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ii. Back greenish filholi 



Hi. Dorsal reddish brown, edged with purplish black erythrodon 



iiii. Dorsal rosy, edged with black moensi 



iiiii. Caudal lunate, not edged behind with gray brunneus 



iiiiii. Caudal lunate, dusky, edged behind with gray erythacus 



iiiiiii. Caudal rounded, paler at base; body deep ahula 



lift. Color greenish, with five brown cross-bars mutabilis 



gg. Scales on cheek in three rows. 



j. General color dark red or dark brown, without cross shades of blackish or golden (caudal tipped with 



gray); lacerta (belly with pale streaks); lepidus; paluca; upolensis dubius 



jj. General color violet, posteriorly chiefly yellow macrocheilus 



jjj. General color olivaceous, the border of each scale darker balinensis 



jjjj. General color olivaceous; a golden wash or oblique cross-band behind pectoral oviceps 



jjjjj- General color golden brown; the back with five dark cross-bands zonularis 



ccc. Lips and scales on cheek undescribed. 



k. Color mostly red roseiceps, cruentatus 



kk. Color 1 argely varied ocellatus 



bb. Species largely deep blue or deep green, the color scarcely fading in spirits; head usually more or less variegated ; 

 the fins often with red, and usually edged with blue. 



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

 m. Cheek with two rows of scales. 



n. Forehead with variegated markings perspicillatus, brighami 



nn. Forehead plain or with a narrow cross-streak quoyi, lupus, jonesi 



mm. Cheek with three rows of scales papuensis, moresbyensis 



II. Lip broad, covering more than half of upperjaw. 



o. Scales on cheek in two rows gilberti, bataviensis, abacurus, formosus 



oo. Scales on cheek in three rows. 



p. Color green anteriorly, coft'ee-brown posteriorly dimidiatus 



pp. Color green with darker cross-shades zonatus 



ppp. Color nearly uniform anterior y and posteriorly. 



q. Back golden, much spotted anteriorly with clear blue spilonotus, 



pulchcllus, blochi, frenatus 



qq. Back without spots as above globiceps, spinus, promts, 



jenkinsi, fumi/rons, kelloggi, tricolor, dussumieri, pyrrhostethus, pepo, fasciatus 



III. Lips and scales on cheeks undescribed .festivus, frontalis, forsteri 



aa. Pseudoscarus. Jaws green or blue. 



r. Coloration largely dark red, the jaws deep blue; lip largely covering upper jaw: scales 

 on cheek in three rows. 



s. Head without green markings prasiognatlms 



ss: Head with dark green streaks and markings maoricus 



rr. Coloration brown, the fins black-edged nuchipunctatus 



rrr. Coloration largely deep green or blue. 

 t. Lip covering less than half of upper jaw. 



u. Scales on cheek in two series latax, celebicus, 



cypho, trosdieli, maclcayi, gymnognathos 



uu. Scales on cheek in three rows jordani, strongylocephalus, microrhinos 



tt. Lip covering more than half of upper jaw. 



v. Scales on cheeks in two rows; belly with blue streaks cyanogrammus 



vv. Scales on cheeks in three rows vttramarinus, lazulinus, cyanognatftus 



ttt. Lips and scales undescribed mertensi, spilurus, ivaitei 



1042. Callycdon pyrrhurus Jordan & Seale, new species. Fuga murnu. Samoa. 



Head 2.75 in length; depth 3.75; eye 7.50 in head; dorsal ix, 10; anal in, 9; scales 2-24-6; two 

 rows of scales on cheek; lower limb of preopercle bare; snout 2.13 in head; interorbital 3.10. 



Body oblong, compressed; anterior part of head bluntly rounded, the snout slightly gibbous; 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2.70 in head; a pair of strong posterior canines on upperjaw, none on lower; 

 lips rather narrow, the upper scarcely covering one-half and the lower about one-third of teeth; base 

 of dorsal fin 1.78 in length without caudal, its longest ray 3 in head; base of anal 1.45 in head, 2.16 in 

 base of dorsal; pectoral 1.45 in head; ventral 1.98; caudal 2, truncate or slightly lunate. 



Color in spirits olive-brown, the base of scales slightly darker; chin and thorax with slight wash 

 of yellowish; tip of lips yellowish; indistinctly yellowish from eye to-angle of mouth; dorsal fin black- 

 ish, with some yellowish mottlings on posterior third of soft dorsal; anal fin dusky, unmarked; pec- 

 toral dusky, more or less blotched with bluish wash; ventral similar to pectoral; caudal bright yellow, 

 its 3 margins with a narrow line of black; iris yellow; teeth greenish. 



