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margin of opercle; a short, indistinct green line through upper part of orbit extending back to upper 

 margin of opercle; upper third of dorsal green, the color broadening and extending to base of fin 

 anteriorly; lower two-thirds of tin yellowish with a more or less distinct greenish central area which 

 broadens posteriorly and anteriorly is represented by dusky blotches on webs; anal' livid green, a 

 narrow yellow line at base which extends out to tip of seventh anal ray; pectoral greenish, the tip 

 purplish; ventral uniform pale green; caudal uniform dark green. 



This species is represented by one specimen from Apia, the type, no. 51756, U. S. National 

 Museum, length 10.50 inches. 



1108. Callyodon cyplio Seale. Guam. 

 .Sc'!(((^ cypho Seale, Bishop Museum 1901. 95, Guam. 



Head 3 in length; depth 3.20; interorbital 3.50; dorsal i-x, 10; anal iii, 9; pectoral 14; scales 

 2-24-6, lateral line interrupted, the tubes branched; two rows of scales on cheek, with five scales in 

 lower row, preopsrcular limb bare; pharyngeal teeth pavement-like, about twice as long as wide, the 

 anterior ones the longest; teeth quite projecting, their length equal to orbit, two posterior canines at 

 angle of upper jaw. 



Body oblong, compressed, the upper profile of back quite convex; snout iimch produceil; lips 

 narrow, scarcely covering one-half of jaws; caudal lunate; pectoral 1.33 in liead, its base 5, their 

 shortest ray 4; ventral 1.50; base of anal 1.50, 2.83 in base of dorsal; 4 scales in front of dorsal, and 

 4 behind, its base convex, its posterior rays longest, 3 in head. 



Color in si)irits a uniform light green, a darker blotch extending over top of head and upper part 

 of opercles; teeth greenish at base with white margin; lips a brighter green with a wash of yellowish, 

 a narrow black line near their margins; fins greenish, dorsal with narrow intramarginal line of blac'k, 

 anal with a broad edge of brighter green, a narrow black line through its outer third, inner two-thirds 

 «hite with wash of green; ventrals white with slight greenish wash; caudal green, lighter in center, 

 with a dusky intramarginal line. 



In spirits the coloring is similar to Callyodon bataviensis. The type, no. 160, Bishop Museum, is 9.5 

 inches long, from Guam. 



1109. Callyodon troscheli (Bleeker). Laysan; East Indies. 

 Scarustroscheli Bleekvr, Batavia, 408, Java. 



I, 2.i, tab. viT, lig. 2, Java, steindachner, Denks. .\k. VViss. Wien, i.xx, 



1110. Callyodon macleayi Jordan & Seale; new name. New Guinea. 



Pseudoscarus/ronialis Maeleay, Proc, Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1883, 590, not of Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



1111. Callyodon g'ymnognathos (Bleeker). New Guinea (Maeleay). 



1112. Callyodon jordani (Jenkins) . Galo; Laea galo. Hawaii; Samoa. 



Psriidusranisjordiiiii .Ii'iikins, Bull. V. S. Fish Coram., .\I.\, 1889 (1900), 63, fig, n. Honolulu. 



We have 1 fine specimen of this large and brilliant parrot-fish, 20 inches long, from Apia. The 

 species is highly valued at Honolulu by the natives, who eat it raw. A color drawing of the specimen 

 from Apia is published in Jordan & Evermann's report on the fishes of Hawaii. 



Head 2.85 to end of vertebra^; depth 3.75, eye 8.75 in head; snout 2.25 in head; interorbital 2.85; 

 dorsal ix, 10; anal iii, 9; scales 2-24-6, 3 rows on cheek, the lower row of 3 scales on lower limb of 

 preopercle. 



Body oblong, compressed, anterior profile bluntly pointed, the snout in front of eye being gib- 

 bous; depth of caudal peduncle 2.80 in head; a distinct upper posterior canine; lips rather narrow, 

 covering about one-half of upper jaw and one-third of lower; 6 rows of scales in front of dorsal; longest 

 ray of dorsal 3.90 in head; base of anal 1.75, 2.75 in base of dorsal, its longest ray 3 in head; pectoral 

 1..50; ventral 1.90; caudal deeply lunate, the upper and lower rays prolonged. 



Color in life, green, bright, clear, on back and posteriorly; belly and head bright blue, the belly 

 pale; nape and shoulder region with a deep wash of purplish brown; ( heek and opercle washed with 

 gulden; lips very blue, each with a pale creamy red band, sky-blue clouds on throat; iris golden; a 

 pale drab streak before eye; dorsal with blue spines and rays, and a deep blue margin verging on black 

 aiiteiiorly; the color of the si)ines and rays varying with that of the body, blue, then purplish, and 

 posteriorly green; orange ground-color of the membrane growing brighter behind and encroaching on 



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