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1876, p. 443 (Mauritius).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 3, 1877, p. 411.— 

 GtJNTHER, Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, vol. 168, 1879, p. 470 (Rodri- 

 guez). — Day, Fauna British India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 424. — GtJNTHER, 

 Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 8 (16), 1909, p. 306 (Pelew Islands, Ponape, 

 Ruk, Samoa). — Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 385 

 (Binongka). — Bamber, Journ. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 31, 1915, p. 482 

 (west shores of Red Sea). 



Pseudoscarus (Scarus) harid Guichenot, Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, 

 ser. 2, vol. 2, 1866, p. 147 (Madagascar). 



Scarus (Pseudoscarus) harid Martens, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 16, 

 1866, p. 379 (Rosier, Red Sea). 



Scarus mastax RtiPPELL, Atlas Reise Nordl. Afr. Fische, 1828, p. 80, pi. 21, 

 fig. 2. Ras Mehamed, Jubal and Gimsche. 



Psexidoscarus mastax Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erl., vol. 1, 1862, p. 35, 

 pi. 10, fig. 1 (Java). — Guichenot, Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, vol. 

 11, 1865, p. 44 (Red Sea, Botta Island, Dove Island). 



Pseudoscarus harid var. mastax Klunzinger, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, 

 vol. 21, 1871, p. 562 (Koseir, Red Sea). 



Scarus longiceps Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, 1839, p. 241. 

 Waigiu. 



Pseudoscarus longiceps Guichenot, Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, vol. 11, 

 1865, p. 42 (type). 



Scar^is latus (Ehrenberg) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, 1839, 

 p. 245. Red Sea. 



Scarus ivurk (Ehrenberg) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, 1839, 

 p. 245. (Name in text, on Scarus mastax RtJPPELL.) 



Scarus ruppelii Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, 1839, p. 259. 

 Red Sea. 



Scarus cyanurus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, 1839, p. 261. 

 Djedda. 



Petronason longicauda Swainson, Nat. Hist. An., voL 2, 1839, p. 226. (On 

 Scarus mastax Rxjppell, pi. 21, fig. 2.) 



Pseudoscarus nigripinnis Gxjnther, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 105, pi. 15, 

 fig. 2. Zanzibar. 



Depth 21/^ to 2%; head 2V6 to 5^, width 23^ to 2%. Snout 

 li^ to 2}/^; upper profile but sHghtly convex; eye b% to l}^, 2% to 

 3^ in snout, 1% to IJ^ in interorbital; mouth cleft 43^ to 5 in head; 

 lips cover teeth; no canines below usually, above to 3 each side; 

 interorbital 33^ to 4, broadly convex. Gill rakers 17 + 37, fine, flexible^ 

 short. 



Scales in lateral line 18 + 9 + 2; 2 scales above lateral line, 7 below,^ 

 4 or 5 predorsal; cheek with 3 rows of small scales, suborbitals and 

 preopercle flange broadly naked. Scales with 39 to 42 basal radiat- 

 ing striae; apical 12 to 14, obsolete; circuli very fine. 



D. IX, 9, I, ninth spine 2 ^/^ to 3 in head, first ray 2% to 3; A. Ill, 

 9, I, third spine 3% to 4, first ray 3^ to 3%; caudal 11^ to 1%, 

 double concave behind, tips exserted; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 2 K to 23^; pectoral 1% to 1}/^; ventral 1^ to 1%. 



Uniform pale brown, under surface of head, breast, and belly pale 

 to cream-white. Teeth white. Iris yellowish. Fins all pale brown, 



