62 Fishes of the South Pacific. 



Body oblong, slightly compressed, covered with large striate 

 scales; the lateral line is interrupted, the tubules with two or four 

 branches; depth of the caudal peduncle equal to distance trom eye 

 to the posterior margin of the opercle; cheeks with three rows of 

 scales, the first and second row with 6 scales each, the third row 

 with only 3 scales; opercle with 8 large scales; the lower opercu- 

 lar limb with 7 scales; 7 scales in front of dorsal; upper lip double; 

 the lip covering about a third of the dermal plate; upper dermal 

 plate with 2 strong canine teeth on each side at angle of mouth; 

 lower jaw with canine at angle; base of dorsal fin 2 in length of 

 fish, without caudal, its longest ray 2.90 in base; base of anal 

 equal length of pectorals, 1.25 in head; ventrals 1.70 in head; 

 lobes of caudal much produced, the longest ray equal to distance 

 from angle of jaws to posterior margin of opercles, the shortest ray 

 a third shorter. 



Color in life, green; chin and margin of lips red; dorsal bluish 

 green with a margin of blue; a wide blue band around mouth; 

 upper third of teeth green, the mid third whitish, the lower third 

 green; teeth in lower jaw entirely greenish blue; inner half of anal 

 fin red, the outer half bluish green; upper and lower margins of 

 caudal deep blue, the mid part of fin green. 



Color in spirits, dull green; margin of lips yellowish white, 

 followed posteriorly by a broader green incomplete circle; posterior 

 of this is another narrow white line; a broad greenish area on chin. 



One specimen 6 , No. 1408 (Fig. 15) B. M., length 19.50 in., 

 from Tahiti. 



Callyodon fasciatus Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 {Scarus rivulatus Cuvier & Valenciennes.) 



One specimen, No. 972 B. M., from Fate, New Hebrides. 



Callyodon dussumieri (Cuvier & Valenciennes) . 



Two specimens, Nos. 993 and 995 B. M., from Fate, New 

 Hebrides. 



Callyodon quoyi (Bleeker). 



One specimen, No. 1314 B. M., from Shortland Id., Solomons. 



Callyodon erythrodon Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 (Scania sumbawensis Bleeker.) 



One specimen, No. 1374 B. M., from Tahiti, Society Ids. 



Two specimens, Nos. 1923 and 1924 B. M., from Rarotonga, 

 Cook Ids. 



Two specimens, Nos. 927 and 979 B. M., from Fate, New 

 Hebrides. 



6 1 take pleasure in naming this fine large Scarus for Edgar R. Waite. Zoologist and 

 Curator of Fishes and Mammals at the Sydney Museum. Australia (now Curator of Christ- 

 church Museum), in recognition of his important works on Pacific fishes. 



