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Galotomus spinidens (Quoy and Gaimard) 



Plates 5,b; 24,c 



Scarus spinidens Quoy and Gaimard, Voyage autour du monde . . . ex6cut6 sur 

 . . . I'Uranie et la Physicienne, Zoologie, p. 289, 1824 (type locality: Vaigiou). 



Scarus (Calliodon) viridescens Rfippell, Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von 

 Abyssinien gehorig, p. 23, pi. 7, fig. 2, 1835 (type locality: Red Sea). 



Callyodon waigiensis Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, 

 vol. 14, p. 296, 1839 (type locality: Vaigiou; type examined in Mus. Nat. 

 Hist. Nat. Paris, Cat. No. 571, 90 mm. standard length). 



Callyodon sandwicensis Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, 

 vol. 14 p. 295, 1839 (type locality: Hawaiian Islands). 



Callyodon carolinus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, 

 vol. 14, p. 291, 1839 (type locality: Caroline Islands). — Bleeker, Atlas 

 ichthyologique . . . , vol. 1, p. 14, pi. 2, fig. 4, 1862. 



Callyodon genistriatus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, 

 vol. 14, p. 293, 1839 (type locality not given). — Bleeker, Atlas ichthy- 

 ologique . . . , vol. 1, p. 13, pi. 1, fig. 1, 1862. 



Callyodon brachysoma Bleeker, Versl. Akad. Amsterdam, vol. 12, p. 244, 1861 

 (type locality: Amboina, Ternata; type examined in British Museum, Cat. 

 No, 1861.2.28.16, standard length 110 mm.); Atlas ichthyologique . . . , 

 vol. 1, p. 14, pi. 2, fig. 3, 1862. 



Caloiomus irradians Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. vol. 19 (1899), p. 58, fig.l5 

 1900 (type locality: Hawaii). 



Calotomus snyderi Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. vol. 22 (1902), p. 467, fig. 25, 

 1903 (type locality: Honolulu; holotype USNM 50850). 



Calotomus xenodon Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 13, p. 70, 1890 (type 

 locality: Socorro Island, Revillagigedo group; holotype USNM 46935. — Jordan 

 and Evermann, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 47, pt. 4, pi. 243, figs. 609-609,a, 1900. 



Callyodon hypselosoma Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl.-Indie, vol. 8, p. 425, 1855 

 (type locality: Amboina). 



Scarichthys rarotongae Scale, Occ. Pap. Bishop Mus., vol. 4, No. 1, p. 59, fig. 8, 

 1906 (type locality: Rarotonga, Cook Islands; Dr. Gosline has kindly fur- 

 nished needed information on the holotype, BPBM No. 1903, 69 mm. standard 

 length) . 



This species is characterized by having the backgi'ound mottled 

 gray and brown; fins grayish; radiating from eye are bands, two of 

 which are more prominent, that extend from below eye to rear of 

 mouth; snout more or less crossbarred; the color around the head 

 somewhat variable; a dark blotch on membrane between dorsal spines 

 I and II at standard lengths of 148 to 158 mm; caudal fin with pos- 

 terior margin broadly white edged (this white margin has a sub- 

 marginal brownish line at standard length of 190 mm,), outer half 

 of anal fin dusky, basal half pale, somewhat pale spotted; some scales 

 on sides may have pale or white centers, but most of the scales are 

 outlined with brown, rest of scale pale, or scales may have pale mot- 

 tlings; base of last 3 soft dorsal rays may have a black spot; anus 

 blackish under scaly sheath; base of pectoral dark brown in specimens 



