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orange; ventrals red ; pectorals mostly violet; spots on head and pos 
terior jiarts bright clear blue, elsewhere duller and violaceous. Body 
very slender, the snout i)oiuted; posterior canine large. Dorsal si)ines 
slender, but pungent; caudal convex, its corners slightly i)roduced. 
Head 3^; depth (a in total). D. IX, 11; A. Ill, 12; scales 2-25-(i. 
Pensacola, Florida, to Cuba and Surinam (here described from young 
males). 
{fJnlis canclalis Poey, Mem. Cuba, ii, 21:3; ?Giinther, iv, 166; Jordan & Gilbert, 
Proe. U. S. Nat. ]Mns. 1882, 286: “lJulis pictiis Poey, Mein. Cuba, ii, 214: riatnyloissus 
picitts Giiutlier, iv, 166: f VhitnyJoisiius poeyi Steiud. Iclitb. Notiz. vi, 49, 1867.) 
I’age GOG. Instead of Hemistoma substitute — 
sas.— SCARUS Forskal. 
(Forskal, Fauna Arabica, 1775, 25: type Scarus psitlacus Forskal.) 
Omit from the description of the genus the following clauses: “Lat- 
eral line continuous.” “Lower jaw included. Scales on tlie cheek in 
more than one series.” “Dorsal spines flexible.” Our species should 
stand as — 
954. S. gaiacamaia C. & V. 
Page GOT. Scar us guacamaia aiXA: 
954 {l>). §. croBCeiBsis Bloch. — BuUon. 
Bluish silvery, with three red longitudinal bauds; the upper from 
the naiie to the end of the dorsal; the second through the eye, crossing 
the space between the two portions of the lateral line; the third from 
the base of the pectoral to the lower half of the caudal lin ; head 
mostly rosy; snout with bright-colored streaks; tins all yellow. Three 
series of scales on the cheek; the middle composed of live scales; the 
lower of three, and covering the limb of the ])reopercle. Caudal sub- 
truncate. Teeth small, whitish or rosy; no ])osterior canine. Upper 
lij) broad, covering more than half of ui)per Jaw. Dorsal spines flex- 
ible. Head 3| in total length; depth 3|. D. IX, 10; A. II, 8; Lat. 
I. 24. L. 7-S inches. {Cia\ th Val.) West Indies, north to Southern 
Florida {Bean). 
(Block, Icktk. 1797, 18, pi. 121: Seams itisuIa’-sancta^-crHcis Block. & Scliu. 1801, 285: 
Scams altemaiis C. & V. xiv, 200: Pseudoscams sancto’-cmcis Giiutkcr, iv, 226.) 
hb. Dortsal spines pungent ; scales on ckeek in one series. (Sparisoma^ Sw.) 
9.51 (c). S. sqiaalBdtis Poey. — Vieja Mayer. 
llosy olive; a black blotch on the upper half of base of pec- 
toral; front of head -with brownish reticulations; tins rosy; color in 
* Swainsou, Class. Fiskes, ii, 227, 1839: type Spams ahUdfjaardii VAoeh. {= Searas 
Bleeker, not of Forskal, wliick is Hemistoma Sw. or Pseudosearus Bleeker.) 
