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This species is characterized by having green teeth; 6 median pre- 

 dorsal scales, 3 rows of scales on the cheek, with about 3 scales in the 

 ventral (third) row and ii, 13 pectoral rays. The color is green or 

 blue-green, with dorsal half of head reddish or light brownish, con- 

 trasting with bright green side of head below eye; mouth reddish or 

 light brownish ; a green streak extends forward from eyes across snout ; 

 edges of dorsal and anal fins blue, centers of these fins yellowish 

 brown, with green blotches on interradial membranes; pectoral fin 

 dark blue. 



I have studied specimens in 11 lots from the Philippines, 2 from 

 Raroia Atoll, and 2 from Kapingamarangi Atoll. 



Scarus ghobban Forskal 



Plate 16,c, d 



Scarus ghobban ForskS,!, Descriptiones animalium . . . , p. 28, 1775 (type 



locality: Djedda, Red Sea). 

 Scarus pepo Bennett, . . . Fishes found upon the coast of Ceylon, ed. 2, p. 28, 



fig. 28, 1834 (type locality: Ceylon). 

 Scarus scabriusculus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, 



vol. 14, p. 271, 1839 (type locality: Java; type examined in Mus. Nat. 



Hist. Nat. Paris, Cat. No. 2493, skin). 

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



p. 215, 1839 (type locality: ? Red Sea). 

 Scarus reticulata Swainson, Natural history and classification of fishes . . . , 



p. 226, 1839 (type locality: Red Sea). 

 Scarus haridoides Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. -Indie, vol. 8, p. 344, 1853 



(type locality: East Indies). 

 Scarus pyrrostethus Richardson, Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China 



and Japan, in Rep. British Assoc. Adv. Sci. 15 Meet. 1845, p. 262, 1846 



(Canton, China). — Bleeker, Atlas ichthyologique . . . , vol. 1, p. 42, pi. 9, 



fig. 1, 1862. 

 Pseudoscarus ghobban Day, Fishes of India, vol. 2, p. 412, 1878 (Andamans; 



specimen examined in Indian Museum, Cat. No. 681). 

 Pseudoscarus garretti Giinther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 3, p. 306, pi. 153, c, 



1909 (type locahty: Kingsmill Island). 

 Scarus pyrrostethus australianus Paradice, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 9, pt. 1, 



p. 103, 1927 (type locality: Cape Wessel, Northern Australia). 

 Callyodon ghobban J. L. B. Smith, Rhodes Univ. Ichthy. Bull. No. 1, p. 10, pi. 



43, H, 1956 (western Indian Ocean). 



This species is characterized by having 5 or 6 median predorsal 

 scales, 3 rows of scales on the cheek, with 1 to 3 scales in ventral row; 

 usually ii,13 pectoral rays; the background coloration very light orange 

 or yellowish, marked with bright blue spots in center of scales, these 

 blue-spotted scales arranged to form 5 bars that are 2 or 3 scales wide; 

 base and outer margins of dorsal and anal fins blue edged; dorsal and 



