FAMILY LABRIDAE — SCHULTZ 125 



256. Lips normal not incised. 



26a. Canines at front of both jaws directed nearly- 

 straight forward the pair in lower jaw curved 

 a little downward, the pair in upper jaw 

 incisorlike, the outer margin straight or 

 nearly so and forming a "cutting edge"; 

 scales below lateral line 10 or 11. 



Anampses Quoy and Gaimard 



266. Canines not greatly enlarged, directed or curved 



obliquely forward and ending in a point, 



without straight edge; scales below lateral 



line 8 or 9 Halichoeres Riippell 



Genus CHOERODON Bleeker 



Choerodon Bleeker, Natuur- en Geneesk. Arch. Ne^rl.-Indie, vol. 4, p. 10, 1847 

 (type species, Labrus macrodontus Lacepfede). 



This genus may be distinguished by the following characters: 

 Branched caudal fin rays 6+6; gill rakers about 14 to 18; dorsal 

 rays XII or XIII, 6 to 8, anal 111,8 to 10; pectoral ii,13 to 16; pores 

 in lateral line 27 to 29, the lateral line continuous, with 2 scales above 

 to base of first soft dorsal ray and 8 or 9 below to anal origin; cheek 

 with small scales partially embedded and in several rows; large scales 

 on opercle and a row of scales on interopercle ; interorbital, snout, and 

 ventral side of head naked; dorsal and anal fins with a sheath of 

 elongate scales basally; preorbital wider in adults than in the young; 

 two pairs of enlarged canines at front of both jaws, the outer pair 

 flaring a little outward and posteriorly, sometimes worn down to 

 short stubs; sides of jaws with a uniserial row of teeth; gill membranes 

 broadly joined, forming a broad free fold across isthmus; preopercular 

 edge finely dentate in young, becoming less so in adults; preopercular 

 edge free posteriorly and ventrally about equally. 



CHOERODON ANCHORAGO (Bloch) 



Plate 92,C 



Sparus anchorago Block, Naturgeschichte der auslandischen Fische, vol. 5, p. 108, 

 pi. 276, 1791 (no locality given). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Guam: 1945, P. G. Frey, 6 specimens, 34 to 107 mm. 



Description. — Dorsal rays XIII,7; anal 111,9; pectoral ii,13, rarely 

 ii,14; branched caudal rays 6+6; pores in lateral line 27 or 28, with 

 two scale rows above lateral line to base of first soft dorsal ray and 

 8 or 9 scales to anal origin; giU rakers on first gUl arch about 16. 



Head 2.4 to 2.7; greatest depth 2.4 to 2.5; longest pectoral ray 3.8 

 to 4.0; snout tip to anus 1.6; snout to dorsal origin 2.3 to 2.4; all in 

 the standard length. Snout 2.3 to 2.8; eye 3.4 to 4.7; postorbital 



