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dorsal spines, the third below the first to third dorsal rays, the fourth below the fifth to seventh dor- 

 sal rays, and the fifth below the axil of the dorsal; a dark blotch on base of pectoral, and another in 

 the posterior axil of the dorsal, this dark spot occupying the base of the last four dorsal rays; the 

 dark zones of color on the body, with the exception of the anterior one, invade the basal half of 

 the dorsal fin; pectoral white, without marks; ventral with indistinct darker markings; anal with 

 five bands of dusky; caudal greenish, the tip white, and a white cross-band near the tip. Belated 

 to S. aurltus, but the markings different. 



SCARIDEA Jenkins. 



1031. Scaridea balia Jenkins. Hawaii. 



1032. Scaridea zonarcha Jenkins. Hawaii. 



1033. Scaridea aerosa Jordan & Snyder. Hawaii. 



CALOTOMUS Gilbert. 



1034. Calotomus irradians Jenkins. Hawaii. 



1035. Calotomus sandwichensis (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Hawaii. 



1036. Calotomus moluccensis (Cuvier & Valenciennes). New Guinea (Macleay); Aneiteum; East 



Indies. 



1037. Calotomus waigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard). New Guinea; Waigiu; East Indies. 



Scants vaigienfiis, Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, 288, 1824, Waigiu. 



Scarus spinidens, Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, 289, 1824, Waigiu, same type. Bleeker, Atlas, Sear., 13, tab. ir, 



fig. 3, Amboina. 

 Callyodon spinidens, Giinther, Cat., iv, 215, Waigiu. 



Callyodon waigiensis, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xiv, 2%, 1839, Waigiu. 

 Callyodon hypselosoma, Bleeker, Amboina, VI, 425, Amboina. 



1038. Calotomus snyderi Jenkins. Hawaii. 



1039. Calotomus cyclurus Jenkins. Hawaii. 



1040. Calotomus carolinus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Caroline Is. 



1041. Calotomus brachysomus (Bleeker). New Guinea (Macleay); East Indies. 



CALLYODON Gronow (1763). 



{Scarus Forskal, 1775; not of Gronow, 1763.) 



We regret that the exigencies of the law of priority require the suppression of the time-honored 

 name of Scarus; it was first used in 1763, for a species of Labr'ts. 



ANALYSIS OF POLYNESIAN SPECIES OF CALLYODON. 



a. Callyodox. Jaws whitish or rosy. 

 b. Species with the coloration in life chiefly dark red or brown, sometimes golden or clouded, never largely deep blue 

 or green. 

 c. Lip narrow, not covering more than half of upper jaw. 

 d. Scales on cheek in two rows. 



e. Color blackish-red; caudal fin largely scarlet pi/rrlturus 



ee. Color not as above. 



/. Sides with pale spots, more or less regularly arranged; young with lengthwise pale streak bennctti 



ff. Olive; scales with darker centers; fins black plalodon 



ffj. Dull red, brighter below, almost unmarked minialus, goldiei 



////. Leaden gray, unmarked -. borborus 



SJffS- Color brownish yellow labiosm 



dd. Scales on cheek in three rows; dark red-brown, each scale on side with three dark streaks rubenimu* 



cc. Lip broad, covering more than half of upper jaw. 

 ff. Scales on cheek in two rows. 

 h. Color dark red-brown, nearly uniform. 

 i. Side of tail with a dusky shade t pur !>>/>■, u ■ 



B. B. F. 1905—21 



