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3458. Sparisoma radians (Cuvior and Valenciennes). 



West Indies, south to Brazil; Tortugas. 



Scarus radians Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIV, 1839, 



153 (206), Brazil. 

 Scarus lacrimosus Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 422, Cuba. 



3459. Sparisoma hoplomystax (Cope) 



West Indies, from Key West to Bahia. 



Scarus hoplomystax Cope, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., XIV, 1871, 462, 



St. Martins, West Indies. 

 Sparisoma cyanolene Jordan and Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VII, 



1884, 98, Key West, Fla. 



3460. Sparisoma niphobles Jordan and Bolhnan. 



Bahamas; Tortugas; Cape Florida; Key West; Porto Rico; abundant 



about Porto Rico. 

 Sparisoma niphobles Jordan and Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XI, 



1888, 551, Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas. 



3461. Sparisoma aurofrenatum (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



West Indies. 



Scarus aurofrenalus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIV, 



1839, 142 (191), San Domingo. 

 Scarus miniofrcnatus Poey, Memorias, II, 1860, 279, Cuba. 



3462. Sparisoma oxybrachium (Poey). 



Cuba. 



Scarus oxyhrachius Poey, Synopsis, 1868, 342, Habana. 



3463. Sparisoma abildgaardi (Bloch). Red parrotfish; Roseback parrot. 



West Indies south to Brazil; Tortugas; generally common. 



Sparus abildgaardi Bloch, Nat. Ausl. Fische, V, 1791, 22, pi. 259, 



Ampn oT 

 Vieja Parra, Descr. Dif. Piezas Hist. Nat., 1787, 58, pi. 28, fig. 2, Cuba. 

 Scarus coccineus Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 289, Cuba; 



after Parra. 

 Sparus aureo-ruber Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1803, 55, 163, 



Martinique; on a drawing by Plumier. 

 Scarus ampins Ranzani, Nov. Comm. Ac. Scient. Inst. Bonon., V, 



1842, 324, pi. 25, Brazil (fide Guichenot). 

 Scarus erythrinoides Guichenot, Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, XI, 



1865, 10, San Domingo. 



3464. Sparisoma distinctum (Poey). 



Cuba. 



Scarus distinctus Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 423, Habana. 



3465. Sparisoma chrysoptsrum (Bloch and Schneider). Blue parrotfish; 



Vieja. 

 West Indies, south to Bahia. 

 Scarus chrysopterus Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 286, pi. 57, 



American seas. 

 Vieja Parra, Descr. Dif. Piezas Hist. Nat., 1787, 59, pi. 28, fig. 4, Cuba. 

 Scarus chloris Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 289, Cuba. 

 Scarus lateralis Poey, Memorias, II, 1860, 219, Cuba. 

 fScarus spinidens Guichenot, Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, XI, 



1865, 15, Bahia. 



3466. Sparisoma lorito Jordan and Swain. 



West Inrlics. 



Spariso7na lorito Jordan and Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VII, 1884, 

 95, Habana. 



3467. Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre). Green parrotfish. 



Tortugas to West Indies. 



Scarus viridis Bonnaterre, Enc. Meth., 1788, 96, Bahamas; after 



Catesby. 

 Piscis viridis bahamensis Catesby, Nat. Hist. Car., II, 1743, 29, pi. 29, 



Bahamas. 

 Scarus melanotis Bleeker, Verslagen Koning. Akad. Wetenschappen, 



XIV, 1862, 126, St. Croix. 

 Scarus (Catesby) Laccp6de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1803, 16; after 



Catesby. 



