Slorer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North .America. 1 47 



regular bands. The arbuscules of the lateral line composed of one short and concealed 

 trunk, with three or four long and straight branches. 



D. (.')• P. (?)■ V. (?). A. (!)■ C. (?). Length, (?). 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called " Cotorra," at Porto Rico. 



Vieja, Parra, p. 58, pi. 2?, fig. 3. 



Le Scare veri d'eau, Scania virens, Cuv. et Vat.., mv , 



18. Scarus radians, Cuv. 



Greenish brown, or deep blue, with deeper reflected lines along the rows of scales. The 

 arbuscules of the lateral line have concealed trunks, and three very slightly ramified branches 

 which spread over almost all the scale. Four teeth on each side, occupying the whole cir- 

 cumference of the upper jaw, are directed horizontally and divergent. 



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



Mexico, Cuv. 



Le & are a machoire rayonnee, Scarus radians, Gov. et Val ., jciv. p. 206. 



GENUS XI. CALLYODON, Gronov. 



Anterior teeth in several imbricated rows ; the lateral teeth of the upper 



jaw separate and pointed, and upon each side of this jaw an inner row of much 



smaller teeth. 



I. Callyodon flavescens, Cuv. 



Yellow, with flesh-colored spots; fins rose-colored, with a black spot at the base of the 

 pectorals. 



D. (?). P. (.')• V. (?). A. (>). C. (?)• Length, (?). 

 Gulf of Mexico, Parra. 



Vieja, Parra, p. 5S, pi. 28, fig. 4. 



Le Callyodon jaunatre, Callyodon flavescens, Cuv. et Val., xiv. p. 2S9. 



2. Callyodon auro-punctatus, Cuv. 



Greenish. The three vertical fins are sprinkled with small aurora-colored spots, which 

 unite in oblique and irregular bands.' Spots of the same color upon the lower jaw. An 

 aurora-colored line passes from the angle of the mouth to the eye, and another extends upon 

 the cheek and towards the temple, where there is still another. Scales nearly smooth ; their 

 arbuscules have one principal branch; and four or five lateral branches, which are also but 

 little ramified. 



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



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Callyodon a points dores, Callyodon auro-punctatus, Cuv. el Vat.,, xiv 



