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A. 490. Lampinigan Island. September 11, 1909. Length, 222 mm. (Canines^ 

 upper, 1 — 1; lower, — 0.) 



9009. Langao Point, Luzon. June 24, 1909. Length, 220 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 1 — 2; lower, — 0.) 



17213. Murcielagos Bay. August 9, 1909. Length, 188 mm. (Canines, upper- 

 2—2; lower, 0—0.) 



9274. Same data. Length, 210 mm. 



16933 and 16934. Simaluc Island. September 22, 1909. Length, 190 to 210> 

 mm. (16933, canines, upper, 2—2; lower, — 0; 16934, canines, upper, 2 — 2;. 

 lower, — 0.) [1982.] General color dark olive to violet black; on side four pairs 

 of light spots, first even with tip of extended pectoral, last on middle of caudal 

 peduncle; teeth rosy; upper lip, chin, and lower head dusky crimson. Dorsal 

 body color, very obscure bar at base and another near margin. Pectorals- 

 hyaline in membranes, rays dusky pink. 



16270. Teomabal Island. September 18, 1909. Length, 112 mm. 



7170. West coast of Palaui Island. November 18, 1908. 2 examples, 174 tO' 

 184 mm. Teeth pale rosy. Body colors very much faded, probably 

 olivaceous with pinkish shades on front of head and breast; top of head wdth 

 bronzy spots; similar spots in center of each scale on upper side and back,, 

 sometimes forming bar across scale. Fins apparently without marks, darker 

 marginally, except pectorals, which with reddish brown shades. 



11044. Cape Kait, Libani Bay, Celebes, Dutch East Indies. December 29, 1909. 

 Length, 198 mm. 



84242 U.S.N. M. Zamboanga. Dr. F. Baker. 2 examples. Length, 185 to- 

 255 mm. As Callyodon muricatus. 



CALLYODON SORDIDUS (Forskai) 



Scarus sordidus Forskal, Descript. Animal., 1775, pp. x, 30. Arabia. 

 Pseudoscarus sordidus Klunzinger, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 21,. 



1871, p. 568 (types of Scarus nigricans and Scarus mentalis). — Day, 



Fishes of India, pt. 3, 1877, p. 413; Fauna British India, vol. 2, 1889,. 



p. 428. — ViNciGUERRA, Giom. Romano Scienz. Biol., ser. 2, vol. 19^ 



1890, p. 487 (Zanzibar). — Steindachner, Denks. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol.. 



71 (1), 1907, p. 150 (Kalansiye, Socotra, and Gischin). 

 Scarus nigricans (Ehrenberg) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14,. 



1839, p. 213. Red Sea. 

 Scarus mentalis (Ehrenberg) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, 



1839, p. 233. Gulf of Accaba. 

 Scarus variegatus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, 1839, p. 256.. 



Mauritius. 

 Pseudoscarus variegatus Guichenot, Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, vol. 



11, 1865, p. 49 (type). — Sauvage, Hist. Madagascar, Poiss., 1891, p. 472 



(type). 

 Scarus purpureus (not Forskal) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14,. 



1839, p. 277. Ulea. 

 Callyodon purpureus Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol 25, 1905 



(1906), p. 316, fig. 57 (Apia, Samoa). 

 Scarus festivus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, 1839, p. 282. 



Locality unknown? 

 Scarus chlorodon Jenyns, Voy. Beagle, Fish., 1842, p. 105, pi. 21. Cocos 



Island, Indian Ocean. 

 Scarus troscheli Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vol. 4, 1853, p. 498.. 



Batavia, Java. 



