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137. Chloriohthys bifasoiatus (Bloch). 



Labrus bifasciattts Bloch, Ichthyol., pi. 283, 1792 (East Indies). 

 Thalassoma bifasciatum, Jordan, Labroid Fishes, 56. 



Head and iris very dark purple ; body to tip of pectorals black, 

 posteriorly green, the base of the scales darker; caudal peduncle 

 dusky, greenish on sides ; a pale greenish band across back and 

 sides through front of spinous dorsal ; outer rays of caudal black, 

 inner white ; spinous dorsal black, soft dorsal greenish with a pale 

 margin ; anal greenish, dusky anteriorly ; pectoral white, the tips 

 and base black ; outer rays of ventrals black, others pale ; head 

 without color markings, but the numerous pores on the cheek seem 

 to have mucous tubes radiating from the eye. 



SCARID^J. 



138. Sparisoma flavescens (Bloch & Schneider). 



Scarus flavescens Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 290, 1801. 

 Sparisoma flavescens, Jordan, Labroid Fishes, 74. 



Caudal fin distinctly barred with brown, except the middle rays 

 which are pale. Body uniform brownish-olive ; dorsal mottled with 

 brown, anal and ventrals white; pectorals colorless, a black spot at 

 upper base of pectorals ; chin and throat white ; cheeks and top of 

 head washed with cherry red. (Color notes from alcoholic speci- 

 men). Caudal lunate, the upper lobe the longer. 



One specimen, 10 in. long. 



139. Sparisoma distinctum (Poey). 



Scarus dislinctus Poey, Mem., II, 423, 1860 (Cuba). 



Sides olivaceous, mottled with darker, an indistinct dark band 

 from above pectoral to caudal ; vertical fins mottled with bright red, 

 especially posteriorly, the caudal being entirely red in some speci- 

 mens ; a white cross blotch on tail behind dorsal ; the scales below 

 more or less distinctly pale edged ; pectorals tinged with yellowish 

 olive ; ventrals white ; some specimens with the belly and ventral 

 fins almost entirely red, the outer rays only being white, others with 

 but little red anywhere. This species is the frondosum of Giinther 

 and of Jordan but not of Agassiz, which is the aracanga of Giinther, 



140. Sparisoma rubripinne (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Scarus rubripinnis Cuvier & Valenciennes, XIV, 199, 1839 (San Domingo). 



A single specimen 9 in. long. The life colors of this speci- 

 men were not noted. In alcohol it is olive, mottled with lighter, 

 nearly white below ; a rather distinct white band below chin ; dor- 



