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canine teeth are absent; distal margin of caudal fin deeply forked in 

 adults; between eye and scales on cheek is a broad naked area. 



The background coloration is bright green to purplish green; the 

 pale spots on head and anterior part of body are red; posterior margin 

 of each scale reddish; pectoral fin purple; a red or orange streak 

 extends from corner of mouth to pectoral base and thence to anal fin 

 origin, below which is a broad green band; under side of head and 

 belly orange; eye orange; edge of upper lip orange, that of lower lip 

 green; chin orange; outer edges of dorsal and anal fins bright blue- 

 green; basal Yi of anal fin orange; basal ji of dorsal with orange 

 membrane and bluish rays; outer edges of caudal blue; distal margin 

 of caudal with a lunate orange band, basally a blue and green lunate 

 band, the base orange; pelvics orange. 



In the northern Marshalls this characteristic species was never seen 

 over the intertidal zone of the reef, but it did occur in the deeper 

 waters of the lagoon and along the deeper waters of the ocean side 

 of the reefs. The smallest specimen seen by me was about a foot long. 



I have studied specimens in lots from the following localities: 

 Tuamotu Islands, 1 lot; Phoenix Islands, 1; Marshalls, 3; Celebes, 1; 

 Raroia AtoU, 1; Kapingamarangi AtoU, 1; and Philippines, 6. 



Chlorurus nigripinnis (Playfair and Giinther) 



Plate 6,d 



Pseudoscarus nigripinnis Playfair and Giinther, Fishes of Zanzibar . . ., p. 105, 

 pi. 15. fig. 2, 1866 (type locality: Zanzibar; types examined in British Museum, 

 Cat. No. 1865.2.27.80, standard length 151 mm., Cat. No. 1866.1.19.16, 

 standard length, 172 mm.). 



This species is characterized by having 6 or 7 median predorsal 

 scales, 3 rows of scales on cheek, with 2 scales in the ventral (third) 

 row; ii,12 pectoral fin rays; and whitish teeth. In color pattern it is 

 close to C. bicolor but differs in having black fins, except that front of 

 dorsal is yellowish and the dark spots on the scales are limited to the 

 breast. They differ chiefly in that bicolor has 4 or more scales in the 

 ventral row on cheek whereas nigripinnis has only 2 scales. I have 

 not seen a specimen of this species. 



Scarus Forsk^l 



Scarus Forskai, Descriptiones animalium . . . , p. 25, 1775 (genotype designated 

 as Scarus psiUacus^ (not of Linnaeus) FoTskk\'= Scarus harid ForskSl by 



» Scarus psittams Forskai from the Red Sea is a different species than Coryphaena psitlacm Linnaeus, a 

 labrld from the Atlantic. Among parrotfishes Scarus psiUacus Forsk^l has been confused with "Scaru* 

 psittacus (Linnaeus)." 



