

M4 Storefs Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



smaller ones extending over almost the entire scale. When the fish is dry, it is of a green 

 color, changing to blue ; fins yellow ; a wide green band upon the upper and lower edge 

 of the caudal ; the outer edge of the ventrals green, with a brown or bluish spot above, at 

 the base of the pectorals. 



D. (.')• P. (•')■ v - (•')• A. (?). C. (?)• Length, 1 foot to 14 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called " Snoper," at St. Thomas. 



Scarus chrysopterus, Bloch, p. 2S6, No. 5 ? 



Le Scare i nageoires dorees (Scarus chrysopterus, Bl ), Cm. et Val., xiv. p. 185. 



7. Scarus cceruleus, Cuv. 



When dry, the whole body appears green or greenish gray. The scales and fins margined 

 with brighter green. Forehead prominent. The points of the caudal fin more than one 

 third of its whole length. Scales with a dead surface, smooth at their edges ; the puncta- 

 tions scarcely seen without the lens. The arhuscules of the lateral line have a simple trunk, 

 and three or four unequal, tortuous branches, which do not extend to the sides of the scales. 



D. (?)• P. (?)• V. (?). A. (?)■ C. (?)■ Length, 16 to 20 inches. 



Gulf of Mexico, Parra. Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called "Bleu Serin," or " Peau bleue," at St. Thomas. 



Trompa, Parka, p. 57, pi. 27, fig. 2. 



Mormyrus ex cinereo nigricans, Bone-fish, Catesby's Hist. Carol., n. pi. 13. 



Le Scare a front bombe, ou le Scare bleu, Scarus ctEruleus, Cuv. et A r AL., xiv. p. 1S6. 



8. Scarus aurofrenatus, Cuv. 



Crimson, tinged with brown upon the back, mingled with green towards the belly. Chest 

 greenish, an orange band passes from the angle of the mouth beneath the eye, backwards, and 

 a small one upon the temple parallel to it. The dorsal is orange, grayish anteriorly ; anal 

 red, edged with violet, and violet at its base. Caudal red, with a broad white edge, and ex- 

 tremities black. Pectorals pale orange, first ray violet or blackish ; ventrals light red, irides 

 rose-colored. Scales very feebly striated ; the aibuscules of the lateral line, with five or six 

 slightly ramified branches, occupying all the exposed part of the scale. Back of the head 

 one and one third longer than high ; two spines at the angle of upper jaw. Caudal crescent- 

 shaped. 



D. 10-9. P. (?)■ V. (;). A. (?). C. (?). Length, 10 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Scare brid6 d'or, Scarus aurofrenatus, Cuv. et Val., xiv. p. 191. 



9. Scarus quadrispinosus, Cuv. 

 When preserved, olive-brown ; lighter upon the sides and beneath the belly. The inferior 

 fins tinged with yellow ; no lines nor bands upon the head or fins. Four sharp points 



