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Kodachrome transparency Idndly furnished by John Randall, Univer- 

 sity of Hawaii: Back purplish gray, lower sides gi-ay, tinged with 

 yellowish; caudal peduncle light pink, caudal fin reddish; distal % 

 of dorsal and anal fins reddish, basal light blue; pectoral and pelvic 

 fins reddish; teeth white, head reddish brown; iris orange; the length- 

 wise dark streaks purplish, the pale interspace olive gray. 



The following color note was furnished by Dr. Randall: "Under- 

 water this species appeared brown with markedly pale caudal peduncle. 

 Out of water the body proved to be reddish brown and the fins bright 

 red." The greenish tinge of the water probably accounts for the 

 brownish color under water at a distance. 



This species is characterized by having 6 or 7 median predorsal 

 scales, thi-ee rows of scales on the cheek, with 3 (seldom 2) scales in the 

 ventral row; ii,12 pectoral rays; and a color pattern of 5 dark length- 

 wise streaks alternating with pale interspaces on small adults, these 

 dark streaks joining (in the large adult) to form nearly plain dark 

 sides; especially noteworthy are the dark bars on the anterior belly 

 scales. 



Named in honor of John E. Randall, University of Hawaii, who 

 collected the species at Onotoa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, and photo- 

 graphed the holotype in color (herein reproduced in black and white, 

 pi. 19,c). 



Scarus pectoralis Cuvier and Valenciennes 



Figure 25; Plate 19,d 



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



p. 269, 1839 (type locality: Djedda, Red Sea). 

 Scarus cyanognathos Bleeker, Verh. Bataviaasch Genootsch., vol. 12, p. 63, 1849 



(type locality: Batavia, Java; cotype examined in British Museum, Cat. 



No. 1862.2.28.4, standard length 182 mm.). 



Figure 25. — Scarus pectoralis, after type of Callyodon elerae Jordan and Scale (Bull. U. S. 

 Bur. Fish., vol. 26, p. 31, fig. 11, 1907). 



