. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 16.—Scarus azureus. (Sketch by author.) 376, General color brownish, sometimes with 4 or 5 darker brown bars on sides (blue in life), these about 3 scales wide; distal margins of dorsal and anal fins narrowly blue or green edged; no blue or green streak at base of dorsal or anal, center of these fins orange, green spots basallj^; dorsal edge of pectoral fin blue-green; dorsal and ventral edge of caudal blue-green; streaks on head as shown in sketch of color pattern; none of the dorsal rays elongated; greatest depth usually to ;
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 16.—Scarus azureus. (Sketch by author.) 376, General color brownish, sometimes with 4 or 5 darker brown bars on sides (blue in life), these about 3 scales wide; distal margins of dorsal and anal fins narrowly blue or green edged; no blue or green streak at base of dorsal or anal, center of these fins orange, green spots basallj^; dorsal edge of pectoral fin blue-green; dorsal and ventral edge of caudal blue-green; streaks on head as shown in sketch of color pattern; none of the dorsal rays elongated; greatest depth usually to ; figure ^ 7 and plate 17,D. (East Pacific, Galdpagos Island.) noyesi Heller and Snodgrass. Figure 17.—Scarus noyesi. (Sketch by author.) 356. Pectoral rays ii,12 or ii,13; general background color brownish, scales dorsally and on upper sides with pale edges, centers brownish green; dorsal and anal narrowly edged with green, center and base with short green bars, but no basal green streak; chin pale; depth usually to ; figure 18. (East Pacific.) . . californiensis (Pellegrin) 35c. Pectoral rays usually ii,12, except sometimes ii, 13 in aeruginosus. 39a. Two to five alternating pale and dark vertical bars on back and dorsal part of sides; teeth 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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