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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



1054. Callyodon brunneus (Jenkins). Hawaii; Samoa. 



Scants brunneus Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., xix, 1899 (1900), 59, fig. 16, Honolulu. 

 We have 2 specimens from Apia which agree with cotypes of this species from Honolulu. 



1055. Callyodon erythacus Jordan & Seale, new species. 



Head 3 in length; depth 3.10; eye 7 in head; snout 2.65; interorbital 3.25; dorsal ix, 10; anal in, 

 9; scales 2-24-6, two rows on cheek; lower limb of preopercle bare. 



Body oblong, compressed ; anterior of head evenly rounded and rather blunt ; depth of caudal pedun- 

 cle 2. 01 in head; apairof large posterior canines in upper jaw, none on lower jaw; lipswide, almostcover- 

 ing teeth; three scales in front of dorsal; base of dorsal 1.25 in head, its longest ray 2.35; base of anal 

 120, 2.14 in base of dorsal; pectoral 1.20 in head; ventral 1.75; caudal lunate, outer exposed ray 1.95, 

 exposed middle ray 3.95. 



Color in life, dirty purplish brown; belly coppery red; head plain; dorsal brown, blackish at 

 margin anteriorly, pale posteriorly; a white streak along base of dorsal spines; caudal purplish brown, 

 with pale edge; anal mottled brown with dark and pale edge; ventral mottled coppery brown-red; 

 pectoral pale; dark in axil; caudal lunate. 



Fig. 58. — Callyodon erythacus Jordan & Seale, new species. Type. 



Color in spirits, dull olive-brown, the base of scales darker, under part of head and belly lighter; 

 three more or less distinct whitish lines along side of belly; a dusky blotch on axil and on posterior 

 part of opercle; a dusky blotch on upper part of eye; top of head dull greenish; lips without distinct 

 bands except two slight traces of greenish around lower lip; dorsals dusky, the membranes around the 

 spines gray; some gray blotches between the bases of the rays, a slight wash of gray on posterior tip 

 of fin; anal dusky, some grayish blotches at base; pectoral grayish; ventral grayish; caudal mottled 

 dusky with grayish posterior tip. 



This species is close to Calbiodon lacerta, differing in the pale or red breast, in purplish, not orange, 

 edge to fins, and in having but two rows of scales on cheek. The jaws are well covered, and posterior 

 canines present. 



One specimen, the type no. 51750, TJ. S. National Museum, from Apia, length 10.50 inches. 



1056. Callyodon ahula (Jenkins). Hawaii. 



Scams ahula Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1899 (1900), 61, fig. 19, Honolulu. Snyder, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 

 1902(1904), 531, Honolulu. 



1057. Callyodon mutabilis Gronow. New Guinea (Macleay); Shortland I. (Seale); Celebes; 



Amboina. 



CaModon mutabilis Gronow, Cat. Fish., ed. Gray, 1854, 86, Amboina. 

 Pseudoscarus pentazona Bleeker, Atlas, I, Sear., 46, tab. xi, fig. 1, Celebes. 



