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12. Genus JULIS, Cuv. & Val. 



Branchiostegals six. Body oblong and compressed ; snout not 

 produced. Anterior teeth conical ; no posterior canine. Dorsal 

 tin with fewer spines than rays ; anal with about the same number 

 of rays as the soft dorsal. Scales large, none on the head. 

 Lateral line continuous. 



Geographical Distribution. Tropical and adjacent seas. 



Synopsis of Indian Species. 



Greenish ; six vertical black cross bars on 



back 1. J. dorsalis, p. 412. 



Body green, each scale with a vertical red 



streak 2. J. lunaris, p. 413. 



Back brown, abdomen white, each scale with 



a vertical streak 3. J. amblycephalus, p. 413. 



Greenish ; scales with vertical streaks, dark- 

 edged violet bands on opercles, pale band 

 behind shoulder in young 4. J. hebraica, p. 413. 



Green or blue, with longitudinal red or violet 



bands 5. J. purpurea, p. 414. 



Yellow, with broad black transverse bands. . 6. J.jansenii, p. 414. 



1279. (l.) Julis dorsalis. (Fig. 141.) 



Julis dorsalis, Quay $ Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Zool. iii, p. 713, Atlas, Poiss. 

 pi. xv, fig. 5 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 403, pi. Ixxxv, fig. 7 (see synon.). 



D. 8/13. P. 14. A. 3/11. C. 15. L. 1. 26-29. L. tr. 3/11. 

 Length of head 3|, height of body 3| in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 4| to 5 in length of head, 1| to 2 diam. from end 

 of snout, and 1| to 1| apart. Fins caudal lobes somewhat pro- 

 duced. Colour greenish, abdomen silvery. Broad red bands 

 radiate from the eyes ; six vertical black cross bars along back, 



Fig. 141. Julis dorsalis. 



extended on to middle of body ; a black spot in axilla ; a red band 

 along side to tail ; usually a black or a very dark blue band on 

 dorsal fin ; anal with a black spot anteriorly ; caudal with a greyish 

 semilunar band in its posterior half. 



Hob. East coast of Africa, seas of India, Malay Archipelago, 

 China, and Polynesia. 



