Fishes . x:w>t. Fig. 503—Slippery-dick or Doncella, Halichceren bivittatiiis (Bloch), a fisli of thecoral reefs, Key West. Family Lahrldce. Psetidoscams laiax and P. idtramarivms being large andshowy species, chiefly blue. Pseudoscams prasiognathus isdeep red with the jaws bright blue. Fossil species referred to Scants but belonging rather to Spari-soma are found in the later Tertiary. The genera Phyllodiis,Egertonia, and Paraphyllodus of the Eocene perhaps form atransition from Labridcc to Scaridcc. In Paraphyllodus medhisthe three median teeth of the lower pharyngeals are greatlywidened,
Fishes . x:w>t. Fig. 503—Slippery-dick or Doncella, Halichceren bivittatiiis (Bloch), a fisli of thecoral reefs, Key West. Family Lahrldce. Psetidoscams laiax and P. idtramarivms being large andshowy species, chiefly blue. Pseudoscams prasiognathus isdeep red with the jaws bright blue. Fossil species referred to Scants but belonging rather to Spari-soma are found in the later Tertiary. The genera Phyllodiis,Egertonia, and Paraphyllodus of the Eocene perhaps form atransition from Labridcc to Scaridcc. In Paraphyllodus medhisthe three median teeth of the lower pharyngeals are greatlywidened, extending across the surface of the bone. CHAPTER XXXVIII THE SOUAMIPINNES
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