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55. PSEUDOJULIS CALIFORNICUS. 



J . (Senorita ; Pesce Rey). 



Julis modestus Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil., vii, 151, 1.854 (copied); Girard, U. S. 

 Pac. R. R. Sur. Fish, 163, 1859 (San Diego, Monterey, San Miguel) ; Gill, Proc. 

 Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 142, 1862 (foot-note), (not Julis modestus Bleeker). 



PseudojuUs modestus Giiuther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 168, 1862 (San Diego) ; Jordan 

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

 Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 10, 1881 (Monterey, Santa Barbara) ; Jordan & 

 Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 225, 1881 (Guadalupe Isl.); Jordan & Gilbert, 

 Synopsis Fish, N. A., 1883, 604; Jordan, Cat. Fish, N. A., 99, 1885. 



Oxyjulis modestus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 331, 1863, (Coast of California). 



Halichoeres californicus Giiuther, Proc. Zpol. Soc. London, 1861, (Name only ; substi- 

 tute for J id is modestus, preoccupied). 



Oxyjulis calif ornicus Jordan and Hughes, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 66. 



Habitat. — Coast of California; Mouterey to Guadalupe Island. 



Etymology : Californian. 



This pretty little fish is well described in the Synopsis of the Fishes 

 of North America above cited. It is common in the kelp along the 

 coast of Lower and Southern California, and reaches a length of 7 inches. 

 On the rule that "once a synonym, always a synonym," now adopted by 

 most American ornithologists and ichthyologists, the name modestus 

 must give place to calif ornicus. 



56. PSEUDOJULIS INORNATUS. 



PseudojuUs inornatus Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1890 (west coast of Mexico). 



Habitat. — Pacific coast of Mexico. 



Etymology: Inornatus, not adorned. 



This species is known from a single specimen, 3£ inches long, dredged 

 by the Albatross at station 2829, oft' the west coast of Mexico. 



57. PSEUDOJULIS MELANOTIS. 



PseudojuUs melanotis Gilbert, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus., 1890 (west coast of Mexico). 



Habitat. — Pacific coast of Mexico. 



Etymology : MiXaq, black ; ooq 9 ear. 



This species is also known from one example. It was dredged at 

 station 2825 by the Albatross. 



Genus XIX.— THALASSOMA. 



Julis species Cuvier & Valencieuues, xiii, 1839 (not type). 

 Thalassemia Swainson, Nat. Hist. Classn., Fishes, ii, 1839, 224 (purpureus), 

 Chlorichthys Swainson. 1. c.,ii, 1839, 232 (bifasciatus, etc., a jumble of species). 

 Julis Gunther, iv, 1862, 179, and of Bleeker (not of Swainson.) 



Type : Julis purpureus Ruppell. 



Etymology: dalaaaa (sea), green; o&iia, body. 



This genus as understood by us comprises numerous species, allied 

 to Halichceres, but differing in the possession of but eight dorsal spines 

 and in the absence of the posterior canine. 



The anterior canines are f in number in all the species seen by us, 



