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ventral margins of caudal fin blue edged; edge of upper lip pale, then 

 dorsally a blue blotch; lateral edge of lower lip blue, this color con- 

 tinues as a blue band to lower edge of eye; a blue band joins both eyes 

 across interorbital space and other blue marks radiate from eye dorso- 

 posteriorly; base of pectoral pinkish, not blue; dorsal edge of pectoral 

 fin blue, the fin tinged with yellowish. These color notes are from a 

 Kodachrome taken by John Randall, University of Hawaii, and from 

 a painting in the Albatross Philippine collection. 



The lips do not cover the teeth, the angle between them varies from 

 60 to 70 degrees; the inner lip of upper jaw appears to be free across 

 symphysis; canines absent. 



Scarus noyesi from the Galapagos Islands is very close to this species 

 and may be the same. Especially distinctive are the 4 or 5 blue bars 

 on sides and markings on head and fins. 



I have studied several specimens in lots from the following localities: 

 Tahiti, 1 lot; Gilbert Islands, 1 ; Marianas, 1 ; Kapingamarangi AtoU, 1 ; 

 Japan, 1; and Philippines, 2. 



Scarus guttatus Bloch and Schneider 



Figure 14, Plate 17,a 



Scarus guttatus Bloch and Schneider, Systema ichthyologiae . . . , p. 294, 1801 



(type locality: Indian Seas). 

 Scarus maculosus Lac^pfede, Historie naturelle des poissons, vol. 4, pp. 5, 21, pi. 1, 



fig. 3, 1802 (type locality: "The Great Equinoctial Ocean"). 

 fPseudoscarus cantori Bleeker, Atlas ichthyologique . . . , vol. 1, p. 43, pi. 9, fig. 



2, 1862 (type locality: Batavia, Java; Sumatra, Singapura, Celebes, Batjan, 



Amboina, Timor; cotype examined in British Museum, Cat. No. 1862.2.28.3, 



standard length 230 mm.). 

 Pseudoscarus natalensis Gilchrist and Thompson Ann. South African Mus. vol. 



6, pt. 3, p. 259, 1909 (type locality: Natal). 

 Callyodon guttatus, J. L. B. Smith, The sea fishes of southern Africa, p. 296, pi. 



62, fig. 824, 1949. 



This species is characterized by having white teeth; median pre- 

 dorsal scales 6 or 7, three rows of scales on cheek, with 1 to 3 scales 

 in the ventral row; ii,13 or ii,14 pectoral rays; background color brown 

 or yellowish brown with a blue or green spot on each scale; anal fin 

 with a green or blue streak at base and distally at edge, center orange 

 or yellowish; dorsal fin blue or green edged, basally with a blue or 

 green spot on each membrane, center of fin yellowish; caudal fin blue 

 or green edged, centrally yellow. Blue or green streaks on head as 

 illustrated in figure 14 (see p. 42) and plate 17,a. Description after 

 Smith's figure 824. 



Of this species I have seen only the cotype of P. cantori. 



