FAMILY SCARIDAE — SCHULTZ 249 



blue marks radiate from eye dorsoposteriorly; base of pectoral pink- 

 ish, not blue; dorsal edge of pectoral fin blue, the fin tinged with 

 yellowish. These color notes are from a kodachrome taken by John 

 Randall, University of Hawaii, and from a painting in the Albatross 

 Philippine collection. 



SCARUS CHLORODON Jenyns 



Scarus chlorodon Jenyns, Zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, pt. 4, Fish, 

 p. 105, pi. 21, 1842 (type locality. Keeling Island, Indian Ocean; type exam- 

 ined in British Museum, skin. Cat, No. 1918.1.31.12, standard length 

 345 mm.). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: 3 stations, 7 specimens, 185 to 390 mm. in standard length. 

 Eniwetok Atoll: 1 station, 1 specimen, 240 mm. 

 Rongelap Atoll: 1 station, 1 specimen, 275 mm. 

 Guam: 2 lots, 4 specimens, 295 to 330 mm. 



Remarks. — This species is characterized by 6 or 7 median predorsal 

 scales; 3 rows of scales on the cheek, with 1 to 3 scales in the ventral 

 row, usually ii,13 pectoral fin rays; green teeth; dorsal and anal fins 

 with distal fifth blue or green, basal four-fifths dark, these colors 

 separated by a dark line. In green color phase it has characteristic 

 light orange and dark green bars and bands on the head, upper lip pale 

 with a dark bar dorsally, green dash on lower lip at its side and rear 

 corner, otherwise pale, then bordered below by a broad green band 

 that continues (sometimes broken) to lower border of eye, thence a 

 short distance behind eye. Other characteristics are the elongate 

 first soft dorsal ray of large adults, the yellowish to orange posterior 

 margin of the caudal fin, and the green border on the dorsal and 

 ventral edges of that fin. 



SCARUS AERUGINOSUS Cnvier and Valenciennes 



Plate 108, E 



Scarus aeruginosus Cuvieb and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, 

 vol. 14, p. 257, 1839 (type locahty. Red Sea; type examined in Mus. Nat. 

 Hist. Nat. Paris, from Pondicherry; Leschenault) . 

 SPECIMENS STUDIED 

 Bikini Atoll: 3 stations, 12 specimens, 81 to 215 mm. in standard length, 

 Arno Atoll: 1 lot, 1 specimen, 74 mm. 

 Guam: 2 lots, 19 specimens, 38 to 205 mm, 

 Saipan: 2 lots, 2 specimens, 137 to 182 mm. 



Ecology. — This parrot fish was rather scarce on the intertidal zone 

 of the reefs. When taken it was found mostly on the ocean side and 

 in areas of strong wave action. 



Remarks.- — This species is characterized by having 5 or 6 median 

 predorsal scales; 3 rows of scales on the cheek, with 1 to 3 scales in 



