38. scARUfl. 211 



d-f. Skins. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. Scrivener. 

 g. Young. Brazil. Mus. Leach. 

 h. Bleached. 



Vertebrce 10/14. 



6. Scarus rubripinnis. 



Cuv. <§• Val. xiv. p. 199. 



Caudal truncated. Violet-olive (in a dried state) ; fins, except the 

 spinous dorsal, orange-coloured. 

 Caribbean Sea. 



a. Eleven inches long: skin. West Indies. Purchased of Mr. 

 Scrivener. 



This is probably only the adult state of Sc. frondosus. 



7. Scarus radians. 

 Giv. ^ Val xiv. p. 206. 



Snout not twice as long as the diameter of the eye. Caudal trun- 

 cated, with the outer rays slightly produced in mature specimens, 

 rounded in young ones. Teeth very distinct, in young specimens in 

 oblique series, in mature ones in a quincuncial arrangement. Pointed 

 teeth directed outwards, round the upper jaw in young specimens. 

 Four scales on the cheek. Tubules of the lateral line with three or 

 foiu- main branches, which in some scales are nearly simple, in others 

 much branched. Reddish-olive, lower parts and anal rose-coloured ; 

 dorsal fin and upper parts marbled with brownish ; caudal with irre- 

 gular dark cross-bauds, including whitish spots, and with a narrow 

 whitish edge ; anal with four oblique dark spots ; root of the pectoral 

 blackish ; a light band across the chin. 



Atlantic coasts of tropical America. 



a-b. Fine specimens, seven inches long. Bahia. From Dr. 0. 



Wucherer's Collection. 

 c-d. Fine specimens, four inches long. Bahia. From Dr. 0. 



Wucherer's Collection. 

 e-i. From foui" to six inches long : skins. Jamaica. From Dr, 



PameU's Collection. 



8. Scarus chrysopterus. 



Scarus chi-ysopterus, Bl. Sc/m. p. 286. pi. 57 (bad) ; Cuv. 4* Val. xiv. 



p. 185. 

 lateralis, Pocij, 3Iem. Cub. ii. p. 219. 



Caudal fin forked in adult, truncated in immature specimens. 

 Blue, fins yellowish ; caudal with a green band along the lobes, and 

 a narrow posterior margin of the same colour. A black spot supe- 

 riorly in the axil of the pectoral. 



Caribbean Sea. 



a. Adult. Martinique. 



p2 



