38. scARus. 211 



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

 g. Young. Brazil. Mus. Leach. 

 h. Bleached. 



Vertehrce 10/U. 



6. Scams rubripinnis. 



Cuv.Sf Val.xiv. p. 199. 



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

 spinous dorsal, orange-coloured. 

 Caribbean Sea. 



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

 Scrivener. 



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



7. Scarus radians. 

 Ciiv. ^ Val. xiv. p. 200. 



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 5'oung specimens. 

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

 four main branches, which in some scales are nearlj'' simple, in others 

 much branched. Reddish-olive, lower pai'ts and anal rose-coloured ; 

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

 gular dark cross-bands, 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-h. 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 four to six inches long : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. 



PamelPs Colleetion. 



8. Scarus chrysopterus. 



Scarus chrysopterus, Bl. Schn. p. 286. pi. 57 (bad) ; Cuv. Sf Vid. xiv. 



p. 185. 

 lateralis, Poey, Mem. 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, 



