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seum at Cambridge from St. Thomas, Sombrero, Barbadoes, and J^remie, 

 Hayti. Although it is evidently not a rare species, we are unable to 

 identify it with any of those described by Poey, or by Cuvier and Val- 

 enciennes. 



93. SPARISOMA VIRIDE. 



Piscis viridis bahamensis [the parrot fish] Catesby, Nat. Hist. Car., ii, 29, pi. 29, 



1738 (Bahama). 

 Scams viridis Bonnaterre, Eric. Metb., x, 96, 193, 1788 (after Catesby) (not Scarus 



viridis Blocb, 1790). 

 Scarus catesby Lacepede, iv, 16, 1803 (after Catesby). 

 Scarus catesbcci Cuv. & Val., xiv, 183, 1839. 

 Scarus catesbcei Poey, Repert., i, p. 372, 1867 ; Guichenot, Scarid6s, ii, 1865 (San 



Domingo; Guadaloupej; Giiutber, iv, 210, 1862, South America, West Indies). 

 Scarus catesbyi Poey, Enumeratio, 110, 1875. 



Sparisoma catesbyi Bean & Dresel, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 153 (Jamaica). 

 Sparisoma catesboci Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 191. 

 Callyodon psittacus Gronow, ed. Gray, 84, 1854 (not of Linnaeus). 

 Scarus melanotis Bleeker, Notices Ichthyologiques, i-x, 4, 1662 (St. Croix). 



Habitat. — West Indies. 



Etymology: Viride, green. 



This is one of the largest and most strongly marked of the parrot- 

 fishes. In the museum at Cambridge are specimens from Sombrero 

 Key and St. Thomas. 



The name Scarus viridis has priority over Scarus catesby — both names 

 having been based on Catesby's figure, which is more exact than most of 

 the early plates of fishes. 



The Scarus melanotis, likewise distinguished by a black and yellow 

 opercular spot, seems to us to be identical with Sparisoma viride, 



94. SPARISOMA AUROFRENATD M. 



Scarus aurofrenatus Cuv. & Val., xiv, 1839, 191 (San Domingo) ; Giinther, iv, 212 

 (Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad); Guichenot, Scarides Mus. Paris, 1865, 13 (San 

 Domingo) ; Cope, Trans. Am. Pbilos. Soc, 1871, 46 (St. Croix, St. Martiu's). 



Sparisoma aurofrenatum Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 96 (Havana); 

 Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 47 (Havana). 



Scarus miniofrenatus Poey, Memorias, ii, 279, 393, 1860 (Cuba); Poey, Repertorio, i, 

 1867, 374 ; ii, 164, 1868 ; Poey, Synopsis, 337 ; Poey, Enumeratio, 1875, 111. 



Habitat. — West Indies. 



Etymology : Aurum, gold ; freenatus, bridled ; in allusion to the scarlet 

 band backward from the mouth. * 



This species is rather common in Havana, where three specimens 

 were obtained. Others are in the museum at Cambridge from Cuba, 

 Sombrero, and St. Thomas. Specimens were obtained at St. Lucia by 

 the Albatross. In color it is one of the most strongly marked and 

 handsomest species. The name aurofrenatum is rather unfortunate, as 

 the stripe on the head is bright vermilion in life. This, however, does 

 not justify the substitution for aurofrenatum of the name miniofrenatus 

 of Poey. 



