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Chromides and Pharyngognathi 



are but few scales on the head, 

 of the body, are always large. 



These, as well as the scales 

 The most highly specialized 



Fio. 331. Scarus emblematicus Jordan & Rutter. Jamaica. 



of its species have the teeth deep blue in color, a character 

 which marks the genus or subgenus Pseudoscarus. Of the species 

 of this type, the loro, Pseudoscarus ccelestinus, and the more 

 abundant guacamaia, Pseudoscarus guacamaia (fig. 215 vol. I) of 

 the West Indies, are characteristic forms. The perrico, Pseudo- 



FIG. 332. Scarus ccmdeus (Bloch). Blue Parrot-fish. Loro, Azul. 

 Family Scaridoe. 



scarus perrico of the west coast of Mexico, and the great blue 

 parrot-fish, or galo, of Hawaii and Samoa, Pseudoscarus jordani, 

 belong to this type. Pseudoscarus jordani was formerly tabu 

 to the king in Hawaii, and its brilliant colors and toothsome 



