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bands on the body and other characteristics of P. vestitus, 

 while the larger ones are undoubtedly P. cyanogenys, and 

 they also agree with the adults described by Castelnau. The 

 others exhibit every intermediate stage between the two, so 

 that there can be no doubt as to the identity of P. vestita and 

 P. cyanogenys. ] 



PsEUDOLABRUS PSiTTACULus, RicJiardson. 

 (Fig. 19.) 



Labrus psittaculus, Richardson, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1840, p. 26^ 

 and Trans. Zool. Soc, iii., 1849, p. 141. 



Labrus, Taiitoga, psittacula, Richardson, Zool. Ereb. and 

 Terr., Fishes, 1848, p. 129, pi. Ivi., figs. 7-10. 



Labrichthys psittacula, Giinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., iv., 

 1862, p. 114; id., Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Soc. Vict., ii., 

 i873> P- 52- 



Labrichthys rubicunda, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 

 Wales, vi., 1881, p. 89. 



Labrichthys mortoni, Johnston, Proc. Rov. Soc. Tasm., 1884 

 (1885'), p. 256. ■ 



D. ix. 11; A. iii. 10; \. i. 5; P. 12; C. 12; 1. lat. 25-26; 

 1. tr. 2 + 8. 



Height of body 3-3^, length of head 35-3^ in the length to 

 the hypural. Eye 4j-5, snout 3-3^, caudal peduncle 2J-2J in 

 the head. Interorbital width J-i in the orbit. 



Body compressed, highest at the origin of the dorsal, the 

 profile from the snout slightly convex or almost straight. 

 Head conical, the snout somewhat pointed. Caudal peduncle 

 very broad and flattened. Mouth slightly oblique, extending 

 to below the nostrils. Anterior canines strong and curved, 

 decreasing in size backwards ; a second row of small teeth on 

 the anterior portion of each jaw. Posterior canine strong and 

 curved. Interorbital space convex over the eyes, flattened or 

 slightly concave on the median line. Upper portion of the 

 head, snout and space around the eyes, and the margin of the 

 preoperculum covered with muciferous canals. Cheeks with 

 four rows of small scales ; operculum with four or five rows of 

 large irregular scales. A broad skinny flap on the end of the 

 operculum. 



Lateral line following the curve of the back to below the last 

 two dorsal rays, where it bends abruptly downwards to the 

 mid-line of the tail. Scales extending over the base of the 

 caudal fin, and series of smaller scales are continued up 

 between the rays. 



