REVIEW OF THE PARROTFISHES 47 



46a. Anal and dorsal fins of one plain color, no 

 dusky margin; dorsal fin grayish 

 green; anal red; head and back dark 

 grayish green; middle of side behind 

 head with a broad blue band that re- 

 mains as a dusky or bluish band in 

 alcohol; ventral part of body yellow- 

 ish orange, pale in alcohol; caudal 

 fin red; lower part of head dark 

 purple; plate 15, b. (Central and 

 West Pacific, Indian Ocean.) 



lepidus Jenyns 



46&. Anal and dorsal fins crossed with 2 or 3 



light and dark lengthwise bands. 



47o. Anterodorsal part of head and body 



dark brown above a line from 



middle of snout past lower edge 



of eye, thence above pectoral fin 



base, meeting a vertical line 



through base of dorsal spines 



VII or VIII; remainder of body 



pale (green or blue when alive); 



a green streak from snout below 



eye across cheek and opercle; 



figure 25 and plate 19,d. (West 



Pacific, Indian Ocean.) 



pectoralis Cuvier and 

 Valenciennes 

 476. Anterodorsal part of head and body 

 not dark brown with rest of body 

 paler; dorsal fin edged with blue 

 distally and basally, central % 

 plain pink; anal similar, but pink 

 central portion occupies about H 

 to % of fin ; green streak with rose 

 border extends from snout to 

 eye, thence 2 or 3 green streaks 

 extend behind eye, separated by 

 shadings of pink or rose; 2 or 3 

 blue bars on lower part of head; 

 plate 20,A,B. (Central and West 

 Pacific, Indian Ocean.) 



dussumieri Cuvier and 

 Valenciennes 



Ypsiscarus, new subgenus 



Genotype: Callyodon oedema Snyder. 



This new subgenus differs from all other known genera in the family 

 in havmg only 3 median predorsal scales instead of 4 to 9. 



Named Ypsiscarus in reference to the high forehead of the adult 

 of this species. 



