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Choerops auritum Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906 



(1907), p. 95 (Bacon). 

 Callyodon chlorolepis (part) Richardson, Voy. Sulphur, Fish., 1844, p. 137, 



pi. 64, figs. 4-7. Hong Kong. 

 Scarus naevius Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, 1839, p. 253- 



Seychelles, Mah6. 

 Scarichthys caeriileopunctatus (part) Kendall and Goldsborough, Mem- 



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



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

 3M; eye 4}4 to 6, 1% to 2}i m snout, 1^ to 1% in interorbital; 

 mouth cleft, 3% to 4:}4 in head; lips cover teeth; no flaring canines 

 anteriorly; interorbital 4 to 4^, slightly elevated, level. Gill rakers 

 3 + 7, short, strong, firm points. 



Scales in lateral line 18 to 20, 4 or 5 + 2; 2 scales above lateral line,. 

 6 below, 4 predorsal; cheek with row of 4 scales. Scales with 23 to 

 27 basal radiating striae, apical 29 to 31; circuli fine. 



D. IX, 10, I or 11, I, ninth spine 23^ to 23^ in head, first ray 2}/^ 

 to 2M; A. Ill, 8, I, third spine 33/^ to 4 1^, first ray 2% to 23/^; caudal 

 13^ to 1%, convex behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 23^ to 3; 

 pectoral 1^ to 1%; ventral 15^ to 2. 



Brown generally, each scale with darker basal blotch and traces of 

 variable whitish spots scattered over trunk and tail. Fins all brown- 

 ish, vertical ones variegated with darker blotches, mostly as spots 

 on soft rays. 



East Africa to the East Indies, Ponape, Rarotonga. 



6499. Balikias Bay. July 17, 1908. Length, 218. 



10691 to 10693, 12873. Catabato, below river mouth, Mindanao. May 20, 1908. 

 8 examples. Length, 48 to 167 mm. 



10620, 22655, 22656. Cataingan Bay, Masbate. April 18, 1908. 8 e.xamples. 

 Length, 60 to 167 mm. [569.] Dark olive-green on top of head and back, 

 becoming paler on sides; white, with yellowish wash, on belly and breast; 

 sides and belly with numerous purplish blue spots, those on the lower side with 

 pale encircling rims; upper lip pale olive, lower somewhat orange; purplish 

 band on back of chin, spots of same color on branchiostegal membranes under 

 interopercular flap. Dorsal and caudal similar to body but more yellowish; 

 anal pale dull orange, mottled with dusky; ventral brownish, base yellowish 

 distally; pectoral pale yellowish, dark at base. Iris dusky silver. Teeth 

 white. [570.] Teeth white; top of head and back green; breast and belly 

 white, with yellowish wash. Similar in all respects to No. 569, but no blue 

 spots; chin band white instead of blue. 



22391 and 22392. Canmahala Bay, Ragay Gulf. March 11, 1909. Length, 85 

 to 94 mm. 



8407 and 8415. Cebu Market. March 20, 1909. Length, 280 to 318 mm. 

 Somewhat bright green, lower head and body with reddish shades, particularly 

 on scale centers; sparsely spotted with bluish-white below and with rather 

 coarse lavender spots on back; dorsal rays posteriorly with darker spots; caudal 

 with large pale spots and cloudings; anal yellowish, with red-brown mottling; 

 pectorals very pale yellow, reddish at bases; lower head without spots, also 

 breast and belly. 



1 example, Guijulugan Shore, Negros. April 2, 1908. Length, 51 mm. 



