Chromides and Pharyngognathi 



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In Calotomus the dorsal spines are slender. In Scaridea (balia) 

 of the Hawaiian Islands the first dorsal is formed of pungent 

 spines as in Sparisoma. 



FIG. 323. FIG. 324. 



FIG. 323. Pharyngeals of Italian Parrot-fish, Sparisoma cretense (L.). 



a, upper; b, lower. 

 FIG. 324. Jaws of a Parrot-fish, Calotomus xenodon Gilbert. 



Cryptotomus of the Atlantic is also a transitional group 

 having the general characters of Sparisoma, but the anterior 



FIG. 325. Cryptotomus beryllinus Jordan & Swain. Key West, Florida. 



teeth more separate. The several species are all small and 

 characteristic of the West Indian fauna, one species, Crypto- 

 tomus beryllinus, ranging northward to Long Island. 



