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416. Color not as above. 



43a. Dorsal surface of head and opercle reddish 

 brown; snout and area behind mouth 

 green; lower part of head orange with 

 narrow wavy blue streaks or lines and a 

 few blue dots or spots; plate 19,a. (West 

 Pacific, Indian Ocean.) 



blochi Cuvier and Valenciennes 

 43&. Color not as above. 



FiGxmB 19. Scarus niger: after specimens, 117 and 158 mm. in standard length. (Sketch 



by author.) 



44a. Head and body plain light brownish or grayish 

 with 2 or 3, occasionally 4, light streaks 

 (yellowish when alive), one on each scale 

 row of belly; no color marks on head; 

 scales under pectoral fin not black edged; 

 plates 3, A, and 19, b. Hawaiian Islands, 

 Central and West Pacific, Indian Ocean.) 

 aeruginosus Cuvier and Valenciennes 

 446. Color not as above. 



45a. Sides with scales under pectoral fin black 

 edged; young and half-grown speci- 

 mens marked with light and dark 

 streaks on sides and lower sides; head 

 with light and dark bars as shown in 

 figure 20; plate 19, c. (Central Pacific.) 

 randalli, new species 

 456. Color not as above. 



Figure 20. — Scarus randalli^ new species, after holotype and paratypes. (Sketch by 



author.) 



