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short tube; opercle with well-developed flap posteriorly; interorbital space high, convex; first 2 dorsal 
spines elongate, flexible, the first longer, 1.8 in head; third anal spine longest, 4; longest anal ray 2.3; 
caudal slightly rounded posteriorly; pectoral rather short, 1.5; ventral 1.7; scales-small, thin, those on 
occiput very small, head otherwise naked; lateral line rather indistinct, running down on side of caudal 
peduncle below posterior dorsal rays. 
Color in life, green with blue shades; opercular spot deep blue, blackish before and behind; about 
8 blackish vertical bars behind pectoral; back very green, middle and along lateral line tinged with 
olive brown; head olive gray with spots and radiating lines of clear blue; throat and breast blue with 
drab olive spots; fins greenish sky-blue marked with olive; pectoral olive tinged with bluish; ventrals 
similar, more blue. 
Another nearly fresh example (No. 03344 I with general color bright blue; side back of pectoral with 
7 or 8 darker short cross-bars; head pale blue with numerous bluish-white spots about size of pupil; 
opercular flap bright blue with pale margins, yellow posteriorly, brown in front; dorsal vermiculated 
or blotched with olive, greenish, and bright blue; caudal dirty blue; anal with irregular spots and 
blotches of bright blue separated by greenish-yellow; pectoral bluish-olive; ventrals pale olive; iris 
Fig. 131. —hilis lepamis (Jenkins). Type ol Coris lepomis Jenkins. Figure not quite accurate in proportional 
measurements. 
yellowish. One example when fresh had the black opercular spot shaded with deep bluish, palest in 
center; golden markings on head bright yellowish-brown. 
Color in alcohol, dull purple brown; head and chest marked with broad pale short lines, spots, 
and blotches; opercular flap blue-black behind; short blackish oblique lines on side beyond tip of 
pectoral; vertical fins grayish, marked with pale bluish blotches and spots, most numerous on rayed 
portions of fins; a large blackish blotch behind second and third dorsal spines; pectoral and ventral 
grayish, the former variegated with indistinct lighter markings. 
Described from an example (No. 04099) from Honolulu. 
This is the largest and one of the handsomest of the many shore fishes of this group. It is often 
seen in the markets of Honolulu. We have 11 examples from Honolulu and 1 from Hilo, ranging in 
length from 13.75 to 18.75 inches. 
Coris lepomis Jenkins. Bull. If. S. Fish Comm.. XIX, 1899 (Aug. 30, 1900), 48, fig. 4, Honolulu, ('type, No. 12141. L. s. Jr. 
Univ. Mus.) 
Julis lepomis Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 4G1 (Honolulu). 
