CHECK LIST OF FISHES 



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3468. Sparisoma flavescens (Bloch and Schneider). Mud parrot; Vieja 



colorada; Vieja ftiugcr; Parrotfish. 

 West Indies; Key West to Rio Janeiro; Woods Hole, Mass. 

 Scarus flavescens Bloch and Schneider, Sj'st. Ichth., ISOl, 290, Cuba; 



after Parra. 

 Vieja Parra, Descr. Dif. Piezas Hist. Nat., 17S7, 59, pi. 2S, fig. 4, Cuba. 

 Scarus squalidus Poey, Memorias, II, 1860, 218, Cuba. 



3469. Sparisoma rubripinne (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



West Indies. 



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



1839, 147 (199), San Domingo. 

 Scarus virens Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 1839, 150 (203), Porto 



Rico; Martinique. 

 Scarus circumnotatus Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 423, Cuba. 

 Scarus truncalus Poe}', Synopsis, 1868, 339, Cuba. 

 ?Scarus emarginatum Poey, Sj'nopsis, 1868, 340, Cuba. 



3470. Sparisoma strigatum (Giinther). 



Scarus strigatus Giinther, Cat., IV, 1862, 212, locality unknown, but 

 as the genus Sparisoma is chiefly confined to American waters, this 

 species is probal:)ly American. 



3471. Sparisoma frondosum (Cuvier). 



West Indies, south to Brazil. 



Scarus frondosus Cuvier, in Agassiz, Spi.x, Pise. Brasil., 1829,98, Bahia. 



Scarus aracanga Giinther, Cat., IV, 1862, 209, Jamaica. 



3472. Sparisoma brachials (Poey). 



Cul)a. 



Scarus bracfnalis Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 345, Cuba. 



?Scarus humeralis Poey, loc. cit., 422, Habana. 



3473. Sparisoma maschalespilos (Bleeker). 



Surinam. 



Scarus maschalespilos Bleeker, Verslagen Koning. Akad. Vet., XIV, 

 1S02, 127, Surinam. 



Family 254. SCARIDiE 



Genus 1199. SCARUS Forskal. 



Callyodou Gronow, Z<j()phyl., I, 1763, 72 (Scarus croicensis Bloch); 



work not binomial. 

 Scarus Forsk&l, Descr. Anim., 1775, 25 (Scarus croicensis Bloch); not of 



Gronow. 

 IJcmistoma Swainson, Classn. Fish., etc., II, 1839, 226 (Scarus pepo 



Bennett = //. reticulata Swainson). 

 Pctronason Swainson, loc. cit., 226 (Coryphxna psitlacus Linnaeus). 

 ■ Erychthys Swainson, loc. cit., 226 (Labrus croicensis Blocli). 

 Chlorurus Swainson, loc. cit., 227 (Scarus gibbus Riippell). 



3474. Scarus bollmani Jordan and Evermanji. 



Gulf of Mexico in moderately deep water. 



Scarus bollmani Jordan and Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IX, 

 IHsd, 470, snai^per banks ofi" Tampa Bay, Fla. 



3475. Scarus punctulatus Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



We.st Indies; Tortugas. 



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



1839, 144 (195), Martinique. 

 Scarus diadema Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 146 (196), Martinique. 

 Pseudoscarus tstniopterus Giinther, Cat., IV, 1862, 220, Trinidad. 



3476. Scarus tseniopterus Desmarest. 



V\ est Indies. 



Scarus lieniopterus Desmarest, Diet. Classiquc, XV, 1831, 244, pi. 12, 



Cul:)a. 

 Scarun vetula Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poi.ss., XIV, 1839, 



143 (193), St. Thomas; not of Bloch and Schneider. 

 Scarus virginalis Jordan and Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VII, 1884, 



88, Habana. 



