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and vicinity, 93; Kapingamarangi Atoll 1; Raroia Atoll 4; Ifaluk 

 Atoll, 34; and Indian Ocean, 1. 



Scarus bowersi (Snyder) 



Plate 11,D 



Callyodon bowersi Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 36, p. 602, 1909 (type 

 locality: Naha, Okinawa; holotype USNM 62950); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 vol. 42, pi. 46, fig. 2, 1912. 



This species is characterized by having white teeth; 4 median 

 predorsal scales, 2 rows of scales on cheek, ventral (third) row absent; 

 ii,13 pectoral rays; purplish or brownish squarish blotch (the most 

 distinctive color mark) on dorsal surface of snout, and a red or orange 

 area behind eye and extending from level of eye to behind head a 

 distance about equal to postorbital part of head, thence ventrally to 

 pectoral fin base; a reddish streak across anal fin. 



I have studied 6 lots from the Philippine Islands. 



Scarus jonesi (Streets) 



Figure 12; Plate 13,a 



Pseudoscarus jonesi Streets, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 7, p. 80, 1877 (type locality: 



Palmyra Island; 4 cotypes USNM 19221). 

 Scarus brighami Bryan and Herre, Occ. Pap. Bishop Mus., vol. 2, No. 1, p. 131 



pi. 1903 (type locality: Marcus Island). 

 Scarus lupus Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, p. 491, pi. 18, upper fig. 



1, 1899 (type locality: Caroline Islands). 

 Callyodon latax Jordan and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., vol. 25 (1905), p. 329, 



pi. 49, 1906 (type locality: Apia, Samoa; holotype USNM 51755; paratype 



51834). 



This species is characterized by having 4 median predorsal scales, 

 2 rows of scales on cheek, usually ii,13 pectoral rays, and characteristic 

 green markings on front of head, as shown on figure 12 (see p. 39). 



The lips partially cover the teeth in juveniles, but in adults the 

 teeth are fully exposed, the angle being about 90 to 95 degrees between 

 lips; the inner lip joins the outer about equidistant between the 

 symphysis and the corner of mouth; canines are absent at corner of 

 mouth on specimens 200 mm. and shorter, but at lengths of 300 mm. 

 and longer a knob may appear where the teeth may be expected, 2 

 well developed canines occur on the upper jaw; caudal fin very slightly 

 rounded at lengths of 80 to 100 mm., at lengths of 125 to 150 mm. it is 

 truncate, but at larger sizes the outer rays are slightly elongate, leaving 

 the central part truncate or nearly so. 



In alcohol, specimens in the green color phase have the back- 

 ground coloration brownish, with center of each scale pale; caudal 

 peduncle sometimes pale when compared with body and caudal fin, 



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