542 TYPES OF FISHES IN PARIS MUSEUM. 



71. Callyodon auropunctatus. (Ciiv. & Viil.,xiv,290.) 



lu ftiir couditiou ; .17'" loug ; from Saa Domiugo. Ricord. 



Body rather elongate ; the suout sharp, the frout not steep. Eye, 5 in 

 head ; Snout, 2f . Head, 3 ; depth, 3. 



Teeth on edge of each jaw reguhir, those of lower jaw twice as large, 

 the front series standing outside of the lateral series. Upper jaw with 

 one strong canine liooked outward and backward, a little behind the 

 middle of its side. Anterior canines small; those of the lower jaws 

 scarcely unlike the ordinary teeth. Upper lip not double for its whole 

 length. 



The other specimen, .13'" long, also from San Domingo, mentioned by 

 Cuvier, lacks the posterior canine, but seems to be otherwise similar. 



This species should stand as Cryptotomus auropunctatus. 



72. Scarus froudosus. (Cuv. & Val., xiv, 204.) 



A dried skin, .22" long, and a small rotten specimen in alcohol; both 

 from Brazil. Delalande. 



The specimen in alcohol has the caudal faintly banded, and belongs 

 to the species called by Jordan & Swain Sparisoma flavescens (Proc. U. 

 S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 92). The other is scarcely identifiable, but is prob- 

 ably the same. 



The name Scarus frondoms Cuvier first appears in Agassiz, Pise. 

 Brasil., p. 93, pi. LIV. This figure is a poor one, but it, too, was proba- 

 bly intended for Sparisoma flavescens. 



The Sparisoma frondosum of Jordan & Swain, (1. c.) 93 should proba- 

 bly stand as Sparisoma brachiale. 



73. Scarus quadrisplnosus. (Cuv. & Val. xiv, 197.) 

 A dried skin .40'^ long. Martinique. Plee. 



Color entirely faded, possibly blue in life. Four distinct posterior 

 canines on right side of upper jaw (the left side broken). Snout rather 

 long. Caudal simply lunate. Cheek scales in 2h rows. Seven scales 

 before dorsal. Axil pale. Fins apparently pale and plain. 



This is apparently a valid species, and may stand as Calliodon* 

 (OR scarus) quadrispinosus. 



* In accordance with the code of nomenclature adopted by the American Ornithol- 

 ogists' Union, the geuera established by Gronow in his Zoophylaceum in 1763, should 

 be regarded as tenable. This will necessitate the accrediting to Gronow of several 

 "•enera, as Alhula, Siinodus, Eleotris, &,c., usually assumed to date from Bloch and 

 Schneider. It will also necessitate the following changes of name in the current no- 

 menclature of our fishes : 



Apogon Lacepcde to A mia Gronow; Amla Liuuiuus (1766) to Amiatits Eafinesque; 

 Murosnoiden Lacepedeto Pholis Gronow; Zoarces Cuvier to Enclielyopus Gronow ; Liparis 

 Cuvier to Cijclogasicr Gronow ; Scarus Forskiil to CaUiodon Gronow. 



The Scams of Gronow, prior to that of Forskal, is based on a species oi Lahrus and 

 two Cichlidw. It would be a synonym of Lahrus. The original Calliodon of Gronow 

 is apparently the Scarus croicensis. It is therefore equivalent to Pseudoscarus of 

 Sleeker. 



