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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
130 . Cheilio inermis (Forskal). 
This fish is very common at Honolulu and varies much in color and form. Twelve examples, 7.5 
to 16 inches in length, were taken by me, and one, 10.25 inches long, was taken by the Albatross in 1896. 
Color in life (field No. 279, 16 inches long), leaden, darker above, lighter below; margin of each 
scale faint golden; line of golden spots backward from angle of jaw, spreading into golden reticulations 
on Opercle and preopercle; dorsal fin with golden reticulations; membranes of anal with a series of 
golden crossbars; membranes of caudal with faint brown spots; on the body, at a vertical from fourth 
and fifth dorsal spines, is an orange blotch running into a black one about the lateral line, which 
extends as a dark blue band about the belly. 
Another example (field No. 290, 13.25 inches long) shows, general color reddish-brown; a dark 
longitudinal band from opercular flap to caudal; each scale with a spot, which below the lateral line is 
pearly; rays of dorsal brown; rays of anal greenish; reddish-brown spots on throat and chin; retic- 
ulations of the same color on sides of head, cheek, preopercles and opercles; rays of caudal greenish. 
Another example (field No. 101, 9.5 inches long), body light brown, lighter on belly; each scale 
with a pearly spot; throat with light orange reticulations; rays of dorsal and anal light yellow. 
Labrus inermis Forskal, Descript. Anim., 34, 1775, Red Sea. 
Cheilio auratus Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. de l’Uranie, Zool., 274, pi. 54, fig. 2, 1824 (Maui, Hawaii). 
Cheilio inermis Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 7, 65, 1877 (Honolulu); Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900, 511 (Sand- 
wich Islands); Steindachner, Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, lxx, 1900, 507 (Honolulu). 
131 . Thalassoma purpureum (Forskal). 
Color in life (field No. 330, 10.5 inches long), general color light red, shading into orange for- 
ward and below; two rows of quadrangular blocks of color on the side, each block a bright blue 
shading to a bright green at center; 4 green crossbars connecting base of dorsal fin with upper row; 
outer'margins of dorsal and anal fins bright blue, the portions of the fins next the body golden ; pectoral 
indigo blue with the proximal region bright yellow; caudal with alternating longitudinal bands of blue 
and golden; no distinct markings on head; iris bright green with inner margin orange. 
Two specimens of this very brightly colored fish, 5 and 10.5 inches in length, were obtained by 
me. This is the first record from the Hawaiian Islands. 
Labrus purpwreus Forskal, Descript. Animal., 27, 1775, Red Sea. 
Julis trilobata Gunther, Cat., IV, 187, 1862 (var. a, 188, South Africa). 
Julis quadricolor Bleeker, Atlas, I, 93, pi. 34, fig., 3, 1862 (in part, including specimen shown iu fig. 3). 
132. Thalassoma quadricolor (Lesson). 
General color (field No. 138, 9.25 inches long), bright green; irregular, dark red, longitudinal band 
along upper part of body; vertical lines projecting from this at right angles; a bright red stripe from 
just above opercular flap to base of caudal, with vertical branches at each scale; another bright red 
band from near axil to base of caudal; a complex figure made by red bands on the face; a bright green 
band across lower part of snout; upper lip green, lower blue; chin and throat blue; cheek bright 
yellow; a double bright red band, somewhat reticulated, from eye obliquely downward to margin of 
opercle; dorsal fin, with longitudinal bands of red and green, margin blue, dark blue spot on anterior 
portion; anal fin with a longitudinal band next body of red, next to this a band of blue-green 
blotches, outer edge of band with color scalloped, next band red, scalloped; the outer band blue; 
caudal rays red, membranes blue, upper and lower margins green, posterior margin greenish-yellow; 
pectoral, base red, then line of blue, then greenish, remainder transparent except dusky blotch on 
tip; ventrals green. Another specimen (field No. 265, 11 inches long) recognized as different by fish- 
ermen, has stripes and bands bright red, and spaces between on both body and head green above, 
blue below; the markings on the fins red and green. 
I obtained the two specimens just described; in addition, one, 11 inches in length, was taken by 
the Albatross in 1896, and one, 8.75 inches, by Jordan & Snyder. 
Julis quadricolor Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool., m, 139, pi. 35, fig. 1, 1826-1830, Otaheite; Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. 
Poiss., XIII, 443, 1839 (Tahiti); Bleeker, Atlas, I, 93, 1862 (in part; not the plate, which is of T. purpureum). 
Thalassoma immanis Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1899, 488, pi. 18, fig. 2, Caroline Island. 
Thalassoma berndti Seale, Occasional Papers, Bishop Museum, I, Nos, 4, 15, fig. 7, 1901, Honolulu. (Type, No. 681, B P. B. M., 
1901.) 
