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Scarops, new subgenus 

 Scarops rubroviolaceus (Bleeker) 



Plates 3,d; 6, a 



Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker, Verh. Bataviaasch Genootsch., vol. 22, p. 52, 



1849 (type locality; Batavia). 

 Pseudoscarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker, Atlas ichthyologique . . . , vol. 1, p. 37, 



pi. 13, fig. 3, 1862. 

 Scarus paluca Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 19 (1899), p. 60, fig. 18, 1900 



(type locality; Hawaiian Islands). 

 Scarus caLus Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, p. 542, 



pi. 21 lower fig. 1904 (type locality: Sumatra). 

 Callyodon ruberrimus Jordan and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., vol. 25 (1905), 



p. 316, fig. 56, 1906 (type locality: Pago Pago, Samoa; holotype, USNM 



51749). 

 Callyodon rubroviolaceus J. L. B. Smith, Rhodes Univ. Ichthy. Bull. No. 1, p. 11, 



pi. 43, J 1956 (Seychelles, Aldabra, Pemba, east coast of Africa south to 



lat. 14° S.). 



This species is characterized by its general coloration of bright 

 purplish red or dark brownish red, white teeth, orange eye, and red 

 fins, except pectoral, which is bluish with a red streak dorsally, and 

 dorsal, which is margined with dark blue distally. Nearly each 

 scale dorsolaterally has one or more short blackish or brownish 

 longitudinal streaks. The dark streaks remain visible on the scales 

 after many years of alcoholic preservation. Usually 1 or 2 canines 

 occur at the corner of the mouth in adults. There are 6 or 7 median 

 predorsal scales, 3 rows of scales on the cheek, usually with 2 scales 

 in the ventral row; pectoral fins usually with ii,13 rays. 



I have studied specimens in lots from the following localities: 

 China coast, 1 lot; Philippines and vicinity, 25; Celebes, 4; Borneo, 

 2; Ifaluk AtoU, 1; Kapingamarangi Atoll, 3; and Palmyra Island, 4. 



Scarops jordaiii (Jenkins) 



Figure 2; Plates 2,c; 6,b 



Pseudoscarus jordani Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 19 (1899), p. 63, fig. 



21, 1900 (type locality: Hawaiian Islands). — Jordan and Evermann, Bull. 



U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 23 (1903), pt. 1, p. 358, fig. 158, pi. 44, 1905 (Hawaii). 

 Pseudoscarus heliotropinus Bryan, Occ. Pap. Bishop Mus., vol. 2, No. 4, p. 23, 



fig., 1906 (type locality: "Honolulu market"). 



This species is characterized by green teeth, ii,13 pectoral rays, 

 usually 6 median predorsal scales, 3 rows of scales on the cheek, 

 usually with 2 scales in the ventral (third) row. The general colora- 

 tion is blue or green for the mature males and reddish brown for the 

 females. Only large specimens of this species have been recorded 

 and all of these have a humped snout. Small specimens are not 

 known and the immature might be passing under some other named 

 species. 



