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Origin of dorsal over upper base of pectoral, its distance from tip of snout equal to head; dorsal 
spines flexible, all except first and second of about equal length, longest 2.75 in head, longest ray 2.4 
in head; longest anal ray 2.4 in head; caudal truncate, lobes not produced; ventrals 1.85 in head, not 
reaching vent by two-thirds its own length; pectoral 1.6 in head. 
Scales large and thin, very slightly roughened by radiating lines of granulations extending to 
margin of scales; cheek with 3 rows of scales, 6 scales in upper row, 4 or 5 in middle, 2 in lower, 
which extends upon anterior limb of preopercle; posterior limb of opercle with 2 rows of large scales; 
anterior limb with a single series; 6 scales in median serieS before dorsal; lateral line interrupted at 1 
row of scales beyond posterior base of dorsal, pores on 19 scales, lateral line dropping down 1 row and 
beginning on row' in which long part ends, 6 pores being in the shorter part, pores being on the 2 
different but adjoining scales in the same upward and backward row; many pores branched, a few 
single. 
Color in life, upper portion reddish-brown, lower parts, including ventrals and anal, a brighter 
red; vertical fins and ventrals somewhat mottled; body and head without distinct markings. 
Color in alcohol, grayish-brown, upper parts darker, edges of scales dark brown; fins all a similar 
color, the vertical fins and ventrals being mottled with light and brown. 
The above description from the type, 7 inches long, obtained by Dr. Jenkins at Honolulu in 1889, 
the only known specimen until the Albatross obtained others in 1902. 
Scarus paluca Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XIX, 1899 (Aug. 30, 1900), 60, fig. 18, Honolulu (type, No. 6141, Stanford 
Univ., Coll. O. P. Jenkins); ibid., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 471 (Honolulu; same specimen); Snyder, op. cit. (Jan. 
19, 1904), 531 (Honolulu). 
282. Callyodon jenkinsi (Jordan & Evermann). 
Head 3 in length; depth 2.5; eye 6.5 in head; snout, 2.6; preorbital 4.7; interorbital 3; D. ix, 10; 
A. m, 9; P. 13; scales 2-24-7. 
Body short, very deep and greatly compressed; head short, nearly as deep as long, snout short 
and blunt; mouth small; each jaw with 1 or 2 blunt canines; dorsal and ventral outlines about equally 
convex; anterior profile rising rather irregularly from tip of. snout to origin of dorsal : caudal peduncle 
deep, its least depth 2 in head. Scales large, deeper than long; 2 row's of large scales on.cheek and 
1 row on subopercle; a row of thin modified scales at base of dorsal and anal; a few very large thin 
scales on base of caudal; lateral line ceasing under last dorsal ray, reappearing 2 rows lower down and 
continuing to base of caudal, the pores with 2 or 3 irregular branches; dorsal rays soft and flexible, 
not pungent; dorsal spines somewhat elevated posteriorly, longest a little more than 2 in head; first 
ventral spine obscure, the others soft and flexible; anal rays somewhat shorter than those of dorsal; 
caudal shallowly lunate, the outer rays not greatly produced; ventrals moderate, 1.6 in head, not 
reaching to origin of anal by a distance equal to two-fifths their length; pectoral broad, 1.2 in head. 
Color of a nearly fresh specimen, bright blue-green, brightest on posterior half of body, each scale 
broadly edged with reddish brown; lower anterior part of body reddish brown, with traces of blue- 
green; top of head brownish red or coppery, a broad deep blue-green band on the upper lip, extending 
on side of head to below eye; lower lip with a narrow brighter blue-green band connecting at angle of 
mouth with the one from upper lip; chin with a broad coppery-red bar, followed by a broader bright 
blue-green one; caudal green, median part pale, banded with green spots; dorsal bright green at base 
and tip, the middle pale greenish, translucent; anal similar, the distal band broader; pectorals find 
ventrals deep vitriol-green with whitish markings. 
Color in alcohol, dirty greenish, side with about 8 longitudinal series of greenish blotches; head 
olivaceous above, paler on cheeks; upper lip broadly pea-green at edge, this color continued backward 
to under eye; edge of lower lip pale green, continued around angle of mouth uniting with the same 
color from upper lip; chin with a broad, pale crossbar, behind which is a broader, pale-green one 
which extends up on cheek nearly to orbit; back of this is a still broader, white crossbar interrupted in 
the middle by greenish; subopercle and lower edge of preopercle with a large, irregular, green patch; 
a median green line on breast to base of ventrals; dorsal green at base and along edge, the middle 
portion paler; anal similar to dorsal, the green border broader; caudal bright pea-green on the outer 
rays, the inner ones pale with 4 or 5 cross series of green spots, tips of rays darker; ventrals pale 
green, the edges dark pea-green; pectoral pale green, darker green on the upper rays. 
This species is related to Scarus gilberti, from which it differs in the greater depth and the somewhat 
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