[101] CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



1175. Sparisoma xystrodon' Jordan & Swaiu. VV. 



1176. Sparisoma cyanolene- Jordan & Swain. W. 



1177. Sparisoma flavesceiis^ lilocli »t Scbueidtr. W. (954 c.) 



378.— SCARUS P^nskal. (323) 



1178. Scarus croicensis Blocli. W. {[)iA b.) 



1179. Scarus ccEruleus* Hloch W. 



1180. Scarus guacamaia Ciivier. W. (954) 



1181. Sccirus perrico ' Jordan & Gilbert. P. 



Family OXIIf.— CIOHLID^. (95) 

 379.— HEROS Heckel. (324) 



1182. Heros cyanoguttatus Baird & Girard. Vsw. (955) 



1183. Heros pavonaceus Garman. Vsw. (955 6.) 



Family CXIV.— POMACENTRID^. (96) 



380.— POMACENTRUS Lac6p5de. 



1^ Pomacentriis. 



1184. Pomacentrus obscuratus " Poey. W. 



1185. Pomacentrus leucostictus Miiller & Troschel. W. (956) 



1186. Pomacentrus caudalis ^ Poey. W. 



ible, lateral line iuterrnpted, its pores nearly simple ; scales about head compara- 

 tively numerous, lower jaw included; upper pharyngeal teeth in two rows. Species 

 mostly of large size, brightly colored; sexes similar. 



Spakisoma Swainson. 

 (Scarus Bleeker.) 



(Swainson, Nat. Hist. Class'n Fishes, &c.. 1839, II, 227; type Sparus abildgaardii 

 Bloch.) 



Lower pharyngeal much broader than long, its surface slightly concave; teeth lesa 

 perfectly coalescent than in Scarus ; the median suture not very distinct; skull nar- 

 row ; gill membranes broadly united to the isthmus; dorsal spines pungent ; lateral 

 line coutiuuous, its pores veiy much branched ; scales about head few and large, 

 those on cheeks in one row ; lower jaw projecting; upper pharyngeal teeth in three 

 rows. Species mostly of small size. {Sj)arus; (j £»//«, body.) 



' Sparisoma xijutrodon Jordan «fe Swain, 1. c. 99. Havana and Key West. 



^ Sparisoma cyavolene Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 98. Key West. 



^For synonymy and description of Sparisoma flavescens (Scams squaUdus Poey), see 

 Jordan & Swain, 1, c. 92. Key West, southward. 



■•For synonymy and descriiJtion of Scarus cceruleus, see Jordan & Swain, 1. c. 85. 



^Scarus perrico Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 357. Mazatlau to 

 Panama. 



^Pomacentrus obscuratus Poey, Euumeratio Piscium Cubensium, 1875, 101; Jordan, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 133. Key West to Cuba. 



^ Pomacentrus caudalis Poey, Synopsis Piscium Cubensium, 328, 1868. 



Upper parts dusky, the greater part of each scale light grayish blue ; lower parts 

 bright yellow, with some blue spots on the scales; top and sides of head similarly 

 marked with bluish spots on the scales. A jet-black, ink-like spot ocellated with blue 

 on the back of the tail. Dorsal iin colored like the back ; the po.sterior rays abruptly 

 yellow; caudal tiu bright yellow; lower tins chiefly yellow. Form oblong, ovate; 

 the anterior profile moderately convex. Preorbital and preopercle well serrated. 

 Teeth moderate, entire. Soft parts of dorsal and anal rather high. Head 3^; depth 

 2^. D. XII,14; A. II, 13. Scale84-29-9. Cuba ; lately obtained at Pensacola, by Silas 

 Stearns. 



