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longest ray 2.85 in head; caudal almost square, 1.75 in head; some specimens have outer rays 

 prolonged; pectoral 1.14 in head; ventral 1.80 in head. 



Life colors of one specimen, brilliant dark copper-red; lips and belly brighter; a bright blue-green 

 stripe across upper jaw; two across lower, with 3 irregular green spots behind; dark green marks radi- 

 ate from eye; a bright oblong spot of pale green above opercle; teeth deep blue; dorsal dark orange, 

 dark shaded below and a broad edge of deep blue; caudal dark coppery, edged all around with bright 

 blue, the stripe largest below; anal coppery red, with a very broad edge of deep blue; ventral coppery 

 red, edged with blue; pectoral deep coppery red. 



A large adult specimen was deeper in color and bluer than the type, but similar in all essentials: 

 Teeth bluish; body deep reddish brown; upper lip brilliant green-blue with narrow pinkish margin; 

 upper head smoky greenish brown, green-blue circumorbital ring, narrow; sides of head below eye 

 paler, then irregular greenish longitudinal band; under head robin's-egg blue in front, paler behind 

 with saffron-.yello\v, faint, ring-like blotches with small robin's-egg blue spot within; sides blue-green 

 with broad pinkish brown basal edging on scales; dorsal with blue margin, saffron-pink median space 

 with dark greenish blotches in series, weak to wanting anteriorly; ventral pale blue with bright blue 

 . anterior margin; pectoral smoky bluish, smokiest just before tips of rays; caudal green blue, bluer 

 along dorsal and ventral margins, with uneven bluish pink at base and smoky clouds in web; anal like 

 dorsal with the green blotches coalescent. 



Color in spirits, dark brown, almost black; some specimens purplish, with a yellowish wash on 

 belly, thorax, and under part of head, some specimens not lighter below; top of head green, tip of 

 snout yellow; margin of lips yellow; a deep green line around upper third of upper lip; two green 

 lines around lower lip, one near tip of lip, the other, which is margined with yellow, from lower part 

 of orbit around base of lip, more or less united with green line running back on isthmus; a greenish 

 black just in front of lower limb of preopercle, and a line of green dots along lower margin of lower 

 limb of opercle; dorsal fin greenish; a wide, deep bluish green margin, with a sub-marginal area of 

 yellowish; anal similar in color to dorsal; pectoral brownish with tint of blue; ventral yellowish 

 with green margin, purple in some specimens; caudal bluish green, margin of deep bluish green; iris 

 golden; teeth green; jaws well covered, deep blue; 3 rows of scales on cheek; a posterior canine. 

 Caudal somewhat lunate. 



Three specimens of this beautiful and strikingly marked species were secured at Pago Pago. It 

 is called by the fishermen Maolifuga (Maori parrot-fish) because the green markings on the face sug- 

 gest closely the paint on the face of a Maori chieftain. The species is near Callyodon prasiognathus, 

 differing in the green marks on the head, and the deep blue edgings to the fins. 



Type, no. 51747, (J. S. National Museum, from Pago Pago, 10.25 inches long. 



1104. Callyodon nucliipunctatus ( Cu vier & Valenciennes). Fiji (Giinther); NewGuinea(Macleay). 



1105. Callyodon latax Jordan & Seale, new species. Laeapulepule; Laeamumu. Samoa. (PI. xlix.) 

 Head 3.10 in length; depth 2.75; eye 7.50 in head; dorsal ix, 10; anal, in, 10: snout 2.10 in head; 



scales 2-24-6; two rows of scales on cheeks; lower limb of preopercle bare. 



Body oblong, compressed, the anterior profile evenly rounded; caudal peduncle strong, its depth 

 2.10 in the head; tubules of lateral line with several branches; a single small canine tooth on upper 

 jaw at angle; lips thin, covering the basil third of the teeth; four rows of scales in front of the dorsal 

 fin; longest dorsal spine 2.10, the longest ray of about equal length; base of anal 1.75 in head, 2.75 in 

 base of dorsal, its longest ray 2.50 in head; pectoral 1.30 in head; ventral 1.50 in head; caudal lunate, 

 the exposed outer ray 1.50 in head, exposed middle ray 3.50 in head. 



Life colors, all clear deep blue, some scales on sides with brownish edges; jaws blue; lips blue; 

 angles of mouth brownish red; head with slaty red markings about eyes and a band between them; 

 dorsal slaty with blue base and edging and some spots; caudal blue with slaty blue markings; anal 

 with slaty edgings and spots; ventral blue with olive center; pectoral blue with blackish slaty center. 



Color inspirits uniform dull bluish green on body, a shade lighter below; the top of head and 

 about eye is splashed with blotches, lines or dots of dull gray, irregular in form, and varying in 

 different specimens. The short lines may either radiate from eye, or reticulate over head, or extend 

 down the side of snout; either a line or row of dots at angle of jaws usually extending around under 

 jaw; either a line or row of dots over the snout just in front of nostrils; no light colored line on upper 

 jaw; teeth green; dorsal green, with oblique lines and margin of blue; anal similar in color to dorsal; 



