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outer extremities free, the bases coalesced; lateral teeth in lower jaw large, distinct, in a single series, 
crowded at base; 2 posterior teeth on one and one on the other side of upper jaw canine-like and 
turned backward. 
Dorsal spines pungent, about 2.1 in head; soft dorsal slightly higher; anal similar to soft dorsal, 
but lower; caudal truncate or slightly rounded; pectoral 1.6 in head; reaching slightly beyond tips of 
centrals; origins of dorsal, pectoral, and ventrals in same vertical line. 
Scales large, firm, thin, those on nape and breast not reduced; 3 scales on median line in front of 
dorsal; 1 row of 3 scales on cheek; large scales on upper and posterior part of opercle, 1 scale showing 
on lower limb; rest of head naked; a sheath of scales at base of dorsal, none at base of anal; lateral 
line complete, the tubes much branched. 
Color in alcohol, general ground-color of body and tins, except pectoral, light brown, with 
numerous scattered darker reddish brown spots, of indistinct outline, about size of pupil, these spots 
on body corresponding with the rows of scales, and showing within their area small lighter specks; 
dorsal light brown with about 2 or 3 cross series of large darker brown spots, edge of fin 
blackish; anal and caudal similar to dorsal; ventrals mottled but lighter; pectoral pale, dusky at base. 
Known only from 3 specimens obtained by Dr. Jenkins at Honolulu, in 1889, the length of these 
being from 4 to 5.75 inches. 
Scaridea zonarcha Jenkins, Bull. T". S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23,1003), 468, Honolulu (type, No. 50851, U. S. N. M.). 
273. Scaridea balia Jenkins. Fig. 147. 
Head 3.25 in length; depth 2.4; eye 5 in head; snout 2.9; preorbital 4; interorbital 4.3; scales 
2-24-5; D. ix, 10; A. it, 9; P. 12. 
Body short, deep, and compressed; dorsal outline regularly and evenly arched from tip of snout 
to caudal peduncle, somewhat straighter from tip of snout to origin of dorsal fin, there being no angle 
at the last-mentioned point; ventral outline evenly convex; head short and deep; snout short; mouth 
moderate, about horizontal, in line with axis of body, the gape reaching past vertical from nostril; 
lower jaw included, each jaw with 2 irregular rows of teeth; teeth in anterior portion of each jaw 
distinct, imbricated in 2 irregular series; upper jaw with 2 posterior canines directed backward, lateral 
teeth of upper jaw distinct, small, and in a single series; each side of lower jaw with about 5 distinct 
blunt incisor-like teeth in a single series; no teeth inside of front series of upper jaw; preorbital and 
interorbital rather narrow, the latter little convex, somewhat concave anteriorly; dorsal spines stiff 
and pungent, length of longest about equal to snout; soft dorsal somewhat elevated, longest ray 2.1 in 
head; anal similar to soft dorsal, slightly lower; caudal rounded, 1.6 in head; ventrals short, their 
