62 Fishes of the South Pacific. 



Body obloug, slightly compressed, covered with large striate 

 scales; the lateral line is interrupted, the tubules with two or four 

 branches; depth of the caudal peduncle equal to distance from eye 

 to the posterior margin of the opercle; cheeks with three rows of 

 scales, the first and second row with 6 scales each, the third row 

 with only 3 scales; opercle with 8 large scales; the lower opercu- 

 lar limb with 7 scales; 7 scales in front of dorsal; upper lip double; 

 the lip covering about a third of the dermal plate; upper dermal 

 plate with 2 strong canine teeth on each side at angle of mouth; 

 lower jaw with canine at angle; base of dorsal fin 2 in length of 

 fish, without caudal, its longest ray 2.90 in base; base of anal 

 equal length of pectorals, 1.25 in head; veutrals 1.70 in head; 

 lobes of caudal much produced, the longest ray equal to distance 

 from angle of jaws to posterior margin of opercles, the shortest ray 

 a third shorter. 



Color in life, green; chin and margin of lips red; dorsal bluish 

 green with a margin of blue; a wide blue band around mouth; 

 upper third of teeth green, the mid third whitish, the lower third 

 green; teeth in lower jaw entirely greenish blue; inner half of anal 

 fin red, the outer half bluish green; upper and lower margins of 

 caudal deep blue, the mid part of fin green. 



Color in spirits, dull green; margin of lips 3'ellowish white, 

 followed posteriorly by a broader green incomplete circle; posterior 

 of this is another narrow white line; a broad greenish area on chin. 



One specimen'^'. No. 1408 (Fig. 15) B. M., length 19.50 in., 

 from Tahiti. 



Callyodon fasciatus Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 {Scams rivulatiis Cuvier & Valenciennes.) 



One specimen, No. 972 B. M., from Fate, New Hebrides. 



Callyodon dussumieri (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Two specimens, Nos. 993 and 995 B. M., from Fate, New 

 Hebrides. 



Callyodon quoyi (Bleeker). 



One specimen, No. 1314 B. M., from Shortland Id., Solomons. 



Callyodon erythrodon CiTvier & Valenciennes. 

 [Scams siniibaTvensis Bleeker.) 



One specimen, No. 1374 B. M., from Tahiti, Society Ids. 



Two specimens, Nos. 1923 and 1924 B. M., fron^ Rarotonga, 

 Cook Ids. 



Two specimens, Nos. 927 and 979 B. M., from Fate, New 

 Hebrides. 



6 1 take pleasure in naming this fine large Srarus for Edgar R. Waite, Zoologist and 

 Curator of I'"ishes and Mammals at the Sydney Museum, Australia (now Curator of Clirist- 

 church Museum), in recognition of his important works on Pacific fishes. 



