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Chromides and Pharyngognathi 



In the large genus Sparisoma the teeth are more com- 

 pletely joined. In this group, which is found only in the trop- 

 ical Atlantic, the lower pharyngeals are broader than long and 



FIG. 326. Sparisoma hoplomystax (Cope). Key West. 



hexagonal. The teeth of the jaws are not completely united, 

 the dorsal spines are pungent, the lateral line not interrupted, 

 and the gill membranes broadly united to the isthmus. 



Of the numerous species the dull-colored Sparisoma flaves- 



FIG. 327. Sparisoma abildgaardi (Bloch), Red Parrot-fish. Loro, Colorado. 



Family Scaridce. 



cens is most abundant in the West Indies and ranges farther 

 north than any other. Sparisoma cretense, the Scarus of the 



