. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 46 BULLETIN 214, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 416. Color not as above. 43a. Dorsal surface of head and opercle reddish brown; snout and area behind mouth green; lower part of head orange with narrow wavy blue streaks or lines and a few blue dots or spots; plate 19,a. (West Pacific, Indian Ocean.) blochi Cuvier and Valenciennes 43&. Color not as FiGxmB 19. Scarus niger: after specimens, 117 and 158 mm. in standard length. (Sketch by author.) 44a. Head and body plain light brownish or grayish with 2 or 3, occasionally 4, light str
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 46 BULLETIN 214, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 416. Color not as above. 43a. Dorsal surface of head and opercle reddish brown; snout and area behind mouth green; lower part of head orange with narrow wavy blue streaks or lines and a few blue dots or spots; plate 19,a. (West Pacific, Indian Ocean.) blochi Cuvier and Valenciennes 43&. Color not as FiGxmB 19. Scarus niger: after specimens, 117 and 158 mm. in standard length. (Sketch by author.) 44a. Head and body plain light brownish or grayish with 2 or 3, occasionally 4, light streaks (yellowish when alive), one on each scale row of belly; no color marks on head; scales under pectoral fin not black edged; plates 3, A, and 19,b. Hawaiian Islands, Central and West Pacific, Indian Ocean.) aeruginosus Cuvier and Valenciennes 446. Color not as above. 45a. Sides with scales under pectoral fin black edged; young and half-grown speci- mens marked with light and dark streaks on sides and lower sides; head with light and dark bars as shown in figure 20; plate 19,c. (Central Pacific.) randalli, new species 456. Color not as Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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