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Searus punctulatuis, Cuvier & Valenciknnes, Hist. Nat. Poisa., xiv, 195, 1839, Martinique; 



Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 89 ; Jordan, Review Labroid Fishes, 682, 



1890 ; Jordan & Rutter, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1897, 121. 

 Pseudoscarus puncfidatu^, Guichenot, Scarid6s, Mus. Paris, 26, 1865. 

 Scarus diadema, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xiv, 196, 1839, Martinique ; 



Cope, Trans. Am. Pliil. Soc. 1871, 461. 

 Pieudoscarug diadema, Poey, Synopsis, 347; Poey, Enumeratio, 116; Guichenot, Sca- 



rid68, 28, 1865 (note on types). 

 Pseudoscarus tmniopterus, Gunther, Cat., iv, 226, 1802, Trinidad; excellent description; 



not of Desmarest. 

 Scarus tmiiopteru.i, .Tordan, Proc. TT. S. Nat. :Mns. 1886, 47. 



205S. SCARUS BOLLMAINI, Jordan & Evermann. 



Head 31 in length (3:^- in total) ; depth 3i. Two small blunt posterior 

 canines in upper javr, near angle of mouth ; caudal short, almost truncate, 

 the middle rays a little shorter than the outer ones; 2 rows of scales 

 on cheek. In life, bright green, darker on the back, paler below ; a broad 

 lateral band mostly below level of eye and twice width of eye, of a brilliant 

 orange-yellow color extending from gill ojiening to opposite vent, where 

 it ceases almost abru])tly; upper part of this band a yellow streak more 

 than I as wide as eye, and nearly on level of pupil, persistent and bright 

 yellow in alcohol, while the orange fades to pale; behind the vent, the 

 side is a little brassy or yellowish, this shade scarcely contrasting with 

 the green ground color; there is also in life an ill-defined band of blood 

 red nearly a scale wide above and below the ground color ; base of pectoral 

 with a blue-black mark, upper part of head dark green, below eye, bright 

 yellowish green, with some bluish markings on opercle; caudal fin green, 

 its outer rays blackish; other fins injured in both the typical examples, 

 the dorsal bright green at base, ventrals pah; ; teeth pale. Gulf of Mexico, 

 in deep water. Two specimens were obtained from stomachs of Red 

 Groupers {Epivephelus morio), the first one by Mr. Charles H. Bollman, oft" 

 Tampa Bay. The second was sent later by Mr. Stearns. The latter, 5 

 inches long, is especially the type of the foregoing description. (Named 

 for Charles Harvey liollman.) 



Scarus hollmani, Jordan & Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 470, off Tampa Bay 

 (Type, No. 37993. Coll. Silas Stearns) ; Jordan, Review Labroid Fishes, 683, 1890 



2050. SCARUS T.EXIOPTERUS, Dfsniarest. 



Head 3 (3| with caudal); depth 2| (3i). T>. IX, 10; A. II, 9; scales 

 2^24-6. Body oblong-elliptical. A canine directed backward and out- 

 ward above the angle of the mouth; upper lip covering more than jr of 

 surface of upper jaw; eye small, 6 in head; snont rather acute, 2f. in 

 head; cheek with 2 nearly equal rows of about (5 scales each, 1 or 2 large 

 scales below the lower series; 8 scales on median line of back before dor- 

 sal; pectoral reaching jnst jjast tips of ventrals; origin of ventral spine 

 under posterior end of pectoral base ; tips of ventrals scarcely reaching to 

 midway between their base and front of anal; caudal fin when spread 

 out A^ery slightly rounded, the outer rays very slightly produced. If in 



