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Pseudoscarus cceruleus, Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. iv, 1S62, 227 — Gtjichenot, Proc. 



Soc. Imp. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, 1865, 24.— Poey, Eep. Fis. Nat. Cuba, ii, 1861, 



348. 

 Trompa, Parra, Descr. Dif. Piez. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1787, 57, lam. xxvii, f. 2. 

 Loro, Parra, 1. c. f. 1. 

 Scarus loro, Schneider, op. cit. 288. 



Scarus trilobatus, Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss. iv, 1803, 21. 

 Sparus holocyanosus, Lacepede, op. cit. "45. 



The "Clamacore 1 ' or ''Kilmagore'' is very unusual in Bermudi an waters; 

 a single specimen of thirty-sis inches was taken outside the reefs in 

 April, 1872, and was an object of much curiosity. The color iu life was 

 brilliant turquoise-blue, fading to olive-green in alcohol. The species 

 is recorded from Cuba and some of tbe adjoining islands. 



Dr. Glinther suggests that this species is probably only the adult stage 

 of one of the other species, such as Pseudoscarus chloris,* but an ex- 



* The study of the syuonymy of this species has brought to light au error, which 

 may be referred to here. It appears that Parra 's V'uja, No. 3, and Schneider's Scarus 

 chloris, founded upon the figure of Parra, belong, not to Pseudoscarus, as is intimated by 

 Dr. Gunther, but to Scarus; such is the judgment of Professor Poey after consulting 

 the type of Parra's description, preserved ia the Museum in Madrid. M. Guicheuot, 

 after an examination of the types iu the Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, retains iu 

 this genus Scarus virens, Valenc. There now remains O' ly Scarus quadrispinosus, Val., 

 as a synonym of Giinther's Pseudoscarus chloris, ami. of these names, that of Valen- 

 ciennes has undoubted priority. The reversed synonymy should stand then some- 

 what as follows : — 



SCARUS CHLORIS, Schn. 



Tieja, Parra, Descr. Dif. Picz. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1787, 59, lam. 28, f. 3. 



Scarus chloris. Schneider, Bloch, Syst. Ichth. 1601, 289 (on Parra's figure). — Coi'E, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 



1870, 461. 

 Pseudoscarus chloris, Gunther, Cat Fisb. Brit. Mus. iv, 1862, 227. 

 Scarus virens, Civ. ,v Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss. xiv, 1639, 203.— Storek, Syn. Fisb. N. Am. 1846, 140.— 



Miller A: TBOSCHEL iu Schomburgk's Hist. Barbados, 1648, 074. 

 Scarus chrysojrterus, Scuxeider, op. cit. 280, pi. IviiL — Cov. i; Val., op. cit. 185.— Storer, op. cit. 143.— 



Cope, op. cit. 402. 

 Scarus lateralis, Poey, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1860, ii, 219; Eep. Fis. Nat. 1, 1807, 337, 375. 



Habitat. — Cuba, Santa Cruz, Saint Christopher's, Saint Thomas, Martinique, Porto 

 Rico, Barbados. 



Pseudoscarus quadrispinosus, (Ta lew.) Guicheuot. 



Scarus quadrispinosus, Civ. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss. xiv, 1639, 197.— Storer, Syn. Fisb. N. Am. 1840, 



144. 

 Pseudoscarus quadrispinosus. Gi'iCHEXOT, Proc. Soc. Imp. Sci. -Xat. Cherbourg. 1805, 27. 

 ? Scarus obtusus. Poey, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, ii, 1860, 217; Kep. Fis.-Nat. ii, 1866. 349. 

 Pseudoscarus chloris (not Bloch), GCxtheb, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. iv, 1862, 227. — Cor-E, Trans. Am. Phil. 



Soc. 1870, 461. 

 Habitat. — Saint Thomas, Cuba, Jamaica, Bahamas. 



