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fins more or less dusky, especially in young. Iris, dull brown. 

 Teeth, greenish. Some large examples without pale spots, uniform 

 deep chocolate entirely, likely obliterated in most cases with preser- 

 vation of specimen. Same also show greenish line from below eye to 

 chin. 



Mauritius and East Africa to the East Indies and in Oceania to 

 Tahiti. The oldest name for this species appears to be the Scarus 

 guttatus Schneider. Day places it with Scarus ghohhan Forskal, but 

 that species has at least four scales in the lowest row on the cheek or 

 the row on the preopercular flange, besides a different color pattern. 

 In this Day followed Klunzinger's suggestion that Scarus guttatus and 

 Scarus rnaculosus have only one scale on the preopercle flange, other- 

 wise inseparable from Scarus ghohhan. We have specimens of 

 Callyodon guttatus with the scales 1 to 3 on either preopercle flange. 

 Scarus ghohhan has been reported from the Philippines as Pseudo- 

 scarus pyrrhostethus by Elera,^^ though we have been unable to place 

 any of our materials with that species. There is no question but that 

 both Scarus singaporensis and Pseudoscarus hrevijllis are represented 

 so that we are obliged to place them as synonyms. 



9626. Agojo Point, Catanduanes Island. June 10, 1909. [1637.] Length 

 205 mm. Teeth green; narrow green band across chin; front and anterior 

 margin of dorsal and anal slaty, becoming greenish posteriorly; few green 

 spots along base of each posteriorly. 



8915. Atulayan Island, Lagonoy Gulf. June 18, 1909. Length, 293 mm. 



8692. Batag Island. June 3, 1909. Length, 275 mm. 



8943. Between Paron and Jesus Point, Albay Gulf, Luzon. June 21, 1909. 

 Length, 250 mm. 



8549. Bisucay Island. April 9, 1909. March 17, 1908. Length, 278 mm. 



7813. Bugsuk Island. January 5, 1909. Length, 248 mm. (Preopercle, 2—3.) 

 Teeth green; body bronze gray; head and lower parts with distinct reddish 

 shades in spirits; narrow green band from just below eye across behind chin; few 

 scattered greenish spots on lower side of head, others behind and above eye. 

 Dorsal pale reddish, spines and raj's greenish, most marked anteriorly; margin 

 of fin slaty on fleshy spinous tips and bluish on soft tips; few scattered bluish 

 spots in soft portion of fin; anal reddish, with front and margin pale slaty, no 

 spots; caudal reddish with small round green spots about third of diameter 

 of pupil; paired fins reddish; fronts of ventrals slightly slaty. 



A. 678. Bumbum Island. September 25, 1909. Length, 343 mm. 



15316 and 15317. Cebu market. March 19, 1909. Length, 165 to 193 mm. 



8423. Cebu. March 22, 1909. Length, 362 mm. (Canines, upper, 1—0; 

 lower, — 0.) 



2 examples, Cuyo Island. April 9, 1909. Length, 152 to 205 mm. 



6363. Jamelo Bay. July 13, 1908. Length, 215 mm. Teeth green. General 

 color brown. Few scattered green spots on side of head. Few scattered pale 

 spots on side of body. 



8761 and 8762. Lahuy. June 11, 1909. Length, 310 to 338 mm. 



6138. Mansalay. June 4, 1908. Teeth indigo, with white edge; inside of 

 mouth behind teeth, orange; snout, lower lip, top and side of head ocher; 

 side and back purplish green, dark; ocher of head shading into anterior region; 



" Cat. Fauna. Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 559. Luzon, Cavite, Santa Cruz. 



