CLASS PISCES. 2()5 



Some of them have the caudal crescent-shaped ' ; 

 and a few of these have a singularly gibbous fore- 

 head 2 . In others it is truncated or cut squarely s . 



We separate from scarus the 



Calliodon, Cuv. 



Where the latter teeth of the upper jaw are separate 

 and pointed, and where this jaw has an interior range 

 of much smaller ones 4 . 

 And the 



Odax, Cuv. 



Which approaches a true labrus in the inflated lips 

 and continuous lateral line ; the jaws composed like 



1 Scarus coccineus, Bl. Schn., Parra xxviii. 2., which is the 

 Sparus Abildgardii, Bl. 259., and the Spare rougeor, Lacep. III. 

 xxxiii. 3. ; the Great scarus with blue jaws, Sc. guacamaia, Cuv., 

 Parra xxvi. ; the Sc. Catesby, Lacep., Catesby II. xxix. ; the Sc. 

 bride, Lacep. iv. 1, 2. Sc. chrysopterus, Bl. Schn. 57. Sc. cajti- 

 taneus, Cuv., which is the Sc. enneacanthe, Lacep. iv. p. 6. ; and 

 his Sc. denticule, Id. p. 12. and pi. i. f. 1., and of which he gives a 

 description annexed to the Sc. chadri. 



2 Sc. loro, Bl. Schn., Parra xxvii. 1. Sc. cceruleus, Bl. Schn., 

 Parra xxvii. 2., and Catesb. II. xiii., which is also the Coryphcena 

 coerulea, Bl. 176., and what is more extraordinary, the Spare holo- 

 cyanose, Lacep. III. xxxiii. 2. and iv. p. 441. derives its origin 

 from the same drawing of Plunder as this figure of Bloch. 



3 Sc. vetula,Hl. Schn., Parra xxviii. 1. Sc. tceniopterus, Desma- 

 rest. Sc. chloris, Parr, xxviii. 3. Sc. psittacus, Forsk. Sc. ni- 

 tidis, Bl. 



4 Scarus spinidens, Quoy and Gaym., Zool. Voy. Freycin. p. 289., 

 and some new species. 



