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caudal fin; lower parts rosy white ; a maroon band backward from 

 eye, breaking up on body into a series of six quadrate spots of bottle- 

 green, the last blotch extending on outer rays of caudal; dorsal 

 mostly greenish, with pale margin, a dark blotch between second and 

 fifth spines; pectorals pale; ventrals yellow.] (Goode).. Nitidtjm, 60. 

 aa. Caudal fin deeply forked, the outer rays much produced, especially in the adult. 

 d. Color not uniform deep green. 

 e. Pectoral fin with a large blue-black blotch near its tip. 

 /. [Basal half of anal violet-black ; pectoral with a small black spot in 

 the axil, and a large blotch near its tip ; body greenish or reddish, 

 each scale with a red vertical streak ; a broad oblique transverse 

 green (or bright red) band behind the pectoral from first three dorsal 

 spines downward ; head with oblique green streaks radiating from 

 eye; dorsal green, with a very broad black longitudinal band from 

 the third dorsal spine occupying nearly the whole of the middle of 

 the fin ; caudal lobes, each with a blackish longitudinal streak ; back 

 sometimes with black cross-bars, (var. unimaculatum). Head 3^; 

 depth 3$ ; D., VIII, 13; A., II, 11 ; scales 3-30-11 ; vertebrae 11-14.] 



(Giinther.) Pavo, 61. 



ff. [Basal half of anal not violet black; head and caudal fin entirely bluish 

 violet; edge of caudal pale; obscure paler streaks on side of head; 

 breast to ventrals violet, paler than head; body violaceous, its ante- 

 rior third paler, the scales posteriorly edged with dull violet ; dorsal 

 dull violet, its base paler, its edge whitish ; anal with a violet stripe 



above the pale edge.] (Steindachner) Steindach.neki, 62. 



ee. Pectoral fin without black blotch near its tip. 



g. Body bicolor, the anterior and posterior halves different ; anterior half 

 deep blue, the head paler, posterior half bottle-green, a deep blue 

 band across body covered by pectoral ; a fainter one behind gill open- 

 ing, the two perhaps sometimes coalescing ; spinous dorsal dark ; tip 

 of pectoral dark ; caudal pale ; its lobes da*rk blue on the outer 

 part ; soft dorsal greenish ; anal and ventrals bluish. 



BlFASCIATUM, 63. 



gg. Body not bicolor, bright green throughout, each scale with a purp- 

 lish bar at base; head, nape, and belly purplish, the head with four 

 green streaks on each side, margined with brown ; these streaks con- 

 tinued backwards as wavy green streaks on breast ; dorsal and anal 

 purplish, with a wide terminal green band nearly half width of fin; 

 upper and lower caudal rays purplish, the median rays pale ; pec- 

 torals and ventrals pale, a small black blotch at base of pectorals 

 above. Head 3£; depth 3£ ; scales covering median line of nape ; 7 

 or 8 rows before dorsal ; caudal deeply lunate in adult, the outer rays 

 twice median ones ; outer ventral rays produced, not quite twice in- 

 ner rays; dorsal spiues pungent. D., VIII, 13; A., Ill, 11. 



Grammaticum, 64. 

 dd. Color uniform bright green, without well defined marks on head or body. 

 Head 3 in length; depth about 3; scales continuous across nape; 

 about 7 rows before dorsal ; scales 27 ; outer caudal lobes much pro- 

 duced, 1£ in head ; outer ventral rays filamentous ; dorsal spines pun- 

 gent. D., VIII, 13; A., Ill, 11 Vikens, 65. 



58. THALASSOMA LUCASANUM. 



Julis lucasanus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil., 142, 1862 (Cape San Lucas); Giinther, 

 Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 184, 1862 (Cape San Lucas) ; Jordan & Gilbert, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 367, 1882 (Cape San Lucas); Jordan & Gilbert, Ball. 

 U.S. Fish. Cora., 1881. 



