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way to yellow, which becomes on the caudal fin a bright yellow; a black area on body at base of 
posterior part of soft dorsal, extending on caudal peduncle; iris black with red inner margin; pectoral 
rosy; ventrals white, with rosy and yellow shadings; a black spot nearly as large on first dorsal 
between first and third spine; tips of dorsal spines yellow; soft dorsal and anal bright yellow. 
Another specimen showed the brown lines of above red, and the caudal was orange. 
Five specimens of this beautiful fish, 6.6, 7.2, 7.7, 7.8, 9.4 inches in length, respectively, were 
taken. It is common in the market, where it is conspicuous for its brilliant coloration. 
Labrus bilunulatus Lac<5pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., m, 454, 526, pi. 31, 1801. 
Cossyphus bilvmilatus, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xin, 121, 1839 (Isle de France); Gunther, Fisehe tier 
Sildsee, vn, 240, pi. cxxx, 1881 (Mauritius, Zanzibar, Amboyna, Misol, Sandwich Islands). 
Harpe bilunulata, Steindachner, Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, lxx, 1900, 503 (Honolulu). 
116 . Anampses cuvier Quoy & Gaimard. 
Color in life (field No. 71, 6 inches in length), general color dark brown, becoming a bright red 
on the belly; a bright pearly spot on each scale half as large as pupil, making about 17 longitudinal 
rows; upper part of head dark with many small pearly spots, lower part blue with bright red spots; 
throat and breast blue with many bright spots; iris yellow; dorsal fin dark red with blue border and 
with 4 or 5 rows of bright pearly blue spots; anal fin bright red, with bright blue margin and bright 
blue base, with 3 wavy lines of blue running whole length of fin, the blue crossing in places from one 
line to another; caudal reddish-brown, upper and lower margins blue. One small specimen, about 2 
inches in length, showed the same coloration, with the exception of having a black ocellated spot on 
the posterior portion of soft dorsal. 
This species is common at Honolulu. I obtained eight examples, 5.25 to 10 inches in length; one 
8.25 inches long was taken by the Albatross in 1896, and one 7 inches long by Jordan & Snyder. 
Anampses cuvier Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. de l’Uranie, Zool., 276, pi. 55, fig. 1, 1824, “de l’ile Mowi.” 
Anampses cuvieri, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 14, 11, 1839; Gunther, Cat., iv, 136, 1862 (Hawaiian Islands) ; ibid., ‘ 
Fisehe der Siidsee, 251, pi. 136, fig. A, 1881 (Hawaiian Islands); Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900, 506 
(Honolulu). 
117 . Anampses evermanni Jenkins. 
This fish is not uncommon at Honolulu. Four specimens, 11 to 12 inches in length, were obtained 
by me; one, 10.5 inches, by the Albatross in 1896; and two, 10.5 and 12 inches, by the Albatross in 1891. 
Anampses evermanni Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm, for 1899 (August 30, 1900), 57, fig. 14, Honolulu. (Type, No. 6136 
L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus.; coll. O. P. Jenkins.) 
118 . Stethojulis axillaris (Quoy & Gaimard). 
Color in life (field No. 308, 4.4 inches long), upper parts dusky, covered with numerous minute 
green dots; lower parts lighter, reddish; bright orange spot on body just behind opercular flap; base 
of pectoral black; black ocellated spot on base of caudal; orange area behind angle of mouth; iris red. 
Another specimen (field No. 126) shows, ground color olivaceous, thickly covered with bright 
green dots; throat and belly greenish silvery; iris bright green; base of pectoral and axil as in No. 308; 
3 black spots on caudal peduncle on lateral line, the third on base of caudal fin; dorsal fin olivaceous 
with brownish spots, a black spot at base of last 2 rays; anal olivaceous, base green. 
Fourteen specimens of this beautiful little fish, 2 to 4.25 inches in length, were obtained by me 
from the coral rocks on the reef in front of Honolulu, and 3 are in Dr. Wood’s collection. 
Julis axillaris Quoy & Gaimard, Voyage de l'Uranie, Zoo]., 272, 1824, Maui, Hawaiian Islands. 
Stethojulis axillaris, Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 7, 65, 1877 (Honolulu); Gunther, Fisehe derSiidsee, vn, 254, taf. cxxxvi, 
fig. C, 1881 (Pelew, Solomon, Fiji, Navigator, Society, Hawaiian, New Hebrides, Ponape); Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. 
Sci. Phila. 1900, 508 (Hawaiian Islands). 
119 . Stethojulis albovittata (Kolreuter). 
Color in life, upper parts green, lower lighter; a bright blue line from middle of snout to upper 
part of iris through iris, then upward and backward along base of dorsal fin for its whole length; 
another bright blue line from eye back and just below lateral line to about sixth or seventh scale; 
another such line from mouth just above the angle running backward just below eye over opercular 
flap, ending at middle of base of caudal; another bright blue line below chin curving upward and 
