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1058. Callyodon dubius (Bennett). Hawaii; Samoa; Tahiti; Tiilnuii ami Kaiatea (Seale). 



Wf liave 3 specimens of this species from Apia. 



1059. Callyodon lacerta (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Samoa; East Indies. 

 Sranis lacerta Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poisa., xiv, 217, 

 P.^citdniicariis :vru(/inoms Gtinttier, Cat., iv, 229; not Scants wrugii 



This is tlie commonest/wi/a, or parrot-fish, at the Samoan Islands. We have about fiO sjiecimens 

 from Apia and 16 from Pago Pago. 



Head 3.10 in length; depth 2.75; eye 6..50 in head; dorsal ix, 10; anal in, 10; scales 2-24-0, three 

 rows on cheek, the lower row of 4 scales on lower limb of preopercle. 



Body oblong, compressed, the anterior profile bluntly rounded; depth of caudal peduncle 2.10; a 

 posterior canine in upper jaw; lips wide, fully covering all but tip of teeth; five scales in front of dor- 

 sal fin; ba.se of dorsal 1.75 in length of fish without caudal, its lower ray 3.14- in head; base of anal 

 1.25 in head, 2.50 in base of dorsal, its longest ray 3.75 in head; jiectoral 1.14; ventral 2; can<lal 

 rather deeply lunate 1.14. The specimen described is 9.55 inches long, from Pago Pago. 



Life colors of various .specimens were as follows: 



(1) Dark dull purplish olive; chin and space below eye paler; vertical fins marlileil with dull 

 reddish purple, no clear markings; a dark bar across throat. Specimen from Apia. 



(2) Also from Apia. Dull olive, shaded with lilac-brown; a blackish blotch above pectoral; liase 

 of pectoral dusky; fins all dull lilac-brown. 



(3) From Pago Pago. Dirty mottled blackish olive; iris dusky; three silver streaks along side of 

 belly; axil black; dorsal mottled with salmon colored patch at tips of third and fourth spines; caudal 

 brown mottled, tips paler; anal dusky; pectoral and ventral mottled olive. 



(4) From Pago Pago. Body mottled olive-brown; iris golden; three dull silvery streaks along side 

 of belly; axil black; dorsal olive with salmon tinge, edge black; caudal dull olive, medially salmon; 

 anal blackish; pectoral brownish, tinged with salmon; ventral dirty gray. 



(5) From Pago Pago. Dark olive-brown, more olive on cheek; three well defined whitish streaks 

 along side of belly; belly dark, like sides, or a little paler; dorsal dark reddish brown, with an orange 

 edge; caudal pale and redder, but still plain reddish brown; anal a little darker; pectoral antl ventral 

 similar; forehead darker brown; a dark axillary spot. 



(6) From Pago Pago. Purplish brown, with olive shades along sides; reddish on breast; dor.sal 

 reddish, edged with purplish; caudal plain reddish brown, lunate; pectoral dull orange, the lower 

 rays purplish; ventral redder; anal olive and purplish; a dark shade across branchiostegal region. 



Color in spirits, a dull olive-brown, lighter below, 3 distinct white lines on each side of belly and 

 a wide indistinct blackish band-like area on side below posterior two-thirds of spinous dorsal, invading 

 the lighter coloring of the belly; top of snout with slight wash of purplish; dorsal brownish, unmarked;^ 

 anal ])rownish, lighter at base; pectoral grayish; ventral yellowish, gray at tip; caudal brownish, 

 unmarked; iris golden; teeth white. 



1060. Callyodon lepidus (Jenyns). Tahiti; Raro tonga (Scale). 

 ,sv<in(s fcpirftts Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, Fish.. lOS, 1.S42, Tahiti. 



1061. Callyodon paluca (Jenkins). Hawaii. 



Smriis jiu^Kca Jenliins, Bull. V. S. Pish Comm., 1889 (1900). 00, tig. 18, Honolulu. Snyder, Bull. U. S. Fish Coram., 

 1902 (1904), .531, Honolulu. 



1062. Callyodon upolensis Jordan & Scale, new species. Samoa. 



Head 3 in length; depth 3; eye 4.95 in head; dorsal ix, 10; anal iii, 9; scales 2-24-6, three rows 

 on cheek, the lower row of three scales on lower limb of preopercle; snout 3 in head; interorbital 3.18. 



Body oblong, compressed; anterior profile rather pointed; depth of caudal peduncle 2.55 in head; 

 no posterior canines; lips wide, almost covering tip of teeth; base of dorsal fin 1.85 in length without 

 caudal, its longest ray 2.50 in head; base of anal fin 1.50 or 2.50 in base of dorsal; pectoral 1.45 in 

 head; ventral 1.98; caudal almost square, the upper and lower margin of fin scarcely produced. 



