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parrotfislies. Also see Longley and Hildebraiid's "Systematic Cata- 

 logue of the Fishes of Tortiigas, Florida," Carnegie Institution 

 of Washington Publication No. 535, pp. 205-221, 1941. I am listing 

 below the species reported from Venezuela without attempting to 

 straighten out the sjTionymy. 



Genus SPARISOMA Swainson 



Sparisoma Swainson, The natural history and classification of fishes, vol. 2, 

 p. 227, 1839. (Genotj^pe, Sparus dbildgaardi Bloch.) 



The following collection I am unable to identify with certainty 

 down to species: 



U.S.N. M. No. 123176, 7 specimens, 27 to 40 mm., Estanques Bay, U. S. S. 

 Niagara, February 20, 1925. 



SPAHISOMA ABILDGAARDI (Bloch) 



Sparus ahildgaardi Bloch, Naturgeschichte der auslandischen Fische, vol. 5, p. 22, 

 pi. 259, 1791 (America) (ref. copied). — Metzelaar, Report on the fishes 

 collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, p. 112, 1919 



(Venezuela) . 



SPARISOMA FLAVESCENS (Bloch and Schneider) 



Scarus flavescens Bloch and Schneider, Systema ichthyologiae, p. 290, 1801 

 (Cuba). 



U.S.N.M. No. 123175, 4 specimens, 29 to 70 mm., from Cape San Romin, 

 U. S. S. Niagara, April 2, 1925. 



Genus SCARUS Forsk&l 



Scarus Forskal, Descriptiones animalium, p. 25, 1775. (Genotype, Scarus 

 psittacus Forsk&l.) 



SCARUS PUNCTULATUS (Cnvier and Valenciennes) 



Scarus punctulatus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, 

 vol. 14, p. 195, 1839 (Martinique). — Metzelaar, Report en the fishes col- 

 lected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch "West Indies 1904-1905, p. 115, 1919 

 (Puerto Cabello, Venezuela). 



SCARUS CROICENSIS Bloch 



Scarus croicensis Bloch, Naturgeschichte der auslandischen Fische, vol. 4, p. 27, 

 pi. 221, 1790 (St. Croix). — Metzelaar, Report on the fishes collected by 

 Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904-1905, p. 116, 1919 (Venezuela). 



SCARUS EVERMANNI Jordan 



Scarus evermanni Jordan, in Jordan and Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 

 9, p. 469, 1887 (Snapper Banks off Tampa Bay). — Metzelaar, Report on the 

 fishes collected by Dr. J. Boeke in the Dutch West Indies 1904r-1905, p. 116, 

 1919 (Venezuela). 



Longley and Hildebrand (see reference above) suggest this species 

 may be Scarus croicensis. 



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