412 ACANTHOPTERTGII. 



2. Pseudoscarus chrysopoma, Plate L XXX IX, fig. 2. 



Scarus Qmyi, pt. Cuv. and Val. xiv. p. 273. 



6'a(rM.s c7tr?/so»o»w.s, Bleeker, Labr. p. 53. -,.,,xi- ,^ l ■■ h o 



Pseudoscarus viridis, Bleeker (not Bloch),_ Scar. p. 240, and Atl. Icli. i, p. 45, t. xvii, f. 3. 



Pseudoscarus chrysopoma, Gunther, Catal. iv, p. 221. 



B. Y, D. ■^, P. 14, V. 1/5, A. I, C. 13, L. 1. 25. 



Length of head 3f to 3J, of caudal 8i to 81, height of body 3^ to 3i in the total length Eyes-- 

 diameter 51 to 6 in the length of head, 2i diameters from the end of snout, and 2 apart Upper hp broad 

 Teeth-ed^e^ crennlated, a pointed tooth at the angle. Fms-dovsa.1 spines subequal m length : caudal 

 truncated, the angles being slightly produced in adults. ,SV-a,/es-three rows of scales on the cheeks, the 

 inferior of which cover the lower limb of the preopercle, the centre row consists of five scales. 6oZo«rs-green. 

 Upper lip with one, lower with two cross bands, passing into a subtriangular spot between the eye and the angle 

 of the mouth : three short lines radiate from the eye. Scales with a reddish margin. Dorsal and anal fins 

 rosy, with a narrow band along their bases, and green margins : caudal green. 



Eahitat.—SesiS of India and Malay Archipelago. 



3. Pseudoscarus ghobbam. 



Scarus gJwbham, Forsk. p. 28 ; Gmel. Linn. 1281 ; Cuv. and Val. xiv, p. 216 (not Riipp. Atl. 



Fische, p. 78). ^ -, -rr , • oo- 



Scarus maculosus, Lacep. iv, pp. 5, 21, pi. 50, f. 3 ; Cuv. and Val. xiv, p. -oo. 



ScarMS (7M«ates, (Sonnerat.) Bl. Schn. p. 294. -, ^r , • oo,- n ^ nti oqq 



Scarus psiti<^c'cs, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 77, t. xx, f. 1 ; Cuv. and Val. xiv, p. 22b ; Cantor, Catal. p. 239; 



Bleeker, Batav. p. 495 (not (Sc«mw;23«('«(xcMs, Forsk. p. 29). 



Scarus pepo, Bennett, Fish. Ceylon, p. 28, pi. xxviii ; Bleeker, Beng. en Hind. p. o4. , . , „ , 



Scarus harid, Cuv. and Val. xiv, p. 247 (not pi. 404); Bleeker, Labr. p. 48 (not Scarus hand, Forsk. 



p. 30). 



Scarus pyrrhostethus, Richards. Ich. China, p. 2b2. 



Scarus haridoides, Bleeker, e-a STpec. -p. lOi. , . , -r , . ,o i. • c ^ n- n. n *. i • 



Pseudoscarus pyrrhostethus, Bleeker, Scar. p. 239, and Atl. Ich. i, p. 42, t. ix, f . 1 ; Gunther, Catal. iv, 

 p. 223; Kner, Novara Fische, p. 260. ,o .l • £ o 



Pseudoscarus Gantori, Bleeker, Scar. pp. 12, 13, and Atl. Ich. i, p. 43, t. ix, t. 2. 



Pseudoscarus ghobbam, (not Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 230), Klunz. Verb, z b. Ges. Wien, 18/1, p. 5b3. 



Pseudoscarus maculosus, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 223, and Fish. Zanz. p. lOo. 



B. V, D. ^, P. 15, V. 1/5, A. I, C. 13, L. 1. 25. 



LencTth of head 3|. to 4, of caudal 8 to 9, height of body S\ to 3^ in the total length. %e«— diameter 

 5 to 54- in the length of head, and 2 diameters from the end of the snout. Upper lip broad. Teeth— rather 

 small crenulated on their edges, none at the angle in the young, but said to be sometimes present m the adult. 

 J^/h,- dorsal spines subequal in length. Caudal truncated, with the outer rays somewhat produced m the 

 adult Srales—two rows on the cheeks, and two scales on the lower limb of the preopercle, the central 

 row consistino- of five scales. Colours— head reddish : jaws whitish : a blue cross band on the lips ; a curved 

 blue streak from the angle of the mouth to below the eye : scales on the body with blue edges : vertical fins 

 red, with blue bases and margins : caudal sometimes with blue spots, and occasionally they are also present 



on the dorsal. , , , , , , . , 



nabltat.—ned Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India, to the Malay Archipelago. 



4. Pseudoscarus seruginosus, Plate LXXXIX, fig. 3. 



Scarus crruginosus, Cuv. and Val. xiv, p. 257; Bleeker, Labr. p. 58. 



Scarus Ucerta, Cuv. and Val. xiv, p. 217 ; Bleeker, Beng. en Hmd p. 54. ^ ^ , . ooo ir 



Pseudoscarus ceruginosus, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. i, p. 40, t. xvii, fig. 2 ; Gunther, Catal. iv, p. 229 : Kner, 

 Novara Fische, p. 261. 



B. V, I). T%, P. 14, V. 1/5, A. f, C. 13, L. 1. 25. 



Lenn-th of head 3^ to 3|, of caudal 8h, height of body 3^ to Sf in the total length Eyes— diaineter 4| 

 to 5 in the lenoth of head. If to 2 diameters from end of snout, and 1 to 1^- apart. Upper lip broad and 

 double in its whole extent. Teeth— in jaws of moderate size, some have, others are destitute of a small pointed 

 one at the an-le of the upper jaw. J'ui^— anterior dorsal spine rather shorter than the succeeding ones. 

 Caudal truncated. Scales— t^yo rows on the cheeks, the second of which contains five or six scales whilst two 

 more scales exist on the lower preopercular limb. Cofo««— olivaceous, with three longitudinal sdvery bauds 

 alone the abdomen below the pectoral fin. „...-, i -i • 



Habitat.— Madras (from which locality there is a specimen at Pans), Andamans where it is common, to 



the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



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