THE FISHES OK SAMOA. 



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1074. Callyodon jonesi (Streets). Fanning Is. 

 s.nnisjonesi streets. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., vil, 1877, Fanning I. 



1075. Callyodon papuensis (Macleay). New Guinea. 

 I'sniiloscanis impiicnsls Jlaoleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1883, 690. 



1076. Callyodon moresbyensis Macleay. New Guinea. 

 Pf>i„lnsenn,s moiri^hi/nisin Macleay, I. c. New Guinea. 



1077. Callyodon bataviensis (Bleeker). TapnU; Laen iiiiiimi. Samoa; Guam; East Indies. 

 .Soanis balarknsis Bleeker, Java, iv, 342, Batavia. Seale, Bishop Museum 1901. W, Guam. 

 Pseudoscarus batavkmis Bleeker. Atlas Ichtli., 48. tab. x:i, fijf. 3, Batavia. 



Head 3 in length; depth 3.10; eye 6.75 in head; dorsal i.\, 10; anal in, 9; scales 2-24-6; two rows of 

 scales on cheeks, the lower of six scales; lower limit of preopercle bare; lips wide, covering two-thirds 

 or more of teeth; snout 2.50 in head; interobital 1.20 in head. 



Body oblong, compressed, the anterior profile evenly pointed; depth of caudal peduncle 2.10 in 

 head; tubules of lateral line usually with but one or two very short branches; a strong posterior canine 

 above and below; four scales in front of dorsal; longest dorsal spine 3 in head, the longest ray 2.75 

 in head, base of anal 1.25 in head; 2 in base of dorsal; pectoral 1.20 in head; ventral 1.75 in head; 

 caudal deeply lunate, length of exposed outer ray 1.25 in head, exposed inner ray, 6 in head. 



Fig. U.~Calhjodon batav 



I (Bleeker). 





Life colors of a specimen from Apia, olive-green, with shades of rich light brown on side, becom- 

 ing purjilish olive on head, purplish gray on forehead and clear blue-green behind, the shades changing 

 gradually; green stripes about eye; lips clear blue; a blue stripe across creamy red of lips; centers of 

 scales on caudal peduncle dusky; dorsal orange, with a bluish dull median shade; a bright blue stripe 

 at base and edge; caudal lunate, bright blue, especially on the margin, with shades of light grayish 

 orange-brown; anal orange-brown, the margin blue with a bright orange-red stripe; pectoral blue, 

 deeper above; axil blue; teeth white. 



Color in spirits dull gray with wash of yellowish, the center of scales on posterior half of body 

 showing a slight tint of pale green, darker on top of head; a bright green line through lower ])art of 

 <ir))it along side of snout and around upper lip; also a green line on lower lip; chin yellowish, with a 

 green cross-band and a green triangular patch on lower part of head uniting with its fellow on opposite 

 side at middle of isthmus; a green line from isthmus through ventrals, along base of anal to caudal; 

 two indistinct greenish lines on each side of belly; a dusky blotch on upper part of orbit; dorsal with 

 a rather irregular broad yellowish margined center of green, the tip of fin with a broad line of deep 

 green, a more or less broken line at base; outer third of anal deep green, the inner two-thirds yellow- 

 ish, a narrow green line at base; pectoral greenish, slightly darker at axil; ventral with mid-portion 

 yellowish surrounded by a broad green margin; caudal with outer rays, posterior margin, and base 

 green, the inner portion of fin and two or three rays of each lobe yellowish white. 



Of this species we have 5 specimens from Apia. 



