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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
195. Sparisoma lorito Jordan & Swain. “Loro”; Parrot-fish. 
Head 3; depth 2.9; eye 5.3; snout 2.3; interorbital 5.2; preorbital 3.5; D. ix, 10; A. ii, 9; pecto- 
ral 1.5; ventral 1.8; caudal 1.3; scales 11-25-5. Back moderately elevated, dorsal outline much more 
strongly arched than ventral; eye high in position; one posterior canine on each side of upper jaw, and 
one or more small ones near suture; caudal deeply lunate, upper lobe very slightly the longer. 
Color in spirits: Uniform greenish; a very distinct deep-black blotch on base of upper rays of 
pectoral; outer rays of caudal darker than middle. Much resembling N. brachiale in spirits, but differing 
in the presence of canine teeth. 
A West Indian species, known from Havana, Haiti, Jamaica, Porto Rico, Sombrero, and Barbados. 
Two specimens, each about 10 inches long, were obtained by us — one at Puerto Real, the other at 
Arroyo — and others were seen. It is of some value as a food-fish. 
Sparisoma lorito Jordan & Swain, Proc. U. S. N. M. 1884 (July 1), 95, Havana: Jordan & Evermann, 1. c., 1637,1898. 
196. Sparisoma viride (Bonnaterre). 11 Loro Verde”; “ Cotoro” ; Dark-green Parrot-fish. 
Head 3; depth 2.6; eye 7.5; snout 2; interorbital 4; preorbital 3.1; D. ix, 10; A. ix, 9; pectoral 
1.4; ventral 1.7; caudal 1.3; scales 2-25-5. Body rather deep, back elevated, profile nearly straight 
from snout to dorsal; caudal deeply lunate, outer rays considerably produced, upper lobe slightly the 
longer; 2 canines on each side of upper jaw. 
Color in life: Rich bluish-green, edges of scales as well as their bases brownish; top of head light 
clear brown down to level of pupil, this brown patch extending from occiput to near tip of snout, which 
is green with a narrow brown border; a narrow brown bar backward from eye to humeral region, and 
a similar one from mouth backward to opercle, this connecting with the nari’ow line around each lip; 
space above this rich green, below paler green; upper edge of opercle with a small pale-lemon spot, below 
it a green one, then rest of opercle with a broad reddish-orange border; subopercle with a very narrow 
orange border; caudal peduncle with a large irregular orange blotch covering about 5 or 6 scales; dorsal 
pale-reddish, the sheathing scales at base very rich green; caudal dark green at base and on outer rays 
nearly to tips; next a crescent of rich orange, the horns extending to tips; lastly a broad crescent of 
paler green or bluish green; anal green at base, then a broad rich orange band, then a broad blue 
border; pectoi'al green on upper and lower rays, paler between; ventral rich blue-green on outer ray, 
rest pale-orange; teeth white, with slight bluish tinge. 
In spirits: Pale-greenish, top of head grayish-brown, a band of same color behind eye; side 
of head blue, abruptly demarcated from color of top of head; a pale band from angle of mouth across 
cheek, then narrowing and curving upward across opercle; lips blue, their edges pale; membranous edge 
of opercle pale, a bright-yellow spot above; anal with blue margin and base, pale in middle; caudal with 
blue margin, widening on middle rays, a yellow crescent-shaped band in front of it, rest of fin greenish; 
pectoral bluish above and in front, pale-yellowish below and behind; scales at base of caudal pale yellow. 
A West Indian species; known from the Bahamas, Sombrero Key, Jamaica, Porto Rico, St. 
Thomas, and St. Croix. Obtained by us at Arroyo and Culebra, where it is probably common. It 
attains a length of 2 feet or more and, though used for food, it is not of much value. 
Piscis viridis bahamensis (the Parrot-fish), Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolinas, etc., II, 29, pi. 29, 1738, Bahamas. 
Scarus viridis Bonnaterre, Enc. M6th., X, 96, 1788, Bahamas; after Catesby. 
Scarus catesby LacCp&de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 16, 1803, Bahamas; after Catesby. 
Scarus catcsbei Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIV, 183, 1839, Bahamas. 
Scarus melanotis Bleeker, Ichth. Notizen, I-X, 4, 1862, St. Croix. 
Sparisoma viride , Jordan & Evermann, 1. c., 1638, 1898. 
197. Sparisoma flavescens (Bloch & Schneider). Vieja Colorado; Mud Parrot-fisli. 
Head 3.1; depth 2.7; eye 5.5; snout 2.4; interorbital 4; preorbital 4; D. ix, 10; A. ii, 9; scales 
1-25-5. Body rather stout, compressed, heavy forward; profile evenly curved from tip of snout to 
dorsal fin, then in a long regular slope to caudal peduncle; mouth normal, gape not reaching eye by a 
distance greater than half diameter of orbit; jaws pale, lower jaw projecting; no canines; upper lip 
covering all of upper jaw; scales large and thin, a single row of 5 scales on cheek, 4 scales before origin 
of dorsal; tubes of lateral line dividing into 4 or 5 branches, covering most of scale; top of head with 
numerous small papillae, forming elevated lines posteriorly and behind eye; origin of dorsal over base 
of pectoral; longest dorsal spine about 2.5 in head; dorsal rays slightly longer; anal similar to soft 
