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series of scales anteriorly on body; cheeks framed in bright blue, with 

 brownish black central part; lips and throat blue; brownish black 

 vertical band separating blue of lower lip from anterior blue border of 

 cheek; two transverse blue bars above eyes and two median blue 

 spots on nape. 



I have examined 6 large specimens of this species from Florida, 

 Jamaica, St. Thomas, and Cuba. 



Scarus coeruleus (Bloch) 



Plates 21, a; 22,a 



Corphyaena coerulea Bloch, Naturgeschichte der auslandischen Fische, vol. 2, 

 p. 148, pi. 176, 1786 (in part after Catesby 1731, altered from a figure by 

 Plumier 1695; Bloch's figure is scarcely recognizable as a parrotfish). 



Scarus coeruleus Bloch and Schneider, Systema ichthyologiae . . . , p. 288, 1801 

 (after Catesby 1731 and Trompa of Parra 1787). — Evermann and Marsh, 

 Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 20 (1900), p. 244, pi. 32, 1902 (Puerto Rico). 



Scarus loro Bloch and Schneider, Systema ichthyologiae . . . , p. 288, 1801 (based 

 on Loro of Parra 1787). 



Scarus trilobatus Lac^pfede, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 4, pp. 5, 21, 1803 

 (type locality: Martinique; based on drawing by Plumier 1695). 



Sparus holocyaneos LaccSpfede, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 4, pp. 45, 141, 

 1803 (type locality: Martinique; based on a drawing by Plumier 1695). 



Scarus ohtusus Poey, Memorias . . . , vol. 2, p. 217, 1860 (type locality: Cuba). 



Scarus nuchalis Poey Memorias . . . , vol. 2, p. 220, 1860 (type locality: Cuba). 



This species is characterized by having 6 median predorsal scales; 

 ii,13 pectoral rays; on the cheek usually 2 scales in ventral (third) row; 

 on the snout a big hump (on adults); usually a uniform robin's-egg 

 blue, washed with yellowish on the occiput, and sometimes'inconspic- 

 uous stripes. It is one of the more slender species, the greatest depth 

 is contained 2.7 to 3.1 in the standard length. 



I have examined numerous specimens of this species in lots from the 

 following locaHties: Florida, 5 lots; Cuba, 3; Haiti, 2; Bahamas, 1; 

 Puerto Rico, 3; Jamaica, 2; Barbados, 1; Panama, 2; and West 

 Indies, 1 ; and 3 lots from the Bahamas loaned by Dr. Bohlke. 



Scarus croicensis Bloch 



Plates 21, c; 27,c 



Scarus croicensis Bloch, Naturgeschichte der Auslandischen Fische, vol. 4, p. 27» 



pi. 221, 1790 (type locality: St. Croix).— Winn and Bardach, Science, vol- 



125, pp. 185-186, 1957. 

 Scarus insulae st. crucis Bloch and Schneider, Systema ichthyologiae . . . , p. 285, 



1801 (type locahty: St. Croix; based on Bloch). 

 Calliodon lineatus Bloch and Schneider, Systema ichthyologiae . . ., p. 312, pi. 62, 



fig. 2, 1801 (after Gronow). 

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



p. 200, 1839 (type locality: Martinique). 



