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il. Back greenish ///,..;, 



Hi. Dorsal reddish brown, edged with purplish black erythroil'n, 



iiii. Dorsal rosy, edged with black mut i/.'i 



am. Caudal lunate, not edged behind with gray bruiuii n.' 



iiiiii. Caudal lunate, dusky, edged behind with gray erylhiuii> 



iiiiiii. Caudal rounded, paler at base; body deep ahuln 



hh. Color greenish, with five brown cross-bars mutahili.^ 



gg. Scales on cheek in three rows. 



j. General color dark red or dark brown, without cross shades of blackish or golden (caudal tipped wiih 



gray); iacerta (belly with pale streaks); kpidus: paluea; upokmis duhiu.< 



jj. General color violet, posteriorly chiefly yellow macroclii ihi.- 



jjj. General color olivaceous, the border of each scale darker balinmsi- 



jjjj. General color olivaceous; a golden wash or oblique cross-band behind pectoral ovic i^^ 



Jiijj- General color golden brown; the back with five dark cross-bands zonulcu i~ 



ccc. Lips and scales on cheek undescribed. 



*. Color mostly red roseicepe, cruentulns 



kk. Color largely varied octUnli^.~ 



bb. Species largely deep blue or deep green, the color scarcely fading in spirits; head usually more or less variegaii.l ; 

 the tins often with red, and usually edged with blue. 



I. Lip narrow, not covering more than half of upper jaw. 

 m. Cheek with two rows of scales. 



n. Forehead with variegated markings perspiciUatan, briiiha „, , 



nn. Forehead plain or with a narrow cross-streak quoyi, lupus. Jam 'i 



mm. Cheek with three rows of scales papuensis, moresbijcn.^'s 



U. Lip broad, covering more than half of upperjaw. 



0. Scales on cheek in two rows gilberti, batatneneis, abacurns, formnsii.-- 



00. Scales on cheek in three rows. 



p. Color green anteriorly, coffee-brown posteriorly dimidialun 



pp. Color green with darker cross-shades zonatus 



ppp. Color nearly uniform anterior y and posteriorly. 



q. Back golden, much .spotted anteriorly with clear blue spUonotus. 



pulchellus, btochi, frenatus 



qq. Back without .spots as above globiceps, spintcs, proiitis, 



Jenkinsi, fumifrons, kelloggi, tricolor, dussumieri, pyrrhostethus, pepo, fasciatiis 



III. Lips and scales on cheeks undescribed .festivus, frontalis, forsteri 



aa. PsEiiDoscARUS. Jaws green or blue. 



1'. Coloration largely dark red, the jaws deep blue; lip largely covering upper jaw: scales 

 on cheek in three rows. 



ft*. Head without green markings prasiognathus 



«s. Head with dark green streaks and markings maoricua 



rr. Coloration brown, the fins black-edged nnchipunctatus 



rrr. Coloration largely deep green or blue. 

 (. Lip covering less than half of upper jaw. 



w. Scales on cheek in two series latax, celebicus, 



cypho, troscheli, mackayi, gymnognathos 



uu. Scales on cheek in three rows jordant, strongylocephalus, microrhinos 



tt. Lip covering more than half of upper jaw. 



I'. Scales on cheeks in two rows; belly with blue .streaks cyanogrammus 



vv. Scales on cheeks in three rows ultramarinus, laziUinus, cyanognathii.i 



tit. Lips and scales undescribed mertensi, spilurus, waitei 



1042. CaUycdon pyrrhurus Jordan & Seale, new species. Fuga mumu. Samoa. 



Head 2.75 in length; depth 3.75; eye 7.50 in head; dorsal i.\, 10; anal iii, 9; scales 2-24-6; twn 

 rows of scales on cheek; lower limb of preopercle bare; snout 2.13 in head; interorbital 3.10. 



Body oblong, compressed; anterior part of head bluntly rounded, the snout slightly gibbous; 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2.70 in head; a pair of strong posterior canines on upperjaw, none on lower; 

 lips rather narrow, the upper scarcely covering one-half and the lower about one-third of teeth; base 

 of dorsal fin 1.78 in length without caudal, its longest ray 3 in head; base of anal 1.45 in head, 2.16 in 

 base of dorsal; pectoral 1.45 in head; ventral 1.98; caudal 2, truncate or slightly lunate. 



Color in spirits olive-brown, the base of scales slightly darker; chin and thorax with slight wash 

 of yellowish; tip of lips yellowish : indistinctly yellnwish from eye to angle of mouth; dorsal fin black- 

 ish, with some yellowish lu^ittlinj- ■■n pd^icriMr (hir.l ^f soit .liirs:d; anal fin dusky, unmarked; pec- 

 toral dusky, more or less Moulii.! with lihii^li \v;i-h; \ riiinil siiiiihir to pectoral; caudal bright yellow, 

 it.« 3 margins with a narrow line ni lilai k; iris yellow; teeth greenish. 



