. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. REVIEW OF THE PARROTFISHES 35 j^Si^^^Bm^tm. Figure 6.—Scarus lunula, green color markings in black; a, head; b, dorsal fin; c, anal fin; d, caudal fin. (Sketches by author.) 36 10a. Edge of upper lip blue or green, then submarginally pinkish or purplish red, thence from middle of snout a green streak extends past ventral margin of eye, disappearing behind eye, usually one or two other green streaks extend behind eye and one or two other green streaks extend from eye across interorbital space, figure 6 and plate 10,B. (Central and West Pacifi


. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. REVIEW OF THE PARROTFISHES 35 j^Si^^^Bm^tm. Figure 6.—Scarus lunula, green color markings in black; a, head; b, dorsal fin; c, anal fin; d, caudal fin. (Sketches by author.) 36 10a. Edge of upper lip blue or green, then submarginally pinkish or purplish red, thence from middle of snout a green streak extends past ventral margin of eye, disappearing behind eye, usually one or two other green streaks extend behind eye and one or two other green streaks extend from eye across interorbital space, figure 6 and plate 10,B. (Central and West Pacific.) . . lunula (Snyder) 106. No streaks or bars radiating from eye; snout plain yellowish green; a roundish pale spot on lower part of head about opposite eye; plate 10,c. (Central and West Pacific.) formosus Cuvier and Valenciennes 96. Anal fin with two streaks, in addition there may be a series of spots basally; streaks on head as illustrated in figure 7. (Hawaiian Islands.) lauia Jordan and Evermann . Scale rows on cheek 2, second or "middle" row may be represented by 1 or more scales. 11a. Second, or "middle," row of scales on cheek with from 0 to 3 scales, (usually 0 on one side only) these scales may be embedded in the skin in large adults; pectoral rays ii,13 (see table 3).. 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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