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belly. We have found 4 specimens with that color pattern and 2 of 

 these are males; the other 2 were eviserated. This suggests that 

 forsteni may represent the male. The type of Scarus lepidus Jenyns 

 also has the 3 pale streaks^on the^lower scale rows but the sex was not 

 determined. 



I have studied numerous specimens in lots from the following local- 

 ities: Philippines, 19 lots; Dutch East Indies, 2; Borneo, 2; Moluccas, 

 1; Ifaluk Atoll, 1; Formosa, 2; Wake Island, 1; and Okinawa, 1. 



Scarus fasciatus Cuvier and Valenciennes 



Plate 15,d 



Scarus fasciatus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 4, 



p. 222, 1839 (type locality: Moluccas). 

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



p. 223, 1839 (type locality: Java). 

 Scarus micrognathos Bleeker, Verb. Bataviaasch Genootsch., vol. 22, p. 56, 1847 



(type locality: East Indies). 

 Scarus rivulatoides Bleeker, Verb. Bataviaasch Genootsch., vol. 22, p, 55, 1847 



(type locality: East Indies). 

 Pseudoscarus rivulatus Bleeker, Atlas ichthyologique . . . , vol. 1, p. 44, pi. 9, 



fig. 3, 1862. 



This species is characterized by having 6 or 7 median predorsal 

 scales, 3 rows of scales on cheek, with 2 or 3 in ventral row; ii,12 

 pectoral fin rays; teeth whitish; base of pectoral fin dusky; anal and 

 dorsal fins with blue edges, basal % of anal reddish brown, middle of 

 dorsal with green spots, the background coloration orange distally and 

 becoming reddish brown basally, base of dorsal narrowly edged with 

 green; head mottled or | reticulated^ with narrow reddish and green 

 marks, those on lower jaw bluish; anterior edges of pectoral and 

 pelvic fins blue, below which, on dorsal rays of pelvic fin, a red streak, 

 remainder of fin greenish. The caudal fin sometimes has big spots. 



I have studied numerous specimens in lots from the following 

 localities: Philippines 52 lots; Celebes, 1; Java, 1; Okinawa, 1; Malay 

 Peninsula, 1 ; and Cape Arnhem, North Australia, 2. 



Scarus vermiculatus (Fowler and Bean) 



Plate 16, a 



Callyodon vermiculatus Fowler and Bean, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 100, vol. 7, 

 p. 472, pi. 49, 1928 (type locality: Philippine Islands; holotype USNM 

 89978, paratypes USNM 147253, 147284, 147402, 157061, 157268, and 

 160141).— Smith, Rhodes Univ. Ichthy. Bull. No. 1, p. 11, pi. 41,c, 1956 

 (East Africa to lat. 14° S., Aldabra, Seychelles, Zanzibar). 



This species is characterized by having 6 or 7 median predorsal 

 scales, 3 rows of scales on cheek, with 3 or 4 scales in the ventral 



