22 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



1295. (1.) Scarichthys casruleopunctatus. (Fig. 147.) 

 Scarus (Calliodon) cteruleopunctatus, Riipp. N. W., Fische, p. 24, 



Scarichthys cseruleopunctatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 410, pi. Ixxxvii. 



fig. 5 (see synon.). 



B. v. D. 9/10. P. 14. V. 1/5. A. 2-3/8-9. C. 13. L. 1. 24. 



Length of head 3J to 4, height of body 4 in the total length. 



iMff diameter 5 in length of head, 2 diam. from end of snout, 



and l{ apart. Fins caudal rounded. Colour olive-brown, body 



Fig. 147. Scarichthys ceeruleopunctatits. 



and tail covered with blue black-edged spots ; two or three rows of 

 brown spots on dorsal, ventral, and anal fins. 



Hob. Bed Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India, and Malay 

 Archipelago. 



19. Genus CALLYODON (Gronov.), Cuv. & Val. 



Body oblong, rather compressed. Teeth in both jaws, anteriorly 

 compressed and imbricate, in one row in the upper and two in the 

 lower jaw, laterally soldered into one deep-cutting lamina ; inferior 

 pharyngeals, where the teeth (which are pavement-like) are pre- 

 sent, broader than long. Anterior nostril with a barbel-like 

 prolongation. Dorsal with fewer spines than rays ; anal with two 

 spines and fewer rays than the soft dorsal. Scales large ; a single 

 row on the cheeks. Lateral line strongly bent or interrupted 

 below the posterior end of the dorsal fin. 



Geographical Distribution, lutertropical seas generally. 



1296. (1.) Callyodon viridescens. (Fig. 148.) 

 Scarus (Calliodon) viridescens, Riipp. N. W., Fische, p. 23, t. vii, tig. 2. 

 Callyodon viridescens, Day, Fish. India, p. 410, pi. xc, fig. 2 (see 

 eynon.). 



B. vi. D. 9/10. P. 13. A. 2/8. C. 13. L. 1. 24. 

 Length of head 3, height of body 3 in the total length. Eyes 



