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1083. Callyodon zonatus (Macleay). New Guinea. 

 Pseudoscarus zonatus Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1883, 591. 



1084. Callyodon spilonotus (Kner). Samoa; Fiji. (PI. xlviii, fig. 1.) 

 Pseudoscarus spilonotus Kner, Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wien, lviii, 60, taf. ix, fig. 26, 1868, Kandavu (Fiji). 



Head 3.12 in length; depth 2.85; eye7inhead; snout2.50; interorbital 2.75; dorsal ix, 10; anal in, 

 9; scales 2-24-6; three rows on cheek, the lower row of four scales on lower limb of preopercle. 



Body oblong, compressed, the anterior profile bluntly rounded; depth of caudal peduncle 2 in 

 head; a distinct upper and lower posterior canine; lips rather wide, covering more than half of upper 

 jaw, and all but tip of lower jaw; five rows of scales in front of dorsal; base of dorsal 1.90 in length 

 of fish without caudal, its longest ray 2.50 in head; base of anal 1.14, 1.95 in base of dorsal, its longest 

 ray 2.75 in head; pectoral 1.20; ventral 1.75; caudal lunate. 



Color in life of a specimen from Apia, deep blue, violet-brown-shaded on the back anteriorly, 

 clear blue on the throat; creamy drab on the breast; anterior part of back down to pectoral closely 

 spotted with bright blue-green; three blue stripes on side of belly and a median stripe; dorsal orange- 

 brown, blue on edge, brighter behind, greenish blue at base; a row of round blue-green median spots; 

 anal dull crimson, blue-green at base, blue on edge; caudal bright yellowish green, blue on angle, a 

 purple red stripe on each lobe; ventral creamy, edged with blue; pectoral green with a violet-drab 

 cross-bar at base and a violet-drab lengthwise stripe; throat bright blue; cheeks bright green; forehead 

 bright violet-gray with a green cross-band and green stripes and spots behind eyes. 



Another specimen from the same locality was deep greenish blue, tinged with reddish brown 

 above, reddish below, each scale being brown at base; three blue-green stripes on side of belly; throat 

 clear blue; snout and cheeks green blue; a brown band across eye, crossed by a green curved line; 

 dorsal blue at base, the edge orange, with a row of green spots mesially ; soft dorsal with more orange, 

 the spots larger; caudal clear, green, with blue-green edges and a stripe of orange in each lobe; anal 

 like dorsal, the red median stripe deeper orange-brown, the green spots smaller, the blue margin 

 broader; pectoral blue-green, with long median orange-brown band; ventral blue-green, mesially 

 orange-yellow. 



A third specimen from Apia was deep bright orange-brown, more orange behind, the sides below 

 becoming more pink, the belly orange yellow; the cheeks light vitriol-green, the lower jaw and throat 

 clear livid blue, the upper jaw blue; two blue lines before eye, narrow, clear, and undulated; three 

 behind eye, separated by orange-brown; head above dark brown, faintly spotted with dark blue; 

 scales of anterior half of body above each with many small round blue spots, these coalescing in ver- 

 miculations behind eye; edge of opercle brown; posteriorly each scale centrally greenish blue, the 

 brown forming broad edgings; caudal peduncle posteriorly bright green; sidesof belly with one median 

 (ventral line) and three other stripes, formed of a large blue spot on each scale, the hue of the ventral 

 stripe sky-blue, the others progressively greener and more continuous; dorsal bright orange-brown, 

 with a broad sky-blue margin, the basal scales bluish and green, the soft part with a median row of 

 green spots; an irregular blackish blotch under third spine; caudal clear grass-green, edged above and 

 below with bluish; an orange stripe along the next to lowest ray; a small orange spot at its base; anal 

 dark orange, a broad sky-blue margin; bluish-green spots at base; ventral sky-blue in front, the rest 

 orange-yellow; pectoral dusky in axil, an orange-brown band across base, the fin clear green, bluish 

 above, with an orange-brown lengthwise stripe; some yellow edges to scales of lower part of head. 



A specimen from Pago Pago was blue-green with yellowish-salmon scale spots; caudal grass-green 

 with blue edging; on top of head orange-salmon markings; same color on dorsal and anal where not 

 blue green; belly yellow white with robin's-egg-blue blotches; color in spirits, grayish with slight 

 tints of green; upper half of body a shade darker and with scales of anterior half dotted with small 

 round gray spots — three or four on each scale; three or four longitudinal green lines on sides of belly; 

 tips of lips yellowish; about four greenish bands radiate from or pass through the eye, the lower one 

 extending from opercles through lower part of eye around snout, joining its fellow of opposite side and 

 dividing very distinctly the upper dark color of head from the lower lighter half. There is one addi- 

 tional green line around snout above this, and a short cross-line on anterior interorbital, a single green 

 line around lower jaw; upper base of pectoral black; dorsal fin with a deep blue-green band at base, 

 middle, and tip of fin, the fin otherwise yellowish; middle band more or loss broken up into blotches; 

 anal with bluish-green band at base and tip, the fin otherwise pale green; pectoral grayish green, blotched 



