Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 397 
placed longitudinally upon each side of the upper jaw. Scales feebly striated; the trunks of 
the venations of the lateral line nearly undivided. 
D. (?). P.(?). V. (2). A- (2). C.(2)- Length, 13 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Called ‘‘ Cacabari,’’ at St. Thomas. 
Le Scare 4 quatre pointes, Scarus quadrispinosus, Cuv. et VaL., xiv. p. 197. 
10. Scarus vetula, Biocu. 
Back olive-green ; a wide yellow band arises at the shoulder, and extends upon the side 
to the middle of the body; belly greenish; a bright green surrounds the lips, forming two 
bands, which pass from the snout towards the eye, and are continued upon the temple, and 
also upon the trunk above the yellow band. The dorsal has a longitudinal yellow band be- 
tween two bands of a bright green. Caudal bright green, with a yellow band above and 
below. Pectorals and ventrals yellow. Scales smooth to the touch; under the glass they 
appear finely striated and granulated. The arbuscules of the lateral line are divided into two 
or three small, short tufts. 
D.(?). P.(?). V.(?). A. (?). C. (2). Length, 9 or 10 inches. 
Gulf of Mexico, Parra. Caribbean Sea, Cov. 
Vieja, Parra, p. 58, pl. 28, fig. 1. 
Scarus vetula, Biocu, p. 289, No. 1. 
Le Scare & raies vertes, Scarus vetula, Bu., Cuv. et Vat., xrv. p.193. 
11. Scarus punctulatus, Cuv. 
The middle of the vertical fins yellowish, dotted with green; the edges of the caudal 
green. ‘Two points on each side of the upper jaw. 
D. (?). P. (2). V.(?). A. (2). C. (2). Length, 6 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 
Le Scare pointillé, Scarus punctulatus, Cuv. et Vau., x1v. p. 195. 
12. Scarus teniopterus, DEsmarest. 
Brown, tinged with olive; no green lines upon the head, nor yellow nor orange margins 
to the tail. An opaque, yellowish-gray band at the base of the dorsal and anal, and a nar- 
row brown line upon their margin. 
D.(?) ~P.(?). V. (2). A. (2). C.(?). Length, 10 inches. 
Gulf of Mexico, Cuv. 
Le Scare & bandelettes (Scarus teniopterus, DesmAREsT), Cuv. et VAL., XIV. ps 195. 
13. Scarus diadema, Cuv. 
Greenish gray ; a yellow band across the forehead, and continued back to the top of the 
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