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20c. Color pattern not as in 20a and 20&. 



21a. A pale (orange or yellow when alive) blotch behind eye 

 and expanding to include opercle and area just 

 behind head, above pectoral fin; anal fin broadly 

 dusky (distal y^ green when alive), with a pale 

 (red when alive) streak obliquely across basal 

 part of fin; snout with dusky or purplish squarish 

 blotch; for other color streaks on head see plate 



11,D. (West Pacific.) bowersi (Snyder) 



216. No pale blotch behind eye and behind head; distal 

 edge of anal fin marked with a narrow dusky 

 streak. 

 22a. Cheek with a large dark area (green when alive); 

 dorsal surface of head pale with a large dark 

 blotch in front of interorbital space; upper lip 

 edged with pale, above pale edge of upper lip 

 a dark crossband on snout; edge of lower Up 

 green; for details of color streaks see figure 12; 

 plate 13, A. (Central Pacific.) . jonesi (Streets) 

 226. No dark blotch covering cheek; dorsal surface of 

 head and snout brownish; edge of both lips 

 pale (pink when alive); above pale edge of 

 upper lip a dusky (green when alive) streak 

 that passes below ventral edge of eye to rear 

 of opercle, below this streak, head pale (pink 

 to yellowish when alive); corner of lower lip 

 with a bluish or greenish mark; anal fin with 

 three crossbands; caudal region with pale (pink 

 when alive) spots, one on each scale; plate 12, 

 c,D. (Central and West Pacific.) 



capistratoides Bleeker 



Figure U.—Scarus jonesi: a, caudal fin of a 41S-mm. specimen; h, and c, specimen 200 mm.; 

 d, specimen 115 mm.; e, specimen 300 mm. (Sketches by author.) 



