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large roundish black blotch at base of caudal; tip of lips yellowish; caudal and anal dark brown, with- 

 out markings; pectoral yellowish; ventral yellowish, splashed with brown; caudal yellowish, shaded 

 with irregular blotches of brown; a fine line of gray at the tip with darker intermargin; iris golden: 

 teeth white. 



In life dark purplish brown, almost unmarked, but with a large rounded blackish blotch at base 

 of caudal. 



Three specimens from Apia. The specimen described is 9.35 inches long. 



Fig. 57.— Callyodon purpureas (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



1051. Callyodon filholi (Sauvage). Fiji. 



Pseudoscarus filholl Sauvage, Bull. Sci. Philom. 1880, 15 (reprint), Fiji. 



1052. Callyodon erythrodon (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Fuga ' avasai. Samoa; Laysan; Tahiti and 



Fate (Seale). 



Scarus erythrodon Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xiv, 255, 1839, He de France. 



Scarus eumbawensis Bleeker, Banda, v, 104, Sumbawa. Seale, Bishop Museum 1901, 97, Guam. Steindachner, 

 Denk. Ak. Wiss. Wien 1900, Laysan. 



Head 2.75 in length; depth 3; eye 7 in head; snout 2.35; interorbital 3; dorsal ix, 10; anal hi, 9; 

 scales 2-24-6; two rows of scales on the cheek, the lower opercular limb naked. 



Body oblong, compressed, the anterior profile of head bluntly rounded; depth of caudal peduncle 

 2.75 in head; no posterior canines; upper lip broad, covering more than two-thirds of teeth, lower lip 

 covering one half of teeth, in the young the teeth are fully covered; four rows of scales in front of 

 dorsal; base of dorsal 1.75 in length without caudal, its longest ray 3.75 in head; base of anal 1.50, 

 2.25 in base of dorsal; pectoral 1.50; ventral 2.10; caudal slightly rounded. 



Life colors of a specimen from Pago Pago, dark purplish brown, the scales lighter edged, the belly 

 tinged with bright red; dorsal reddish brown, clear behind, finely mottled with dark olive, edged 

 with blackish; caudal dull violet brown, with some darker mottlings and a pale edge; anal dusky 

 wine color, with a dark and a pale edge; ventral vermilion, rather bright; pectoral dull brownish, 

 translucent behind. 



Color in spirits, violet-olive, dorsal and anal fins darker, without distinctive markings; pectoral 

 yellowish gray; ventrals grayish, darker at tips, caudal grayish with dusky blotches more or less in 

 form of bands, a very narrow line of gray at margin with submarginal dusky area; usually a dusky 

 blotch posterior to eye; iris golden; lips yellowish; teeth white. 



Numerous specimens from Pago Pago. The specimen described is 8.30 inches long. 



1053. Callyodon moensi (Bleeker). Tahiti and Fate (Seale); Celebes. 

 Scarus moensi Bleeker, Celebes, XIII, 51. 



