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margin of opercle; a short, indistinct green line through upper part of orbit extending back to upper 

 margin of opercle; upper third of dorsal green, the color broadening and extending to base of fin 

 anteriorly; lower two-thirds of fin yellowish with a more or less distinct greenish central area which 

 broadens posteriorly and anteriorly is represented by dusky blotches on webs; anal livid green, a 

 narrow yellow line at base which extends out to tip of seventh anal ray; pectoral greenish, the tip 

 purplish; ventral uniform pale green; caudal uniform dark green. 



This species is represented by one specimen from Apia, the type, no. 51756, U. S. National 

 Museum, length 10.50 inches. 



1108. Callyodon cypho Seale. Guam. 

 Scarus cypho Seale, Bishop Museum 1901. 95, Guam. 



Head 3 in length; depth 3.20; interorbital 3.50; dorsal ix, 10; anal in, 9; pectoral 14; scales 

 2-24-6, lateral line interrupted, the tubes branched; two rows of scales on cheek, with five scales in 

 lower row, preopercular limb bare; pharyngeal teeth pavement-like, about twice as long as wide, the 

 anterior ones the longest; teeth quite projecting, their length equal to orbit, two posterior canines at 

 angle of upper jaw. 



Body oblong, compressed, the upper j^rofile of back quite convex; snout much produced; lips 

 narrow, scarcely covering one-half of jaws; caudal lunate; pectoral 1.33 in head, its base 5, their 

 shortest ray 4; ventral 1.50; base of anal 1.50, 2.83 in base of dorsal; 4 scales in front of dorsal, and 

 4 behind, its base convex, its posterior rays longest, 3 in head. 



Color in spirits a uniform light green, a darker blotch extending over top of head and upper part 

 of opercles; teeth greenish at base with white margin; lips a brighter green with a wash of yellowish, 

 a narrow black line near their margins; fins greenish, dorsal with narrow intramarginal line of black, 

 anal with a broad edge of brighter green, a narrow black line through its outer third, inner two-thirds 

 white with wash of green; ventrals white with slight greenish wash; caudal green, lighter in center, 

 with a dusky intramarginal line. 



In spirits the coloring is similar to Callyodon balaviensis. The type, no. 160, Bishop Museum, is 9.5 

 inches long, from Guam. 



1109. Callyodon troscheli (Bleeker). Laysan; East Indies. 

 Scarus troscheli- Bleeker, Batavia, 408, Java. 



Pseiuloscarus troscheli Bleeker. Atlas Ichth., i, 25, tab. vn, (ig. 2, Java. Sleindachner, Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, lxx, 

 1900, 508, Laysan. 



1110. Callyodon macleayi Jordan & Seale; new name. New Guinea. 

 Pseudosearus frontalis Macleay, Proe. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1883, 590, not of Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



1111. Callyodon gymnognathos (Bleeker). New Guinea (Macleay). 



1112. Callyodon jordani (Jenkins). Galo; Laea (/ah. Hawaii; Samoa. 

 Pseudosearus Jordan i Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., xix, 1889 (1900), 03, tig. 21, Honolulu. 



We have 1 fine specimen of this large and brilliant parrot-fish, 20 inches long, from Apia. The 

 species is highly valued at Honolulu by the natives, who eat it raw. A color drawing of the specimen 

 from Apia is published in Jordan & Evermann's report on the fishes of Hawaii. 



Head 2.85 to end of vertebra-; depth 3.75; eye 8.75 in head; snout 2.25 in head; interorbital 2.85; 

 dorsal ix, 10; anal in, 9; scales 2-24-6, 3 rows on cheek, the lower row of 3 scales on lower limb of 

 preopercle. 



Body oblong, compressed, anterior profile bluntly pointed, the snout in front of eye being gib- 

 bous; depth of caudal peduncle 2.80 in head; a distinct upper posterior canine; lips rather narrow, 

 covering about one-half of upper jaw and one-third of lower, 6 rows of scales in front of dorsal; longest 

 ray of dorsal 3.90 in head; base of anal 1.75, 2.75 in base of dorsal, its longest ray 3 in head; pectoral 

 1.50; ventral 1.90; caudal deeply lunate, the upper and lower rays prolonged. 



Color in life, green, bright, clear, on back and posteriorly; belly and head bright blue, the belly- 

 pale; nape and shoulder region with a deep wash of purplish brown; cheek and opercle washed with 

 golden; lips very blue, each with a pale creamy red hand; sky-blue clouds on throat; iris golden; a 

 pale drab streak before eye; dorsal with blue spines and rays, and adeep blue margin vergingon black 

 anteiiorly; the color of the spines and rays varying with that ot the body, blue, then purplish, and 

 posteriorly green; orange ground-color of the membrane growing brighter behind and encroaching on 



