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at its tip. Upper rays of pectoral blue, dash of same color through middle 

 of fin at middle of each membrane, fin otherwise broadly purple except at 

 base where greenish sulphur, this color running into last four rays. Ventrals 

 with blue fronts, rays otherwise pink. (A. 1448.) Teeth pale blue. Side 

 very broadly washed with yellowish, few yellow and white spots (probably of 

 parasitic origin) on side and belly. Dorsal green, central bar of orange rising 

 at base of second spine extends through base and middle portion to tip of 

 penultimate ray; posterior portion of median band with green bar through 

 center. Anal broadly green, narrow pink bar through base extends distaUy on 

 last two or three membranes. Caudal bright blue, except olivaceous dash 

 through each lobe. Pectoral nearly green, dash of pink in upper half. 



62950 U.S.N.M. Nafa, Okinawa. Albatross collection. Type of Callyodon 

 bowersi. 



51754 U.S.N.M. Pago Pago, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Type of Callyodon 

 abacurus. 



51756 U.S.N.M. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Type of Callyodon 

 cyanogrammus. 



84254 U.S.N.M. Zamboanga. Dr. F. Baker. 1 example. Length, 232 mm. 

 As Pseudoscarus forstcri. 



84264 U.S.N.M. Zamboanga. Dr. F. Baker. 1 example. Length, 206 mm. 

 As Pseudoscarus forsteri. 



51748 U.S.N.M. Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Type of Callyodon pyrrhurus 



CALLYODON QUOYI (Valenciennes) 



Scarus quoyi Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, 1839, p. 273. Car- 

 teret Harbor, New Ireland. 



Pseudoscarus quoyi Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erl., vol. 1, 1862, p. 29, 

 pi. 6, fig. 3 (Ternate). — Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 8 (16), 

 1909, p. 319 (New Ireland, Ternate, Ponape, Ruk). 



Callyodon quoyi Evermann and Seale, BuU. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906 

 (1907), p. 96 (Bacon). 



Callyodon ogos Seale, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 4 (6), 1909, p. 527. 

 Puerta Princesa, Palawan. 



Depth 23^ to 2^; head 2^ to 2^, width 2% to 2i^. Snout 

 23^ to 2}i; eye 7M to 83^, 3}4 to 4 in snout, 2>i to 2^ in interor- 

 bital; mouth cleft 4 in head; hps half cover teeth; canines rather large 

 and strong, usually 1 or 2 above each side, seldom any below; inter- 

 orbital 3 to 334» convex. Gill rakers 22 + 24, flexible, short. 



Scales in lateral line 17orl8+5or6+2;2 scales above lateral line, 

 6 or 7 below, 3 or 4 predorsal; cheek with 2 rows of scales, none on 

 preopercle flange. Scales with 31 to 43 basal radiating striae; apical 

 43 to 47, imperfect; circuli fine. 



D. IX, 10, I, ninth spine 2% to 23^ in head, first ray 2% to 3: A. 

 Ill, 9, I, third spine 33^ to 3H> first ray 2%; caudal 13^ to 1%, 

 emarginate, truncate as expanded; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 234 to 23/^; pectoral l}4 to 1}^; ventral l^^ to 1^- 



Uniformly brown generally. Edges of lips narrowly greenish; 

 greenish line from rictus up to eye and then toward pectoral origin, 

 also lower line slightly oblique down to lower base of pectoral, inclos- 

 ing greenish area. Also another pale line transversely across chin. 



