FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 493 



30564 U.S.N.M. New Guinea. Australian Museum. 1 example. Length, 



200 mm. 

 51747 U.S.N.M. Pago Pago, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Type of Callyodon 



maoricus. 

 58029 U.S.N.M. Zamboanga. Dr. E. F. Mearns. 2 examples. Length, 



280 to 305 mm. As Callyodon nigra. 

 75491 U.S.N.M. Nafa, Okinawa. Albatross collection. 1 example. Length, 



320 mm. As Callyodon prasiognathus, 

 84227 U.S.N.M. Zamboanga. Dr. F. Baker. 1 example. Length, 273 mm. 



CALLYODON GUTTATUS (Schneider) 



Scarus guttatus Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 294. Indian Seas. 

 (On SoNNERAT, Journ. Physique, vol. 3, 1774, p. 222, pi. 2.) 



Scarus maculosus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1802, pp. 5, 21, pi. 1, 

 fig. 3. The Great Equinoctial Ocean (Indo-Pacific). — Valenciennes, 

 Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 14, 1839, p. 235 (type; Mauritius). — Guichenot, 

 Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, vol. 11, 1866, p. 40 (type; Seychelles). 



Pseudoscarus maculosus Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, 

 p. 223 (Mozambique); Fishes of Zanzibar, 1865, p. 105 (Aden, Zanzi- 

 bar, Ibo). 



Scarus singaporensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vol. 3, 1852, p. 69. 

 Singapore. 



Pseudoscarus singapurensis Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerl., vol. 1, 1862, 

 p. 31, pi. 13, fig. 1 (Java and Singapore). 



Pseudoscarus singaporensis Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, 

 p. 235 (one of Bleeker's examples) . 



Callyodon prasiognathus (not Valenciennes) Jordan and Seale, Bull. 

 Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, 1905 (1906), p. 328 (Samoa). 



Pseudoscarus brevifilis Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 8 (16), 1909, 

 p. 327, pi. 161. Tahiti and Apamana, Gilbert Islands. 



Depth 23^ to 2%; head 2% to 3, width 2 j^^ to 2}4. Snout 2K 

 to 2M; eye 63^ to 6^, 2^ to 3 m snout, 2}^ to 2^ in interorbital ; 

 mouth cleft 4)4 to 4^^ in head; lips cover % of teeth; no canines; 

 interorbital 2% to 2 3^ in head, convex. Gill rakers 18 + 30, fine, 

 short, slender. 



Scales in lateral line 17 or 18 + 5 or 6 +2; 2 scales above lateral line, 

 6 or 7 below, 6 or 7 predorsal; 3 rows of cheek scales, of which lowest 

 row on preopercle flange with 1 to 3 scales. Scales with 28 to 32 

 basal radiating striae, apical 25 to 31; circuli fine. 



D. IX, 10, I, ninth spine 2i^ in head, first ray 2% to 2}4, sometimes, 

 but not always, exerted a little with age; A. Ill, 9, i, third spine 2ji 

 to 3%, first ray 2i^ to 2%; caudal 134 to 1%, slightly emarginate 

 behind, convex as expanded in young; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 23^ to 21^; pectoral 13^ to 1%; ventral 1^4 to 1%. 



Largely uniform deep chocolate to burnt umber, fins similar. On 

 trunk posteriorly in young, and on tail during all ages most scales 

 each with round gray or whitish spot, none larger than pupil. Often 

 these spots form as three or four vertical rows, frequently irregular 

 and in size spots variably large or small. Some examples also show 



