100 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



tooth. Caudal fin rounded ; dorsal and anal rather elevated/the 

 spines being flexible and slender ; the length of the posterior 

 spines is two-thirds of that of the head. Uniform reddish-yellow 

 (in a dried state) ; opercular point with a black spot, edged with 

 white anteriorly ; dorsal fin with a black spot between the two 

 first spines and with numerous undulated brownish lines in its 

 upper half ; anal with three lines near the margin ; caudal with 

 irregular transverse bands. 



West and South Australia. 



738. Coris lixeolata, Cuv. & Val. 



G-unth., Cat. Fishes IV., p. 206. 



Described by Count Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 

 Vol. III., p. 390. 



Port Jackson. West Australia. 



739. Coris pallida, n. sp. 



D. 9/12. A. 3/12. L. lat. about 50. 



Compressed, snout rather elongate, pointed ; eye large ; caudal 

 fin somewhat rounded. Colour pale yellow, with some small black 

 spots on the head, a few indistinct dark transverse marks on the 

 sides, and a minute black spot on the second dorsal spine and 

 another larger about the second ray. Pins colourless, immaculate. 



Endeavour Eiver. Length two inches. 



Genus Pseudoscarus, Bleek. 



The upper jaw projecting beyond the lower ; two or more series 

 of scales on the cheek ; dorsal spines more or less flexible ; 

 anterior teeth soldered together, arranged in quincuncial order ; 

 the dentigerous plate of the lower pharyngeal longer than broad. 

 D. 9/10. A. 2/8. L. lat. 23-25. 



Tropical Seas. 



