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canines in front of upper jaw directed forward; 2 large canines in front of mandible, directed forward, 
fitting in between upper pair; eye small, anterior, high in head; margin of preopercle a thin flesh}' 
flap; interorbital width convex, elevated ; nostrils close together in front of eye, anterior in short fleshy 
tube; first 2 dorsal spines elongate, first longest, 1.4 in head; longest dorsal ray 2; caudal rounded, 
4.25 in body; pectoral 1.4 in head; ventrals long, pointed, 3.75 in body; scales small, thin, cycloid, 
extending, well out over basal portion of caudal; lateral line high along back, falling below last dorsal 
rays to middle of side of caudal peduncle, then straight. 
Color in life (No. 03475) brownish orange, the posterior half shaded blackish violet, the anterior 
half shaded on salmon; snout bright salmon, median line deep violet; line before eye and above, 
extending in dots to front of dorsal bright violet, the lines bordered with crimson, especially before eye; 
a broader crimson band behind eye edged with paler; a curved band below, similar; throat and. middle 
of breast violet black; axil of pectoral jet black with a crescent of bright green above; sides of body 
with violet blue spots, each ringed with darker violet and about alike in size, these sparse on anterior 
half, crowded behind; dorsal bright salmon-orange with violet-crimson edged spots, violet lines and 
dashes, and steel-blue edges; caudal clear golden; anal salmon-orange, very bright blue spots at base; 
edge blue with black line, the middle stripe muddy blue; pectorals bright orange; ventrals orange, 
edged with violet blue. 
Color in life of another example (No. 03380), cinnamon-brown, rather darker posteriorly, bright 
on head; middle line of throat and breast livid blue-brown, with a broad green-brown band on each 
side; a curved brown band edged with red from angle of mouth to edge of subopercle, another from 
eye to opercular flap; a dark blue-black streak from eye backward toward front of dorsal where it 
breaks up into spots; a dark median stripe on front of head; side of body with round violet spots 
edged with blue, much more numerous and brighter posteriorly; tail golden yellow, unspotted; dorsal 
orange-red, violet spots at base, then a violet line, then a shade of lighter orange with a blue-black 
margin; a dusky blotch at base of first dorsal spine; anal colored like dorsal with a row of curved 
violet streaks instead of the stripe; violet spots at base very distinct; pectoral red, fading to yellowish; 
axil of pectoral black with green edge; ventrals yellowish green, the long rays orange, spines violet. 
Color in alcohol, dull purplish brown; bead pale brown, snout very pale or whitish; several lines 
and spots in single series down middle of forehead; a brown line from side of snout to eye, continued, 
broken above, to origin of dorsal; a brown streak behind eye to corner of opercular flap; a pale brown 
streak from upper lip toward eye then down across opercle below; a brown band from mandible along 
side of breast to base of ventral; chin to space between ventrals with blackish streak; round, dark- 
edged blue spots on trunk, most numerous posteriorly and on tail; dorsal and anal whitish, margins 
narrowly blackish with many dark-edged bluish spots, and dusky tinge basally; outer portions of 
soft dorsal and anal each with a narrow dusky line parallel with margins of fins; caudal and pectoral 
whitish, latter blackish inside at base; ventrals whitish with dusky edges. 
Described from an example (No. 05345) from Honolulu. This species is abundant, found with 
the preceding about the reefs at Honolulu and elsewhere among the Hawaiian Islands, specimens 
having been obtained by about every collector who has visited those islands. The localities represented 
in our very large series of specimens (45) are Honolulu, Hilo, and Kailua. These examples range in 
length from 5.4 to 11.25 inches. Occasional in Samoa. 
JuUs formosus, Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., V, 1853, 1G9 (Macassar); not of- Bennett. 
Con's formosus, Bleeker, Atlas Ichthy., I, 99, pi. 19, fig. 3, 1862 
Coris pulcherrima Gunther, Cat., IV, 200, 1862, Amboyna, Tahiti, Aneityum; Steindaehner, Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, LXX, 
1900, 507 (Honolulu). 
Jails pulcherrima, Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 460 (Honolulu); Snyder, op. cit. (Jan. 19, 
1904), 528 (Honolulu). 
242. Julis lepomis (Jenkins). “Hilu lauwili;” “Uhu.” Fig. 131. 
Head 3.35 in length; depth 3.35; eye 8 in head; snout 2.9; mouth 4.5; interorbital 4; D. ix, 12; 
A. m, 12; scales 8-92-35. 
Body ovoid, elongate, deepest about pectoral ; head elongate, much longer than deep, the upper 
profile convex, swollen in front of eye above; snout long, blunt, convex; mouth horizontal, small; 
lips thick, fleshy, broad; teeth large, powerful, conic; 2 large canines in front of each jaw, the lower 
fitting in between those above; eye small, well anterior, high in head; nostrils small, anterior in very 
