﻿[101] 
  CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICA. 
  889 
  

  

  1175. 
  Sparisoma 
  xystrodon 
  1 
  Jordan 
  &, 
  Swain. 
  W. 
  

  

  1176. 
  Sparisoma 
  cyanolene- 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Swain, 
  W. 
  

  

  1177. 
  Sparisoma 
  flavescens 
  :i 
  Blocb 
  & 
  Schneider. 
  W. 
  (954 
  c.) 
  

  

  373.— 
  SCARUS 
  Forskal. 
  (323) 
  

   1173. 
  Scarus 
  croicensis 
  Bloch. 
  W. 
  (054 
  b.) 
  

  

  1179. 
  Scarus 
  coeruleus 
  4 
  Blpcb 
  W. 
  

  

  1180. 
  Scarus 
  guacamaia 
  Cuvicr. 
  W. 
  (954) 
  

  

  1181. 
  Scarus 
  perrico 
  B 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  P. 
  

  

  Family 
  OXIIL— 
  CICBLIDJ3. 
  (95) 
  

  

  379.— 
  HBROS 
  Meckel. 
  (324) 
  

  

  1182. 
  Heros 
  cyanoguttatus 
  Baird 
  & 
  Girard. 
  Vsw. 
  (955) 
  

  

  1183. 
  Heros 
  pavonaceus 
  Carman. 
  Vsw. 
  (955 
  b.) 
  

  

  Family 
  CX1V.— 
  POMACENTEIIXF. 
  (96) 
  

  

  380.-POMACBNTRUS 
  Lacepede. 
  

   § 
  Pomacentrus. 
  

  

  1184. 
  Pomacentrus 
  obscui 
  atus 
  ,; 
  Poey. 
  W. 
  

  

  1185. 
  Pomacentrus 
  leucostictus 
  Miiller 
  & 
  Troscbel. 
  W. 
  (950) 
  

  

  1186. 
  Pomacentrus 
  caudalis 
  7 
  Poey. 
  W. 
  

  

  ible, 
  lateral 
  line 
  interrupted, 
  its 
  pores 
  nearly 
  simple; 
  scales 
  about 
  bead 
  compara- 
  

   tively 
  numerous, 
  lower 
  jaw 
  iucluded 
  ; 
  upper 
  pharyngeal 
  teeth 
  in 
  two 
  rows. 
  Species 
  

   mostly 
  of 
  large 
  size, 
  brigbtly 
  colored; 
  sexes 
  similar. 
  

  

  Sparisoma 
  Swainson. 
  

   (Scarus 
  Bleeker.) 
  

  

  (Swainson, 
  Nat. 
  Mist. 
  Class'n 
  Fishes, 
  &c.. 
  1839, 
  II, 
  227; 
  typo 
  Sparus 
  abildgaardii 
  

   Blocb.) 
  

  

  Lower 
  pharyngeal 
  much 
  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  its 
  surface 
  slightly 
  concave 
  ; 
  teeth 
  less 
  

   perfectly 
  coaiescent 
  than 
  in 
  Scarus 
  ; 
  the 
  median 
  suture 
  not 
  very 
  distinct 
  ; 
  skull 
  nar- 
  

   row 
  ; 
  gill 
  membranes 
  broadly 
  united 
  to 
  the 
  isthmus; 
  dorsal 
  spines 
  pungent 
  ; 
  lateral 
  

   line 
  continuous, 
  its 
  pores 
  very 
  much 
  branched; 
  scales 
  about 
  head 
  few 
  and 
  large, 
  

   (hose 
  on 
  cheeks 
  in 
  one 
  row 
  ; 
  lower 
  jaw 
  projecting; 
  upper 
  pharyngeal 
  teeth 
  in 
  three 
  

   rows. 
  Species 
  mostly 
  of 
  small 
  size. 
  (<S/;«r«s; 
  dooju 
  a, 
  body.) 
  

  

  1 
  Sparisoma 
  xysirodon 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Swain, 
  1. 
  c. 
  99. 
  Havana 
  and 
  Key 
  West. 
  

  

  - 
  Sparisoma 
  cyanolene 
  Jordan 
  &, 
  Swain, 
  1. 
  c. 
  98. 
  Key 
  West. 
  

  

  3 
  For 
  synonymy 
  and 
  description 
  of 
  Sparisoma 
  jlavescens 
  (Scarus 
  squaUdus 
  Poey), 
  see 
  

   Jordan 
  &■ 
  Swain, 
  1. 
  c. 
  92. 
  Key 
  West, 
  southward. 
  

  

  ••For 
  synonymy 
  and 
  description 
  of 
  Scarus 
  cwrulcus, 
  see 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Swain, 
  1. 
  c. 
  85. 
  

  

  5 
  Scarus 
  perrico 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mas., 
  1881, 
  357. 
  Mazatlan 
  to 
  

   Panama. 
  

  

  6 
  Pomacentrus 
  obscuratus 
  Poey, 
  Euumeratio 
  Piscium 
  Cubensium, 
  1875, 
  101; 
  Jordan, 
  

   Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat, 
  Mas., 
  1884, 
  133. 
  Key 
  West 
  to 
  Cuba. 
  

  

  ' 
  Pomacentrus 
  caudalis 
  Poey, 
  Synopsis 
  Piscium 
  Cubensium, 
  328, 
  1808. 
  

  

  Upper 
  parts 
  dusky, 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  each 
  scale 
  light 
  grayish 
  blue 
  ; 
  lower 
  parts 
  

   bright 
  yellow, 
  with 
  some 
  bine 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  scales; 
  top 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  head 
  similarly 
  

   marked 
  with 
  bluish 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  scales. 
  A 
  jet-black, 
  ink-like 
  .spot 
  ocellated 
  with 
  blue 
  

   on 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  tail. 
  Dorsal 
  tin 
  colored 
  like 
  the 
  back; 
  the 
  posterior 
  rays 
  abruptly 
  

   yellow; 
  caudal 
  tin 
  bright 
  yellow; 
  lower 
  tins 
  chiefly 
  yellow. 
  Form 
  oblong, 
  ovate; 
  

   the 
  anterior 
  profile 
  moderately 
  convex. 
  Preorbital 
  and 
  preoperclc 
  well 
  serrated. 
  

   Teeth 
  moderate, 
  entire, 
  Soft 
  parts 
  of 
  dorsal 
  and 
  anal 
  rather 
  high. 
  Head 
  3^; 
  depth 
  

   2£. 
  D. 
  XII, 
  14; 
  A. 
  II, 
  13. 
  Scales 
  4-29-9. 
  Cuba; 
  lately 
  obtained 
  at 
  Pensacola, 
  by 
  Silas 
  

   Stearns. 
  

  

  