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I have studied numerous specimens in lots from the following 

 localities: Tahiti, 1 lot; Fiji, 1; Samoa and Rose Islands, 5; Phoenix 

 Islands, 5; Johnston Island, 2; Hawaiian Islands, 6; Marianas, 6; 

 Marshalls, 35; New Hebrides, 1; Kapingamarangi Atoll, 2; and 

 Ifaluk Atoll, 12. 



Scarus forsteri Cuvier and Valenciennes 



Figures 9, 23 



Scarus forsteri Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 14, 



p. 275, 1839 (type locality: Tahiti). 

 Scarus quoyi Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 14, 

 p. 273, 1839 (type locality: New Ireland; type examined in Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Nat. Paris, No. A9292). 

 Scarus cyanotaenia Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl.-Indig, vol. 6, p. 197, 1854 



(type locality: Batavia, Java; type examined in British Museum, Cat. No. 



1864.5.15.28). 

 Scarus bataviensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl.-Indi§, vol. 13, p. 342, 1857 



(type locaHty : Java; type examined in British Museum, Cat. No. 1864.5.15.45, 



standard length 280 mm.). 

 Pseudoscarus oktodon Bleeker, Versl. Akad, Amsterdam, vol. 12, p. 235, 1861 



(type locaUty: Buton); Atlas ichthyologique . . ., vol. 1, p. 33, pi. 13, fig. 



2, 1862 (Buton). 

 Pseudoscarus bataviensis Bleeker, Atlas ichthyologique . . . , vol. 1, p. 48, pi. 12, 



fig. 3, 1862. 

 Pseudoscarus cyanotaenia Bleeker, Atlas ichthyologique . . . , vol. 1, p. 28, pi. 6, 



fig. 1, 1862. 

 Pseudoscarus filholi Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 7, vol. 4, p. 225, 1879 



(type locality: Fiji; types examined in Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris Cat. 



Nos. A1762-3). 

 Scarus gilberti Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 19 (1899), p. 59, fig. 17, 1900 



(type locaHty: Hawaiian Islands; paratype USNM No. 52682). 

 Scarus jenkinsi Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 22 (1902), 



p. 195, 1903 (type locality: Honolulu; holotype USNM No. 50647). 

 Callyodon bataviensis Jordan and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., vol. 25 (1905), 



p. 323, fig. 61, 1906 (Apia). 

 Pseudoscarus forsteri Giinther, Journ. Mus. Godeflfroy, vol. 3, pt. 8, Fische der 



SUdsee, pi. 155, 1909. 

 Xanothon bataviensis J. L. B. Smith, Rhodes Univ. Ichthy. Bull. No. 1, p. 6, 1956 



(western Indian Ocean). 

 Xanothon capistratoides (in part) J. L. B. Smith, Rhodes Univ. Ichthy. Bull. No. 



1, p. 6, pi. 43, B, 1956 (western Indian Ocean). 

 Xanothon parvidens J. L. B. Smith, Rhodes Univ. Ichthy. Bull. No. 1, p. 7, pi. 



45, E, 1956 (type locality: Bazaruto, South Africa). 

 Xanothon oktodon J. L. B. Smith, Rhodes Univ. Ichthy. Bull. No. 1, p. 7, pi. 41, k, 



1956 (East Africa to lat. 14° S., Aldabra; Seychelles; Denis and Poivre 



Islands. 



This species may be recognized by a combination of characters: 

 4 median predorsal scales, 2 rows of scales on the cheek; pectoral rays 

 usually ii,12; a black spot at base of pectoral, usually well developed; 

 lips almost covering whitish teeth; canine teeth, usually numbering on 



