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teeth; the anterior part of the body and head pale, then the posterior 

 part abruptly darker, beginning below dorsal spine VI or VII; the 

 dorsal part of snout with a large squarish dark blotch; anal fin with 

 distal % dark (green when alive) with a narrow pale (red when alive) 

 basal streak. The angle between lips varies from 5 to 40 degrees. 



I have studied 46 lots from the Philippines and 4 from Kapinga- 

 marangi Atoll. 



Scarus africanus (Smith) 



Plate 18,e; 19,b 

 Callyodon africanus Smith, Mem. Mus. Dr. Alvaro de Castro, No. 3, p. 19, fig. 26 



on pi. 3, and text figure 26, 1955 (type locality: southern Mozambique). 

 Margarilodon africanus (Smich), Rhodes Univ. Ichthy. Bull. No. 1, p. 15, pi. 42,a 



1956 (East Africa south to lat. 21° S). 



This species with 5 median predorsal scales, 3 rows of scales on 

 cheek, 2 in ventral (thu'd) row, and 13 branched pectoral rays, may 

 be recognized by its unique coloration, namely, a large interocular 

 dark green blotch on snout in front of eyes, "bordered below by a 

 blue band continuous across the snout and back to eye, below which 

 the lip is bright orange, the line reaching eye." The snout of Smith's 

 large specimen is strongly "humped." 



I have not seen a specimen. 



Scarus globiceps Cuvier and Valenciennes 



Plate 14, c 



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



p. 242, 1839 (type locality: Tahiti; type examined in Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 



Paris, Cat. No. 1732). 

 Pseudoscarus spilonotus Kner, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 58, pt. 1, p. 352, pi. 9, 



fig. 26, 1868 (type locality: Fiji). 

 Pseudoscarus falcipinnis Playfair, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 865, fig. 3, 1867 (type 



locality: Seychelles, type examined in British Museum, Cat. No. 820). 

 Scarus pronus Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, p. 490, pi. 18, lower fig. 



3, 1899 (type locality: Caroline Islands). 

 Callyodon falcipinnis J. L. B. Smith, Rhodes Univ. Ichthy. Bull. No. 1, p. 12, 



pi. 44,1 (Xanothon falcipinnis on pi. 44) 1956 (western Indian Ocean lat. 3° 



to 15° S). 

 Callyodon globiceps J. L. B. Smith, Rhodes Univ. Ichthy. Bull. No. 1, p. 14, pi. 



44, fig. 2, 1956 (East African coast south to lat. 14° S). 

 This species is characterized by having 5 or 6 median predorsal 

 scales, 3 rows of scales on the cheek, usually with 2 or 3 in the ventral 

 row; ii,12 pectoral fin rays; whitish teeth; tiny green (pale or dusky 

 in alcohol) spots, usually a few to several on the anterodorsal part of 

 body, the black ocellate spot near bases of dorsal spines III or IV may 

 be lacking on large adults; the blackish pectoral base darker dorsally; 

 the pale Ime from middle of snout to lower edge of eye, thence poste- 

 riorly, separates the pale color of lower part of head from the darker 



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