1G48 DvUciin //, United Staics National Musaim. 



interrupted. Color uniform violet purple; vertical iins very dark. Ja- 

 maica (Giintlier) ; unknown to us. According to Dr. Giinther "it has 

 exactly the same coloration (as Bparisoma frondosum'), with which it may- 

 be easily confounded." (Portuguese name for some jiarrot.) 



Pseudoscarus aracanga, Gunthee, Cat., iv, 227, 1862, Jamaica. 

 Scams aracanga, Joedan, Review Labroiil Pishes, 683, 1890. 



2061. SCARFS TRISPIXOSUS, Ciivier & Valenciennes. 



The type, a dried skin, is thus described by Guichenot: 

 Form of Pseudoscarus guacatiiaia: Jaws finely crenulate on the edge, their surface 

 smooth, except on lower jaw; teeth pale; 3 posterior canines above; scales of cheek in 

 3 rows; caudal somewhat rounded, its angles prolonged in sharp points. Color uniform 

 reddish brown, the caudal medi.illy paler, its posterior margin and points blackish. A 

 very large skin sent by the Museum of Lisbon, supposed to come from Brazil. 



The specimen called Scarus quadrispinosus is not evidently different. 

 This is a dried skin 400 mm. long and is thus described by Guichenot: 



I'orm of Scarus tceniopterus : Jaws trenchant, finely crenulate on the edge, their surface 

 smooth ; 4 canines on each side above ; 3 rows of scales on the cheek and 4 or 5 on opercle ; 

 caudal squarely truncate, its lobes obtuse and very short. Color olive brown, paler on 

 sides and belly, with no trace of bands nor lines on head nor fins; fins yellowish, except 

 the caudal, which is dusky. 



We have the following. notes on the same specimen: . 



Color entirely faded, possibly blue in life; 4 distinct posterior canines on right side of 

 upper jaw (the left side broken) ; snout rather long; caudal simply lunate ; cheek scales in 

 2i rows; 7 scales before dorsal; axil pale; fins .apparently pale and plain. 



West Indies to Brazil, (irispinosus, three-spined.) 



Scarus trispinosus, Cuviee & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xiv, 182, 1839, Brazil; Jor- 

 dan, Review Labroid Fishes, 684, 1890. 



Scarus quadrispinosus, Cuviee & Valenciennes, Hi.st. Nat. Poiss., xiv, 197, 1839, Mar- 

 tinique; Guichenot, Scarid6s, 27, 1865 (note on type) ; Joedan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 1886, 542 (note on type). 



Pseudoscarus qtiadrlspinosus, Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 34, 1876. 



? Pseudoscarus chloris,* GiJNTHEE.Cat., iv, 227, 1862 ; not Scarus chloris, Block & Schneider. 



Pse^idoscarus trisjiinosvs, Guichenot, Scarid6s, 23, 1865 (note on type). 



2062. SOARUS < UZAMILvE, Be.an. 



Depth 3^. D. IX, 10; A. Ill, 9; eye 7^ in head; scales 2-25-7. The 

 body is somewhat fusiform in shape. The jaws are whitish at the margin 

 and olivaceous over the rest of theii- surface ; 3 canines, directed outwards 

 and slightly backward on lower posterior edge of the upper jaw; ujiper 

 lip covering rather less than ^ of the surface of the upper jaw ; snout 

 attenuated ; a considerable dejiression above the nostrils ; distance from tip 

 of upper jaw to the iris, measured obliquely, equals ^ dorsal base and 



* The specimens from Jamaica, wrongly called Pseudoscarus chloris by Dr. Giinther, are 

 thus described: "Two series of scales on cheek and 2 scales on the lower limb of the pre- 

 operculum ; the second series is composed of 4 scales ; caudal rounded, with the lobes 

 produced; 15 pectoral rays ; teeth very small. Nearly uniform gi-een; vertical fins edged 

 with dark green ; nape or opercles sometimes reddish." 



