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the largest, 110 posterior canines. Fins: Caudal slightly rounded. 

 Pectorals 2.20 into head. Base of anal 1.40 into base of dorsal. 

 Ventrals small, 1.50 into snout. Color in spirits: Brown, with a 

 slight wash of reddish; lower parts white, a dark line along sides 

 from caudal to eye. Caudal brownish. Dorsal, pectorals and ven- 

 trals whitish. Anal whitish, with short oblique lines and dots of 

 pale bluish. The margin of the fin is dusk}-. One specimen. 

 Length 8 inches. Guam, June 2, 1900. Hab. Red Sea, .seas of 

 India, Polynesia, Marianas. 



Family SCARID^. — Parrot-fishes. 



Genus SCARTJS Forskal. 



466. Scarus celebricus (BL). 



Head 2.66; depth 3; eye 8.50; interorbital about 3; D. ix 11; 

 A. II 8; V. I 5; P. 15. Scales 2-23-6. Body oblong, oval. Jaws 

 large, very convex, the upper slightly projecting. Anterior teeth 

 soldered together; a conical tooth at the angle of the upper jaw. 

 Upper lip narrow, not covering half the upper jaw. Scales very 

 large, c^-cloid ; lateral line interrupted ; two row^s of scales on 

 cheeks, no scales on lower limb of preopercle. Fins: The first dor- 

 sal spine is the shortest, its length about equal to diameter of eye. 

 Caudal is almost square. Pectorals 1.50 into head. Ventrals 

 smaller, about 2 into head. Base of anal equal to length of pec- 

 torals, about 2 into base of dorsal. Color in spirits: The teeth are 

 a faded bluish green, with cutting edges white. The general color 

 of the fish is a du.sk}' greenish. A line, probably red in life, passes 

 longitudinally through or behind the eye; these lines, and indeed 

 all the distinctive colorings, are badly faded. The caudal peduncle 

 seems to be lighter in color. The fins have faded so the markings 

 are not distinguishable, although evidenth- made up of two colors, 

 probably red and green. One specimen. Length 8 inches. Agaiia, 

 Guam, July, 1900. Hab. China Seas, Western Pacific, Marianas. 



160. Scarus cypho sp. nov. 



Head 3; depth 3.20; eye 6; interorbitals 3.50; D. ix 10; A. iii 9; 

 P. 14. Scales 2-24-6, lateral line interrupted, the tubes branched. 

 Two rows of scales on the cheeks, \\\\\\ five scales in lower row; the 

 opercular limb is entirely bare. Pharyngeal teeth pavement-like, 

 about twice as long as wide, the anterior ones the longest. Teeth 

 in jaws quite projeAing, their length equal to orbit; two canine 

 teeth at angles of upper jaw. Body oblong, compre.s.sed; the upper 

 profile of back quite convex. The snout is much produced. The 

 lips are rather narrow^ scarcely covering one-half the jaws. Fins: 

 The caudal is lunate. The pectorals 1.33 into head, their base 5, 

 their shortest ray 4. Ventrals 1.50. Base of anal 1.50 into head, 

 2.83 into base of dorsal. The dorsal has 4 .series of scales in front 



