anal olive-reddish, 

 with streaks of crimson, violet, and blue; pectorals light reddish, their 

 tips black ; axil violet ; ventrals pale ; a diffuse dusky spot at upper 

 base of caudal. 



