. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure IS.—Scarus chlorodon, after Bikini specimens: a, specimen 210 mm. in standard length; b, a specimen 240 mm. in standard length. (Sketches by author.) 37a. Back not marked with dark bars or saddles. 38a. Lower part of head behind mouth with charac- teristically U-shaped or double U-shaped green blotches sometimes joined so as to cover most of lower part of head, for shapes of blotches see figure 15; first soft dorsal ray- on adults usually elongated; plate 17,B,c. (Central and West Pacific, Indian Ocean.) chlorodon Jenyns 386. A broad
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure IS.—Scarus chlorodon, after Bikini specimens: a, specimen 210 mm. in standard length; b, a specimen 240 mm. in standard length. (Sketches by author.) 37a. Back not marked with dark bars or saddles. 38a. Lower part of head behind mouth with charac- teristically U-shaped or double U-shaped green blotches sometimes joined so as to cover most of lower part of head, for shapes of blotches see figure 15; first soft dorsal ray- on adults usually elongated; plate 17,B,c. (Central and West Pacific, Indian Ocean.) chlorodon Jenyns 386. A broad green band across anterior lower part of head, without any U-shaped green blotches behind this green band; body gen- erally dusky or brownish with an indistinct pale green bar, 2 or 3 scales wide, dorsally on middle of body below last two dorsal spines and first soft ray; for other character- istic color marks see figure 24. (Red Sea.) marshalli, new species 38c. General color blue, or grayish dorsally in al- cohol, yellowish ventrally; margins of scales on back and sides yellowish, centers green; a blue bar across forehead between eyes, becoming indistinct posteriorly; blue band from angle of mouth to eye and thence around tip of snout; third blue band from angle of mouth downward and thence for- ward across chin; dorsal and anal brick red, with blue or green streak basally and a broad green margin; caudal pinkish ^^^th upper and lower rays blue; pel vies pinkish; pectorals yellowish, upper rays blue or green; no ray of dorsal fin elongated; great- est depth to ; figure 16. (East Pacific.) azureus Hildebrand 396816—58. 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 P
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