396 —- Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North /merica. 
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. (2). P.(?). V.(?). A. (@). ©. (2). Length, 1 foot to 14 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Called ‘‘ Snoper,’’ at St. Thomas. 
Scarus chrysopterus, Brocu, p. 286, No. 5? 
Le Scare & nageoires dorées (Scarus chrysopterus, Bx.), Cuv. et Vau., xiv. p. 185. 
7. Scarus coeruleus, Cuy. 
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 arbuscules of the lateral line have a simple trank, 
and three or four unequal, tortuous branches, which do not extend to the sides of the scales. 
D. (2). P. (2). 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, Parra, p. 57, pl. 27, fig. 2. 
Mormyrus ex cinereo nigricans, Bone-fish, Catesny’s Hist. Carol., m. pl. 13. 
Le Scare & front bombé, ou le Scare bleu, Scarus ceruleus, Cuv. et VaL., xiv. p. 186. 
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 arbuscules 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 bridé d’or, Scarus aurofrenatus, Cuv- et VaL., xIv. p. 191. 
9. Scarus quadrispinosus, Cuy. 
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 
