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Family POMACENTRIDAE: Desmoiselles; Damselfishes 



^ Genus ABUDEFDUF Forsk&I 



Abudefduf ForskAl, Descriptiones an^nalium, p. 59, 1775. (Genotype, Chaetodon 

 sordidus Forsk&l.) 



ABUDEFDUF SAXATIUS (Linnaeus) 



Chaetodon saxatilis Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 276, 1758 ("India"). 

 Abudefduf sasatilis marginatus Metzelaar, Report on the fishes collected by 



Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, p. 100, 1919 (La Guaira, 



Venezuela). 



Family LABRIDAE: Wrasses 



Genus HALICHOERES Riippell 



Halichoeres Ruppell, Neue Wirbelthiere, Fische, p. 14, 1835. (Genotype, Hali- 

 choeres bimaculatus Riippell.) 



HAUCHOERES RADIATUS (Linnaeus) 



DONCELLA 



Labrus radiatus Linnaeus, 8ystema naturae, ed. 10, p. 288, 1758 (America). 

 Halichoeres radiatus Rohl, Fauna descriptiva de Venezuela, p. 408, fig. 225, 1942 

 (coast of Venezuela; Lago de Maracaibo). 



Genus LACHNOLAIMUS Valenciennes 



Lachnolaimus Valenciennes, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des 

 poissons, vol. 13, p. 200, 1839. (Genotype, L. aigula Cuvier and Valenciennes 

 = Labrus maximus Walbaum). 



LACHNOLAIMUS MAXIMUS (Walbaum) 



Perro 



Labrus maximus Walbaum, Artedi's Byoliotheca ichthyologicae, vol. 3, p. 261, 



1792. 

 Lachnolaimus maximus Rohl, Fauna descriptiva de Venezuela, p. 408, fig. 224, 



1942 (coast of Venezuela). 



Genus BODIANUS Bloch 



Bodianus Bloch, Naturgeschicte der auslandischen Fische, vol. 4, p. 48, 1790. 

 (Genotype, Bodianus bodianus Bloch.) (Ref. copied.) 



BODIANUS RUFUS (Linnaeus) 



Labrus rufus Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 284, 1758 (America). 

 Cossyphus rufus Metzelaar, Report on the fishes collected by Dr. J. Boeke in 

 the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, p. 103, 1919 (Puerto Cabello, Venezuela) 



Family SCARIDAE: Parrotfishes; Loros 



No key is attempted for this family because there are too few 

 specimens available from Venezuelan waters. The reader is referred 

 to Meek and Hildebrand's "The Marine Fishes of Panama," part 3, 

 pp. 732 to 760, 1928 for keys that will aid in the identification of the 



