FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 375 



1 example, Guijulugan. April 22, 1908. Length, 55 mm. 



4858. Jolo market. February 12, 1908. Length, 200 mm. 



20277 and 20280. Malcochin Harbor, Linapacan Island. December 19, 1908. 



Length, 100 to 132 mm. 

 11777, 11779, 11781, 11785. Mansalay, Mindoro. June 4, 1908. Length, 55 to 



180 mm. 19 examples. 

 6857 and 5860. Near Mindanao River. May 20, 1908. Length, 235 mm. 



Without small specks; general colors olivaceous to green; lower parts lighter, 



light inclining to show as stripes on lower side; bright color on opercular margin 



much less pronounced; upper teeth green lower brownish at edge, greenish at 



base. 

 10363. Port Jamelo, Luzon. July 13, 1908. Length, 148 mm. 

 1 example, Tilig Harbor, reef, Lubang Island. July 15, 1908. Length, 100 mm. 

 10870. Varadero Bay, Mindoro. July 2, 1908. Length, 117 mm. 

 5833 U.S.N.M. Zamboanga. Dr. E. A. Mearns. 2 examples. Length, 190 



to 205 mm. 

 56003 U.S.N.M. Jolo. Bureau of Fisheries. 1 example. Length, 240 mm. 

 66013 U.S.N.M. Vavau, Tonga. Albatross Collection. 1 example 69 mm. 



As Scarichthys coeruleopunctatus. 



SCARICHTHYS COERULEOPUNCTATUS (Ruppell) 



Scarus (Calliodon) coeruleopunctatus RIjppell, Neue Wirbelth. Fische, 



1835, vol. 24, pi. 7, fig. 3. Djedda, Red Sea. 

 Scarus coerulo-punctatus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, 1839, 



p. 262 (Djedda). 

 Scarichthys coeruleopunctatus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erl., vol. 1. 



1862, p. 16, pi. 1, fig. 2. (Cocos, Celebes, Ternate, Buru, Amboina, Banda) 



— GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 213 (East Indies); 



Fishes of Zanzibar, 1865, p. 103 (Zanzibar). — Guichenot, Mem. Soc. Sci. 



Nat. Cherbourg, vol. 11, 1865, p. 19 (Djedda). — Klunzinger, Verh. zool. 



bot. Ges. Wien., vol. 21, 1871, p. 557 (Red Sea). — Peters, Monatsb. 



Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1876, p. 443 (Mauritius, Seychelles). — Day, Fishes 



of India, pt. 3, 1877, p. 410, pi. 87, fig. 5. — Martens, Preuss. Exp. Ost 



Asien, 5, 1881, p. 397 (Amboina R.). — Day, Fauna British India, vol. 



2, 1889, p. 422, fig. 147.— Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., 



vol. 26, 1906 (1907), p. 95 (Bacon, Bulan, Jolo).— Seale and Bean, Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 33, 1907, p. 245 (Zamboanga). — GtJNTHER, Journ. 



Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 8 (16), 1909, p. 300 (Rarotonga). — Kendall and 



GoLDSBOROuGH, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 26, 1911, p. 304 (Vavau, 



Tonga Islands). 

 Scarichthys coeruleopunctatus Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1925. 



p. 260 (Delagoa Bay). 

 Scarus rubro-notatus (Ehrenberg) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 



14, 1839, p. 212. Arabian Gulf and Red Sea. 

 Scarus bottae Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, 1839, p. 262. Djedda. 

 Scarichthys bottae Guichenot, Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, vol. 11, 1865, 



p. 20 (types; Java). 

 Scarus rubropunctatus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerl., vol. 1, 1862, p. 17 



(name in synonymy). 



Depth 3 to 3%; head 2% to 3%, width 2 to 2^. Snout 2% to 

 3; eye 4}i to 63^, 1% to 2% in snout, 134^ to 13^ in interorbital ; 

 mouth cleft 3% to 4 in head; Hps cover teeth; 8 teeth flaring out in 

 front of upper jaw; interorbital 4 to 4^, convex. Gill rakers 3 + 8, 

 short firm points. 



