. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. roducotl. (/'inif. )ackwar(ls; a 94. LABRIDiEâPLATYGLOSSUS. 603 046. P« radlntus (L.) J. & G.âBlue Jlnh; lUmwUa. Adult brilliiint iizureblue, each hcuIo ed^ed witli brif^ht jxiurly green; A lon;;iliidinal blue band on anal; margin of dorsal light bine; yonng ^"cijanostujma") brownish, a light-bine spot on the base of each scale; lioiid with spots and stripes of bright bine; dorsal with 4 lines of stripes iiiid blotches and ri broad edge of bine; candal with a broad wiiitc; nnir- irjn, the onter rays blue, t
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. roducotl. (/'inif. )ackwar(ls; a 94. LABRIDiEâPLATYGLOSSUS. 603 046. P« radlntus (L.) J. & G.âBlue Jlnh; lUmwUa. Adult brilliiint iizureblue, each hcuIo ed^ed witli brif^ht jxiurly green; A lon;;iliidinal blue band on anal; margin of dorsal light bine; yonng ^"cijanostujma") brownish, a light-bine spot on the base of each scale; lioiid with spots and stripes of bright bine; dorsal with 4 lines of stripes iiiid blotches and ri broad edge of bine; candal with a broad wiiitc; nnir- irjn, the onter rays blue, the base of the fin si)otted wllh bine; anal with lionler and two longitudinal stripes of bhu', besides a blue spot at tho bast! of each ray; i)ectoral with first A rays and a tranHverse line blue. Head 1; depth .'J. D. IX, 11; A. Ill, 12; scales 2-28-10. L. 10 inches. West Indies, north to Key West. iSparim i'(t(liatii» liiiiiiiiMiH, Kynt. Nut, xii, 47'2, 17(5f): JiiUh cynnoHliiima, inineipit*, aiirt mtiitiix Ciiv. & Viil. xiii, :U)1-:K)H: J'latiifilomnH ci/anoHliiimn riiiiitluM'. iv, 1(51: I'laty- iflonm imnciim ii'\ini\\{iv, iv, 1G4: Charojal'iH radiatuH iiiwAi'i, Bull. U. S. Nut. Muh. v, 35.) 917. P. Krandisquaniis ((iill) â¢!â & G. Color, in spirits, dark chestnut or brownish red ; a very dark vertical spot bordered by steel-blue, behind the opercle; aiial tin faintly barred; caudal marbled, and with a marginal dark batid. Body rather short and stout. Profile slightly convex. Maxillary nearly reaching front of orbit. Dorsal spines short, rather stiff. (3audal fin subtruncated. Head 3i; depth \^. D. IX, 11; A. Ill, 12; Lat. 1. 27. Beaufort, N. C. {Charojul'm tjmndisquamia Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat, Sci. Pbila. 18G3, 206.) 9I§. P. Iiiimeralis (Poey) Gthr A black spot, edged with pearl color i)osteriorly, on the extremity of the operculum; a brown band from the snout through the eye and the opercular spot across the bend of the lateral line to the base of the
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