602 Chromides and Pharyngognathi 
In Calotomus the dorsal spines are slender. In Scaridea (balia) 
of the Hawaiian Islands the first dorsal is formed of pungent 
spines as in Spartsoma. 
Fie. 492. Fig, 493. 
Fic. 492.—Pharyngeals of Italian Parrot-fish, Sparisoma cretense (L.). 
a, upper; 6, lower. 
Fic. 493.—Jaws of a Parrot-fish, Calotomus xenodon Gilbert. 
Cryptotomus ot the Atlantic is also a transitional group 
having the general characters of Sparisoma, but the anterior 
Fia. 494. —Cryptotomus beryllinus Jordan & Swain. Key West, Florida. 
teeth more separate. The several species are all small and 
characteristic of the West Indian fauna, one species, Crypto- 
tomus beryllinus, ranging northward to Long Island. 
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