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posterior two-fifths of body green pent^ons, with broad pinkish-brown borders; ventral sky-blue; anal 

 green blue, with pink-salmon basal lines; caudal green blue w-ith four complete and several short lon- 

 gitudinal bars of pinkish brown; dorsal blue, margin with two pink-salmon lines and included space, 

 then blue green. 



Color in spirits: Anterior half of body to a line with sixth dorsal spine is pale pea-green; posterior 

 to this line the color is darker, with a tint of bluish; a wide bright green line with narrow blue 

 margins extends from jMSterior margin of opercle forward under eye, curving down under chin, the 

 upper margin touching eye and the axis of mouth, this band lost on the pale green general color of 

 the chin; anterior third of snout bright green, separated from darker color of upper part by a narrow- 

 navy-blue line; a more or less distinct dusky band from eye to posterior margin of opercle above the 

 i)right green line; a narrow margin of yellowish on upper lip; dorsal with a margm of bluish and a 

 lighter submarginal line of grayish, the general color of fin green, with some purplish on posterior 

 portion; outer two-thirds of anal pale green; Inner third bluish-green crossed by two narrow lines of 

 lilue; pectoral greenish with purplish wash through center; ventral uniform pale green; caudal rather 

 dark uniform green; iris golden; teeth white. 



Four specimens from Pago Pago. The type is no. 51745, U. S. National iSIuseum, length 18 inches. 

 1093. Callyodon kelloggii Jordan & Seale, new species. Samoa. 



Head 3 in length; depth 2.75; eye 7.25 in head; snout 2.25; interorbital 2.75; dorsal ix, 10; anal 

 III, 9; scales 2-24-6; 3 rows on cheek, the lower row of one large scale covering anterior half of pre- 

 opercular limb, and a minute scale anteriorly; lips broad, covering two-thirds or more of teeth. 



Calli/oihin kdltjggil Jordan &. Seal 



Body oblong, compressed; anterior profile bluntly rounded, the forehead being somewhat gibbous; 

 ,depth of caudal peduncle 2 in head; teeth with posterior canine above and below; three rows of scales 

 in front of dorsal, longest dorsal ray 2.50 in head, base of anal 1.30 in head, 2 in base of dorsal, the 

 longest ray 2.75 in head; pectoral 1.10 in head; ventral 1.55 in head; caudal deeply lunate; exposed 

 outer ray 1.25 in head, middle ray 3.25 in head. Color blue in life, with markings described below. 



Color in spirits, dull olive-brown, top of head and an irregular line around chin livid green, a line 

 of green on lower lip; a round green spot at end of lower limb of preopercle; a round green spot on 

 isthmus with a green line just posterior to spot; a large yellowish area covering most of opercle and 

 posterior part of cheek; a green line on lower half of orbit; three or four round green spots in front 

 nf anal; iris golden; teeth white; lower two-thirds of dorsal and a broad marginal line green, a rather 

 wide submarginal line of yellowish white; the outer and the inner third of anal green, the middle 

 third whitish, the white color taking its origin at base of third spine; pectoral unmarked, greenish; 

 ventral broadly niargine.l with green, the mid-portion being yellowish; caudal with upper and lower 

 margins bright green with an intramarginal line of whitish which is bordered by very dark green: 

 middle portion of caudal whitish with a wa.-h of very pale green, no posterior marginal lino or 

 marking. 



