. Fishes. Fishes. yy?77^ ' -Ta. Fig. 503.—Slippery-dick or Doncella, Halichieres bivittatu? (Bloch), a fish of the coral reefs, Key West. Family Labridce. Pseudoscarus latax and P. idtramarinus being large and showy species, chiefly blue. Pseudoscarus prasiognathus is deep red with the jaws bright blue. Fossil species referred to Scarus but belonging rather to Spari- soma are found in the later Tertiary. The genera Phyllodus, Egertonia, and Paraphyllodus of the Eocene perhaps form a transition from Labridce to Scaridcc. In Paraphyllodus niedius the three median teeth of the lower pharyngeals a
. Fishes. Fishes. yy?77^ ' -Ta. Fig. 503.—Slippery-dick or Doncella, Halichieres bivittatu? (Bloch), a fish of the coral reefs, Key West. Family Labridce. Pseudoscarus latax and P. idtramarinus being large and showy species, chiefly blue. Pseudoscarus prasiognathus is deep red with the jaws bright blue. Fossil species referred to Scarus but belonging rather to Spari- soma are found in the later Tertiary. The genera Phyllodus, Egertonia, and Paraphyllodus of the Eocene perhaps form a transition from Labridce to Scaridcc. In Paraphyllodus niedius the three median teeth of the lower pharyngeals are greatly widened, extending across the surface of the 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 Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. New York, H. Holt and Company
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