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Introduction 1 



Family Scaridae 15 



Key to the genera and subgenera of Scaridae 16 



Subfamily Scarinae Ig 



Scarops, new genus Ig 



Key to the species of the genus Scarops 19 



Scarops, new subgenus 21 



rubroviolaceus (Bleeker) 21 



jordani (Jenkins) 21 



Xenoscarops, new subgenus 23 



perrico (Jordan and Gilbert) 23 



Genus Chlorurus Swainson 25 



Key to the species of the genus Chlorurus 26 



gibbus (Rtippell) 26 



bicolor (Riippell) 27 



pulchellus (Rtippell) 28 



nigripinnis (Playfair and Giinther) 29 



Genus Scarus Forsk&l 29 



Key to the species of Scarus of the Tropical Pacific and Indian 



Oceans 33 



Ypsiscarus, new subgenus 47 



oedema (Snyder) 48 



Subgenus Scarus Forsk§,l 48 



microrhinos Bleeker 48 



harid Forskal 50 



javanicus Bleeker 52 



flavipectoralis, new species 52 



dubius Bennett 54 



lunula (Snyder) 54 



formosus Cuvier and Valenciennes 56 



lauia Jordan and Evermann 57 



perspicillatus Steindachner 57 



schlegeli (Bleeker) 59 



venosus Cuvier and Valenciennes 60 



taeniurus Cuvier and Valenciennes 61 



forsteri Cuvier and Valenciennes 64 



cyanescens Cuvier and Valenciennes 66 



rhoduropterus (Bleeker) 67 



troscheli Bleeker 67 



bleekeri (Weber and de Beaufort) 68 



sordidus Forsk§,l 68 



bowersi (Snyder) 72 



jonesi (Streets) 72 



capistratoides Bleeker 74 



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