Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 395 
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, pl. 26. 
Le Guacamaia, ou grand Scare 4 machoires bleues, Scarus guacamaia, Cuv. et VaL., x1v. p. 178. 
3. Scarus celestinus, 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. (2). A.(?). ©. (2). Length, 21 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Le Moyen et le petit Scare 4 machoires bleues, Scarus ccelestinus, Cuy. et VAL., x1v. p. 180. 
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 Jateral line have a trunk ter- 
minated by three or four small branches, one or two of which are forked. 
D. @). P.(). Vo). A. @). C. (2). Length, 13 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Called ‘‘ Cotorra,’’ at Porto Rico. 
Le Scare cotorra, Scarus turchesius, Cuv. et VaL., xiv. p. 181. 
5. Scarus Catesbei, Lacrp. 
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. 
Dé\(2) x, Bn @ieen Vora); Ce (@)s. Length, (2). 
Hispaniola, Cuba, and the Bahama Islands, Carrssy. 
Psittacus piscis-viridis Bahamensis, Parrot-fish, Carespy’s Hist. Carol., 1. pl. 29. 
Le Scare Catesby (Scarus Catesbei, Lacep.), Cuv. et VaL., xiv. p. 183. 
6. Searus chrysopterus, Bioca. 
Greenish blue ; dorsal and irides red. Scales large, strie scarcely perceptible. The ar- 
buscules of the lateral line consist of a short trunk and six or seven branches, which bear still 
