102 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



extremity. The opercule is produced and very broad ; the pectorals 

 have fifteen rays ; the caudal truncate ; the eye is nearly twice 

 and two-thirds in the length of the snout ; colour of a dark purple 

 (in spirits) ; a whitish blotch covers the chin ; another is visible 

 on the opercle, and a broad transverse one extends on the back 

 behind the opercule ; the fins are purple, without spots, as is also 

 the snout. The length of specimen is about twelve inches." 



"Nota. — This sort seems to resemble the Scar us nigricans, ol 

 Ehrenberg (Cuv. & Val.), which is only imperfectly known. Cape 

 York." 



744. Pseudoscarus modestus, Casteln. 



Eesearches on the Fishes of Australia, p. 41. 



" Upper jaw projecting slightly beyond the lower ; three series 

 of scales on the cheek, the lower prrcopercular limb being entirely 

 naked ; teeth white, the two of the upper jaw strongly denti- 

 culated ; those of the lower jaw distinct laterally by longitudinal 

 lines in the laminated pieces. Form, oblong ; the greatest height 

 of the body contained rather more than four times and a-half in 

 the total length of the fish ; the upper profile of the head pointed ; 

 caudal rounded ; fourteen pectoral rays ; general colour pink, 

 with the head yellow ; no spots ; fins white ; length three inches. 

 Adelaide." 



"Nota. — This sort would come in Dr. Gunther's Division with 

 Pulchellus and Harid, but appears different from both. It is 

 probably a young specimen." 



745. Pseudoscarus Dumerilii, Casteln. 

 Eesearches on the Fishes of Australia, p. 41. 



" The teeth soldered together into a broad lamina. The largo 

 scales of the body and the two series of scales on the cheeks, place 

 this fish in Dr. Bleeker's genus Pseudoscarus. Its jaws of a white 

 colour, and its broad upper lip, place it in a small section which 



