938 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY IV. 



orange; ventrals red; pectorals mostly violet; spots ou head and pos 

 terior parts bright clear blue, elsewhere duller and violaceou?;. Body 

 very slender, the snout pointed; posterior canine large. Dorsal spiues 

 slender, but pungent; caudal convex, its corners slightly produced. 

 Head 3|; depth 4^ (5 in total). D. IX, 11; A. Ill, 12; scales 2-25-0. 

 Pensacola, Florida, to Cuba and Surinam (here described from young- 

 males). 



{fJulis caudalis Poey, Mem. Cuba, ii, 213; ?Gunther, iv, 166; Jordau & Gilbert, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 1882, 286: ^.Julis pictus Poey, Mem. Cuba, ii, 214: ^ Platyylossus 

 p'lClHs Giiutlier, iv, 16G: ^ Platyglonsus poeyi Steind. Ichth. Notiz. vi, 49, 1867.) 



Page 606. Instead of Remistoma substitute — 

 323.— SCARUS Forskal. 

 (Forskal, Fauua Arabica, 1775, 25: type Scarus psitlacus Forskal.) 



Omit from the description of the genus the following clauses: "Lat- 

 eral line continuous." "Lower jaw included. Scales on the cheek in 

 more than one series." "Dorsal spines flexible." Our species should 

 stand as — 

 954. S. gruacamaia C. & Y. 



Page 607. After Scarus guacamaia add : 

 954 (h). S. ea"®icensis Bloch. — Bullon. 



Bluish silvery, with three red longitudinal bands; the upper from 

 the naiJe to the end of the dorsal; the second through the eye, crossing 

 the space between the two portions of the lateral line; the third from 

 the base of the ijectoral to the lower half of the caudal fin ; head 

 mostly rosy; snout with bright-colored streaks ; fins all yellow. Three 

 series of scales on the cheek; the middle composed of five scales; the 

 lower of three, and covering the limb of the preopercle. Caudal sub- 

 truncate. Teeth small, whitish or rosy; no ])OSterior canine. Upper 

 lip broad, covering more than half of u])per jaw. Dorsal s})ines flex- 

 ible. Head 3^ in total length; depth 3|. D. IX, 10; A. II, 8; Lat. 

 1. 24. L. 7-8 inches. {Cuv. & Vol.) West Indies, north to Southern 

 Florida {Bean). 



(Blocb, Ic'lith. 1797, 18, pi. 121: Scarus insiilw-sancta-crucis Bloch. & Schu. 1801, 285: 

 Scarus aUcrnaus C. «fe V. xiv, 200: Pseudoscarus sanctai-crucis Giiuther, iv, 22(5.) 



hb. Dorsal spines puugeut; scales on cheek in one series. (Sjiarisoma^ Sw.) 

 954 (c). S. squalidns Poey. — Fieja Mufjcr. 



Rosy olive; -a black blotch on the upper half of base of pec- 

 toral; front of head \vith brownish reticulations; fins rosy; color in 



* Swainsou, Class. Fishes, ii, 227, 1839: type Spams ahildgaardii Bloch. (= /^'tar«s 

 Bleeker, not of Forskal, which is Hemistoma Sw. or Pseudoscarus Bleeker.) 



