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lateral series 23; between lateral line and insertion of dorsal 2; lu'tween 
lateral line and insertion of anal 7. 
Body robust, the caudal peduncle rather narrow; head large, a fatty 
hump on upper part of snout; interorbital area high, convex; e^'e very 
small; midway ))etween tip of snout and edge of opercular Hap, Teeth 
completely coalesced, the cutting edge slightly serrated, a median divi- 
sion separating the jaws; lips thick, not clo>^ing far over the teeth, leav- 
ing a large exposed beak. Gill- rakers small, slender, very numerous 
and close together like the teeth of a comb. Scales on cheek in I2 rows, 
those on opercle large, in al)out '2 rows; a row of narrow scales about 
half as large as those of body along base of dorsal and anal fins, caudal 
with large scales on the base. Dorsal spines rather slender, the mem- 
brane notably thickened, especially about the outer parts of the spines; 
longest spine 2i in head; longest ra}^ 2|. Anal spines weak, their tips 
united in a thickened ridge of the membrane, the rays equal in height 
to those of the doi'sal. Caudal truiicate, the membrane thickened along 
the upper and lower edges, its length 1| in head. Pectoral equal to 
caudal in length. Ventrals extending two-thirds of distance between 
their bases and the vent, the memljrane greatly thickened along the 
outer edges. 
Color in alcohol, deep brownish olive; the scales broadly edged with 
a lighter shade which is largelv blue in life. The teeth deep blue- 
green, growing whitish along the cutting edge; dorsal, caudal, and 
anal fins blackish, broadly edged with bright blue-green; pectorals 
plain blackish. 
Of this great blue Parrot fish one large specimen was taken by us, 
at Nagasaki. It is evidently the original of Schlegel's figure, and 
Steindachner's description accords with it in almost every detail. The 
upper lip does not, however, nearly cover the upper jaw. 
{ovis, sheep; frons^ forehead.) 
EECAPITULATION. 
• Family I. Pomacextkuxk. 
1. Amphiprion Schneider. 
1. frenatus Brevoort; Nafa, Shimoda 
2. polymmAx Linnasns. 
2. Chromis Cuvier. 
3. notatns (Schlegel); Tokyo, ^lisaki, Enoshima, Onomichi, Kobe, Wakanoura, 
Hirosliima, Nagasaki, Tsushima. 
3. Fo)iiacrnfrii.'< Lacepede. 
4. violascens Bleeker; Yokohama. 
5. ccelestis Jordan and Starks; Wakanonra. 
fi. tripunctatus Cuvier and Valenciennes; Shimoda. 
