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1058. Callyodon dubius (Bennett). Hawaii; Samoa; Tahiti; Tubuai and Baiatea (Seale). 



Scants dubius Bennett, Zool. Jour., iv, 37, Sandwich Is. 

 Pseudoscarus dubius Gunther, Cat., iv, 229, Sandwich Is., Fiji Is. 



We have 3 specimens of this species from Apia. 



1059. Callyodon lacerta (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Samoa; East Indies. 



Scarus lacerta Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xiv, 217, 1839, Pondicherry. 

 Pseudoscarus xruyinosus Gunther, Cat., iv, 229; not Scarus wruginosus Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



This is the commonest fuga, or parrot-fish, at the Samoan Islands. We have about 60 specimens 

 from Apia and 16 from Pago Pago. 



Head 3.10 in length; depth 2.75; eye 6.50 in head; dorsal ix, 10; anal in, 10; scales 2-24-6, three 

 rows on cheek, the lower row of 4 scales on lower limb of preopercle. 



Body oblong, compressed, the anterior profile bluntly rounded; depth of caudal peduncle 2.10; a 

 posterior canine in upper jaw; lips wide, fully covering all but tip of teeth; five scales in front of dor- 

 sal fin; base of dorsal 1.75 in length of fish without caudal, its lower ray 3.14 in head; base of anal 

 1.25 in head, 2.50 in base of dorsal, its longest ray 3.75 in head; pectoral 1.14; ventral 2; caudal 

 rather deeply lunate 1.14. The specimen described is 9.55 inches long, from Pago Pago. 



Life colors of various specimens were as follows: 



(1) Dark dull purplish olive; chin and space below eye paler; vertical fins marbled with dull 

 reddish purple, no clear markings; a dark bar across throat. Specimen from Apia. 



(2) Also from Apia. Dull olive, shaded with lilac-brown; a blackish blotch above pectoral; base 

 of pectoral dusky; fins all dull lilac-brown. 



(3) From Pago Pago. Dirty mottled blackish olive; iris dusky; three silver streaks along side of 

 belly; axil black; dorsal mottled with salmon colored patch at tips of third and fourth spines; caudal 

 brown mottled, tips paler; anal dusky; pectoral and ventral mottled olive. 



(4) From Pago Pago. Body mottled olive-brown; iris golden; three dull silvery streaks along side 

 of belly; axil black; dorsal olive with salmon tinge, edge black; caudal dull olive, medially salmon; 

 anal blackish; pectoral brownish, tinged with salmon; ventral dirty gray. 



(5) From Pago Pago. Dark olive-brown, more olive on cheek; three well defined whitish streaks 

 along side of belly; belly dark, like sides, or a little paler; dorsal dark reddish brown, with an orange 

 edge; caudal pale and redder, but still plain reddish brown; anal a little darker; pectoral and ventral 

 similar; forehead darker brown; a dark axillary spot. 



(6) From Pago Pago. Purplish brown, with olive shades along sides; reddish on breast; dorsal 

 reddish, edged with purplish; caudal plain reddish brown, lunate; pectoral dull orange, the lower 

 rays purplish; ventral redder; anal olive and purplish; a dark shade across branchiostegal region. 



Color in spirits, a dull olive-brown, lighter below, 3 distinct white lines on each side of belly and 

 a wide indistinct blackish band-like area on side below posterior two-thirds of spinous dorsal, invading 

 the lighter coloring of the belly; top of snout with slight wash of purplish; dorsal brownish, unmarked; 

 anal brownish, lighter at base; pectoral grayish; ventral yellowish, gray at tip; caudal brownish, 

 unmarked; iris golden; teeth white. 



1060. Callyodon lepidus (Jenyns). Tahiti; Rarotonga (Seale). 

 Scarus lepidus Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, Fish., 108, 1842, Tahiti. 



1061. Callyodon paluca (Jenkins). Hawaii. 



Scarus paluca Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1889 (1900), 60, rig. 18, Honolulu. Snyder, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 

 1902 (1904), 531, Honolulu. 



1062. Callyodon upolensis Jordan & Seale, new species. Samoa. 



Head 3 in length; depth 3; eye 4.95 in head; dorsal ix, 10; anal in, 9; scales 2-24-6, three rows 

 on cheek, the lower row of three scales on lower limb of preopercle; snout 3 in head; interorbital 3.18. 



Body oblong, compressed; anterior profile rather pointed; depth of caudal peduncle 2.55 in head; 

 no posterior canines; lips wide, almost covering tip of teeth; base of dorsal fin 1.85 in length without 

 caudal, its longest ray 2.50 in head; base of anal fin 1.50 or 2.50 in base of dorsal; pectoral 1.45 in 

 head; ventral 1.98; caudal almost square, the upper and lower margin of fin scarcely produced. 



