NO. 1266. LAB ROW FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 659 
44. SCARUS GLOBICEPS Cuvier and Valenciennes. 
Scarusi globiceps Ci'vier and Valexciexxes, Hist. Poiss., XIV, 1839, p. 179; 
Tahiti. — Jexyxs, Voj'^age Beagle. Fish., 1842, p. 106; Tahiti. 
Pseud-oscarus globicep-'^ Guxther, Cat. Fish., IV, 1862, p. 224; Tahiti. — Steixdach- 
XER and DoDERLEix, Fische Japans, IV, 1887, p. 21; Oshima, near Misaki. 
This species is thus described by Giinther from a specimen from 
Tahiti: Two series on scales on the cheek and one or two scales on the 
lower opercular limb; the middle series composed of six scales. Upper 
lip broad with the inner portion well developed; jaws whitish; a strong 
pointed horizontal tooth at the corner of the upper jaw, and a pair of 
similar teeth at the corner of the lower. Teeth of moderate size. 
Dorsal spines subequal in length, stout, with the top flexible; caudal 
emarginate; fourteen pectoral rays. 
Greenish olive above, the lower parts of the head 3'ellowish to an 
oblique line running from axil through the lower margin of the orbit 
and the upper lip. A curved yellow band passes from one eye across 
the snout to the other; short streaks radiate from the hinder and upper 
part of the orbit. * * * The dark colored portion of the head 
edged with yellow and dotted with whitish. Each scale of the bod}^ 
with four or live round whitish dots. A small black ocellus on the 
scale covering the base of the fourth dorsal spine. Dorsal fin yel- 
lowish, with two fine undulate violet lines, one along the base and 
the other near the margin; a series of acelli along the middle of the 
soft portion. Anal yellow, with a single line below the middle; caudal 
with a yellow, dark-edged band along each lobe; pectoral blackish at 
the root, and with an elongate-ovate dark spot on its upper half. 
(Giinther.) 
This species, unknown to us, is described by Steindachner from the 
outlying volcanic island of Oshima (Vries Island) off Misaki and Izu. 
{glohU'S, globe; cej^s, head.) 
45. SCARUS OVIFRONSi Schlegel. 
AOBUDAI (BLUE SCARUS). 
Scarus oiifrons Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, 1846, p. 173, pi. lcccvii; Bay of Jeddo 
(Tokyo). 
Pseudoscarus ovifrons Steixdachner and Doderleix, Fische Japans, IV, 1887, 
p. 21; Tokyo.— IsHiKAWA, Prel. Cat., 1897, p. 28; Tokyo. 
Pseudoscarus schlegeU STEi^DAcnyBH, Fische Japans, IV, 1887, p. 21; Tokyo. 
Head 3i in length; depth 2f ; depth of caudal peduncle 7; eye 9 in 
head; interorbital space 2i; snout 2; D. IX, 10; A. ill, 9; scales in 
' Karoli (Prodr. Pise. As. Or., 1882, p. 29) records Scarus lacerta Cuvier and Valen- 
ciennes under the name of Pseudoscarus feruginosus, from Yokohama. This species 
is found in Formosa, but the Japanese locality is probably an error of identification, 
as are numerous others of the same author. 
