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Scarus bleekeri (Weber and de Beaufort) 



Plate 11, c 



Callyodon bleekeri Weber and de Beaufort, Fishes of the Indo-Australian Archi- 

 pelago, vol. 8, p. 318, 1940 (type locality: Ternata). — Barton and Nichols, 

 Marine Life, vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 11-13, pi., lower fig., 1946 (New Guinea), 



Scarus quoyi Bleeker (not of Cuvier and Valenciennes), Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl.- 

 Indie, vol. 4, p. 607, 1853 (type locality: Ternata). 



Pseudoscarus quoyi Bleeker, Atlas ichthyologique . . . , vol. 1, p. 29, pi. 6, fig. 

 3, 1862. 



This species is characterized by having 4 median predorsal scales, 

 2 rows of scales on the cheek, with 6 to 8 scales in the second or 

 lower row; pectoral rays ii,13; and a yellowish blotch on the head 

 (the most distinctive part of the color pattern) that is bordered 

 dorsally by a green streak from corner of mouth to ventral edge of 

 eye then to upper base of pectoral, and ventrally by a similar streak 

 from corner of mouth to lower edge of pectoral base; the green anal 

 fin is crossed at its middle by one reddish streak, whereas the other- 

 wise green dorsal fin is crossed by 2 red streaks; for the pattern of 

 streaks on the head, see plate 11, c. 



I have studied 36 lots from the Philippines and vicinity, and 8 

 from Kapingamarangi Atoll. 



Scarus sordidus Forskal 



Figure 11; Plate 12,a,b 



Scarus sordidus ForskS,!, Descriptiones animalium, pp. x, 30, 1775 (type locality: 



Arabia) . 

 Scarus erythrodon Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 



14, p. 255, 1839 (type locality: Mauritius; type examined in Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Nat. Paris, Cat. No. 575). 

 Scarus variegatus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 



14, p. 256, 1839 (type locality: Mauritius; type examined in Mus. Nat. 

 Hist. Nat. Paris, Cat. No. 555). 



Scarus sumbaivensis Bleeker, Journ. Ind. Arch., vol. 2, No. 9, p. 638, 1848 (type 

 locality: Sumbawa; type examined in British Museum, Cat. No. 1861. 

 2. 28.59, standard length 70 mm.). 



Pseudoscarus sumbaivensis Bleeker, Atlas ichthyologique . . . , vol. 1, p. 47, pi. 



15, fig. 4, 1862. 



Scarus gymnognaihus Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. -Indie, vol. 4, p. 498, 1853 



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



1864.5.15.25, standard length 180 mm.). 

 Pseudoscarus gymnognathus Bleeker, Atlas ichthyologique . . . , vol. 1, p. 28, 



pi. 15, fig. 3, 1862. 

 Pseudoscarus celebicus Bleeker, Atlas ichthyologique . . . , vol. 1, p. 26, pi. 15, 



fig. 2. 1862 (Celebes; green color phase). 



