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A. 826. Talisse Island. November 9, 1909. Length, 213 mm. (Canines, upper, 

 1—0; lower, 2—1.) 



72718 U.S.N. M. Java. Messrs. Bryant and Palmer. 1 example. Length, 

 180 mm. As Pseudoscarus viridis. 



72719 U.S.N.M. Java. Same data as last. 2 examples. Length, 188 to 193 mm. 

 47548 A.N.S.P. Philippines. Commercial Museum of Philadelphia. Type of 



Callyodon philippinus. Length, 215 mm. 



CALLYODON RUBROVIOLACEUS (Bleeker) 



Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. (Labr.), vol. 22, 

 1849, p. 52. Batavia. 



Pseudoscarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erl., vol. 1, 1862, 

 p. 37, pi. 13, fig. 3 (Java, Buton). — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 

 4, 1862, p. 229 (Moluccas). — Guichenot, Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cher- 

 bourg, vol. 11, 1865, p. 51 (Nias). — Gunther, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1865, 

 p. 106 (Zanzibar). — Steindachner, Denks. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 71 

 (1), 1907, p. 152 (Tamarida, Arabia). — Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 

 1913, p. 389 (Karkaralong Islands). 



Scarus ruber (Kuhl and Van Hasselt) Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerl., 

 vol. 1, 1862, p. 37. (Name in synonymy.) 



Scarus paluca Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 19, 1899 (1900), p. 60, 

 fig. 18. Honolulu. 



Scarus calus Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., ser. 2, vol. 12, 1904, 

 p. 542, pi. 21, lower fig. Padang, Sumatra. 



Callyodoji ruberrimus Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, 1905 

 (1906), p. 316, fig. 56. Pago Pago, Samoa. 



Callyodon upolensis Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, 1905 

 (1906), p. 319, fig. 59. Apia, Samoa. 



Callyodon macrorhinus (not Scarus microrhinos Bleeker) Seale and Bean, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 33, 1907, p. 246 (Zamboanga). 



Depth 2}i to 2^; head 2^ to Z}i, width 2^ to 2}i. Snout 

 2}/8 to 2]/^, with convexity forward with age; eye 5 to 8 K, 15^ to 

 4 in snout, 1^ to 3 in interorbital; mouth cleft 3^ to 5 in head; 

 lips cover ^ to ^ of teeth; canines vary to 2 above each side, 

 usually none below; interorbital 2^ to 3, convex. Gill rakers 25 + 33, 

 fine, slender, flexible, short. 



Scales in lateral line 18 or 19, 5 + 2; 1 or 2 scales above lateral 

 line, 6 or 7 below, 7 or 8 predorsal ; cheek with 3 rows of scales, lower 

 row as 2 scales on preopercle flange. Scales with 28 or 29 basal 

 radiating striae, edge trilobate; apical striae 25 to 31 ; circuli very fine. 



D. IX, 10, I, ninth spine 334 to S}/2 in head, first ray 2^ to 3; 

 A. Ill, 9, I, third spine 3)^ to 3%, first ray 2% to 3; caudal 134 to 

 13^, emarginate, tips moderately exserted; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 23^ to 23^; pectoral 13^ to 1%; ventral 1% to 1^. 



Brown generally, more or less uniform. Scales on back and upper 

 sides of trunk usually with 1 to several horizontal darker streaks, 

 bars, or spots. Iris orange buff. Fins all more or less uniform dark 

 brown, sometimes invaded by dark bars and spots of back. Teeth 

 whitish. 



Zanzibar and Arabia to the East Indies, Samoa, and Hawaii. 



