Storefs Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 143 



A long- trunk to the venations of the lateral line, which is slightly raised, and terminating 

 in a small bouquet of short, irregular branches. 



D. (?). P. (.'). V. (>). A. (?). C (?). Length, 2 to 3 feet. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called " Cacabelly," and " Great Parrot-fish," at St. Thomas. 



Guacamaia, Parra, p. 54, pi. 26. 



Le Guacamaia, ou grand Scare a niachoiiv- bti ui Scarus guacamaia, Cuv. et Val., xiv. p. 178. 



3. Scarus coelestinus, Cuv. 



Blue ; the lower jaw nearly all green ; the upper green near the edges. The extremities 

 of the caudal fin not half the length of the rest of the fin. Scales granulated like the pre- 

 ceding, but the bouquets produced by the arbuscules of the lateral line more elongated. 



D. (?). P. (?). V. (?). A. (?). C. (?). Length, 21 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Moyim et le petit Scare a roai : inus, Cuv. et Val., xiv. p 



4. Scarus turchesius, Cuv. 



Deep green ; belly rose-colored ; the extremities of the dorsal and anal rays blue. Jaws 

 turquoise-blue. Scales slightly striated. The arbuscules of the lateral line have a trunk ter- 

 minated by three or four small branches, one or two of which are forked. 



D. (.»). P. (?)■ V. (?). A. (?). C. (?). Length, 13 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called "Cotorra," at Porto Rico. 



Le Scare cotorra, Scarus turchesius, Cuv. et Val., xiv. p. 181. 



5. Scarus Catesbsei, Lacep. 



Body and caudal green, with a red band upon this fin parallel to its margin ; dorsal red- 

 dish ; anal red, margined with green ; ventrals red, edged with blue ; pectorals violet, upper 

 edge blue ; head deep gray, tinged with violet, with purple at the edges of the opercle and 

 preopercle ; a yellow spot upon the suprascapular scale ; a purple band upon the temples ; 

 a yellow spot upon the side of the tail. 



D. (?). P. (?). V. (?). A. (?). C. (?). Length, (?). 



Hispaniula, Cuba, and the Bahama Islands, Catesbv. 



Paittacus piscis-vi > nsis, Parrot-fish, Catesby's Hist. Carol., it. pi. 29. 



Le Scare Cale C I nv. p. 183 



G. Scarus cltrysopterus, Blocii. 



Greenish blue ; dorsal and irides red. Scales large, slria; scarcely perceptible. The ar- 

 buscules of the lateral line consistof a short trunk and six or seven branches, which bear still 



