1630 Bulletin //, United States National Museian. 



pp. Caudal truncate, not at all lunate in the adult, the angles very 



slightly produced. 



q. Color olivaceous or bluish green, a whitish streak below 



mouth ; a dark axillary spot usually present ; a whitish 



band on caudal ; tins dotted. eubripinne, 2053. 



nn. Caudal iin not crossbarrcd. 



r. Axillary spot black, very distinct; outer rays of caudal consider- 

 ably produced, the length of exsorted part J to ^ that of head. 

 s. Caudal red, its outer rays green; axillary spot very distinct; 

 body olivaceous, nearly plain, reddish below; some greenish 

 blue on head; a faint greenish streak running backward 

 from the angle of the mouth. brachiale, 2054. 



ss. Caudal violaceous, its outer rays J head; a dark spot at base of 

 pectoral ; color dusky red, scales of back and sides with 

 red spots. maschalespilos, 2055. 



rr. Axillary spot faint or wanting; coloration uniform dark purplish 

 violet; 3 large scales on cheek; dorsal spines rather slender, 

 but pungent; caudal emargiuate ; tubes of each scale of lateral 

 line much ramified and extending over the whole scale; teeth 

 of moderate size, very distinct on the edges of the jaws. 



FRONDOSUM, 2056. 



Subgenus SPARISOMA. 



2039. SPARISOMA XTSTRODOX, Jordan & Swain. 



Head 3 (3^ with caudal); depth 2f (3f). D. IX, 10; A. II, 9; scales 

 2^-24-(). Body oblong. Jaws pale; tipper jaw with 3 or 4 exserted 

 canines on each side above the cutting edge, the largest in front of the 

 angle of the mouth, curved outward and somewhat backward, the others 

 farther forward, 1 of them being near the median suture; upper lips 

 covering most of upper jaw. Eye moderate, 4^ in head; snout bluntish, 

 2* ; cheek with 1 row of 4 or 5 scales ; pores of lateral line each with 3 

 to 6 branches, covering most of the scale; 4 scales before dorsal ; pectoral 

 broad, its upper angle broadly rounded, not reaching much jiast tips of 

 ventrals. Caudal fin slightly convex when spread open, its outer rays 

 scarcely as long as middle ones, \\ in head. Color in life, bright olive 

 green above, paler below, the upper parts very much mottled, speckled 

 with white and marbled with coppery red on various scales; head 

 similarly green, dotted with whitish above, a narrow ring of bright 

 blue above eye, interrupted above, a blue stripe from it straight to 

 angle of mouth; blue and coppery markings on opercle; lower part of 

 head light yellow; a blue band around lower jaw; axil and a spot at 

 base of pectoral in front above deep blue black; dorsal orange flesh color, 

 its tip paler; caudal yellow at base, paler beyond, its posterior portion 

 more or less jet-black, the fin with a few whitish dots toward the base; 

 anal light bluish and reddish, its tip dusky; ventrals pale; pectorals 

 light yellowish; lining of opercle blackish. Other specimens having the 

 same markings were j)early bluish rather than green above, livid below ; 

 the blue on head paler, the red of a light yellowish carmine. Some highly 

 colored specimens are greener, with belly bright yellow, brightest at 

 throat; anal and caudal chiefly jet-black. In spirits this species is dark 

 olive green above, paler below; caudal and anal very broadly margined 



