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c*. Caudal concave behind. 



gi. Dorsals and anals usually with yellow or green longitudinal 

 band medially; lips half cover teeth. 

 p. Yellow or green line from rictus to lower eye edge, sometimes 

 short one above and before or one above and behind eye; 



canines weak, obsolete or absent sordidus. 



p. Large yellow blotch on cheek, includes prepectoral region; 



canines usually well developed quoyi. 



e^. Dorsals and anals without median longitudinal band, though 

 sometimes brown one on dorsals; yellow or green band from 

 rictus to lower eye edge and often two short ones back from 



hind eye edge; lips cover 3^ to % of teeth forsteri. 



h-. Lips cover teeth; canines small or absent; caudal convex or double 

 convex; green or yellow median band longitudinally on dorsals; 

 young with 5 dark blotches on back, with age trunk pale brown 



and two pale transverse bands at front of anal mutabilis. 



a^. Cheek with 3 rows of scales. 



g^. Teeth exposed, lips narrow. 



h^. Upper front profile oblique and more or less straight; no 

 green band on side of head, dorsals and anals with 



median green or yellow streak microcheilos. 



h?. Upper front profile gibbous above eyes; green band 

 across chin and then from rictus horizontally toward 



pectoral origin microrhinos. 



g-. Lips well cover teeth. 



i^. Upper front profile of head straight and oblique; head 



mostly uniform harid . 



i^. Upper front profile convex; head and trunk above finely 



speckled or spotted with rosy or i-eddish__pulchellus. 



IL Callyodon. Preopercle flange below with at least one scale, usually two 



to 4 [rarely preopercle flange entirely scaleless in Callyodon dubius]. 

 o^ Cheek with two rows of scales. 



fei. Upper profile of head very slightly convex, 

 c^ Body without gray or gray-white spots. 



d^. Dorsals with longitudinal median or partly median band. 



e^ Dorsals with green or yellow longitudinal median band; lips cover 



teeth. 



p. No canines; preorbital and band from hind eye edge toward 



pectoral base blackish, broadly edged yellow below; front 



half of body and head green, hind half red; anal with outer 



marginal half green dimidiatus. 



p. Canines often present; variable greenish radiating lines or 

 streaks from eye and pectoral with dark submarginal band 



above f asciatus. 



e^. Dorsals with a yellowish-white submarginal band; whole front of 

 head yellowish green; anal green, with broad white median 

 longitudinal band; each caudal lobe with white median longi- 

 tudinal band; lips cover teeth kelloggi. 



d^. Basal half of dorsals green to dusky; canines developed. 



g^. Lips cover teeth; green, hind half of body usually paler; 

 buff band from snout to eye, then back toward pectoral 



origin frenatus. 



g^. Lips half cover teeth; yellow band from snout to eye; cheek 

 green; anal with median dark longitudinal band., janthochir. 



