1630 Bulletin 4.7, United States National Museum. 



pp. Caudal truncate, not at all lunate in the adult, the angles very 



slightly produced. 



q. Color olivaceous or bluish green, a whitish streak below 

 mouth ; a dark axillary spot usually present ; a whitish 

 band on caudal; tins dotted. RUBRIPINNE, 2053. 



nn. Caudal fin not crossbarred. 



r. Axillary spot black, very distinct ; outer rays of caudal consider- 

 ably produced, the length of exserted part ^ to \ that of head. 

 . Caudal red, its outer rays green ; axillary spot very distinct ; 

 body olivaceous, nearly plain, reddish below; some greenish 

 blue on head; a faint greenish streak running backward 

 from the angle of the mouth. BRACHIALE, 2054. 



ss. Caudal violaceous, its outer rays & head; a dark spot at base of 

 pectoral ; color dusky red, scales of back and sides with 

 red spots. MASCHALESPILOS, 2055. 



rr. Axillary spot faint or wan ting; coloration uniform dark purplish 

 violet; 3 large scales on cheek; dorsal spines rather slender, 

 but pungent; caudal emarginate ; tubes of each scale of lateral 

 line much ramified and extending over the whole scale; teeth 

 of moderate size, very distinct on the edges of the jaws. 



FRONDOSUM, 2056- 

 Submenus SPARISOMA. 

 2039. SPARISOMA XYSTRODOX, Jordan & Swain. 



Head 3 (3f with caudal); depth 2f (3f). D. IX, 10; A. II, 9; scales 

 2^-2^-6. Body oblong. Jaws pale; upper jaw with 3 or 4 exserted 

 canines on each side above the cutting edge, the largest in front of the 

 angle of the mouth, curved outward and somewhat backward, the others 

 farther forward, 1 of them being near the median suture; upper lips 

 covering most of upper jaw. Eye moderate, 4 in head; snout bluntish, 

 2* ; cheek with 1 row of 4 or 5 scales ; pores of lateral line each with 3 

 to 6 branches, covering most of the scale ; 4 scales before dorsal ; pectoral 

 broad, its upper angle broadly rounded, not reaching much past tips of 

 ventrals. Caudal fin slightly convex when spread open, its outer rays 

 scarcely as long as middle ones, H in head. Color in life, bright olive 

 green above, paler below, the upper parts very much mottled, speckled 

 with white and marbled with coppery red on various scales; head 

 similarly green, dotted with whitish above, a narrow ring of bright 

 blue above eye, interrupted above, a blue stripe from it straight to 

 angle of mouth: blue and coppery markings on opercle; lower part of 

 head light yellow; a blue band around lower jaw; axil and a spot at 

 base of pectoral in front above deep blue black; dorsal orange flesh color, 

 its tip paler; caudal yellow at base, paler beyond, its posterior portion 

 more or less jet-black, the fin with a few whitish dots toward the base; 

 anal light bluish and reddish, its tip dusky; ventrals pale; pectorals 

 light yellowish; lining of opercle blackish. Other specimens having the 

 same markings were pearly bluish rather than green above, livid below ; 

 the blue on head paler, the red of a light yellowish carmine. Some highly 

 colored specimens are greener, with belly bright yellow, brightest at 

 throat; anal and caudal chiefly jet-black. In spirits this species is dark 

 olive green above, paler below ; caudal and anal very broadly margined 



