fishes of the South Pacific. 63 
Callyodon ultramarinus Jordan & Seale, MS. 
Head gibbous, its length less than depth; teeth pea green, the 
upper with a strong pointed tooth at angle; lips thin, single and 
very narrow, scarcely covering basal third of the teeth; eye small, 
8.10 in head; snout from anterior of orbit to tip of teeth, 2 in head; 
interorbital space very convex, 2.85 in head; snout with a very 
prominent hump; cheeks with three series of scales, the lower 
series impinging upon the limb of the preopercle, but covering 
only its upper third; the lower limb of opercle with a single series 
of scales, gill-rakers very fine and numerous. 
Scales of body large, a series of 4 in front of the ventral fins; 
the ventrals 1.55 in head, their origin is under the middle of the 
base of pectorals; pectorals 1.40 in head, their base is equal to the 
angle of the mouth, 2.75 in the longest ray. 
Color: the upper half of head from a line with angle of jaws 
to lower base of opercular flap, a uniform drab; the lower half and 
the thorax are a uniform yellowish white, the line of demarcation 
between the two colors is quite distinct; a narrow yellow line 
covering lips; pectorals drab, the upper ray the axis and tip of 
lower rays yellowish. 
One specimen (a head,’ length 6 in.), No. 844 (Fig. 16) B. M., 
from Mangareva Id. 
This species, of which the type is from Apia, Samoa, will be 
described and figured in the forthcoming report of the collections 
of Jordan & Kellogg in Samoa. 
Callyodon oviceps (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
One specimen, No. 1488 B. M., from Tahiti. 
Callyodon moensi (Bleecker). 
Three specimens, Nos. 1371-1373 B.M., from Tahiti. 
Two specimens, Nos. 983 and 924 B.M., from Faté, New 
Hebrides. 
Faminy TOXOTIDA. 
Toxotes jaculator Pallas. 
Four specimens, Nos. 1293-1296 B.M., from Shortland Id., 
Solomons. 
FAMILY PLATAIDA. 
Platax orbicularis Forskal. 
Seven specimens, Nos. 1086*-rogr and 1155 B. M., from Short- 
land Id., Solomons. 
7 The head, with the pectorals and ventrals of this very large Parrot-fish, was brought 
me by a native. 
