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357. Pseudoscarus maculosus. [12, 545.] 



Scarus maculosus, Lacep. iv. pp. 5, 21, pi. 1. f. 3 ; Cuv. fy Vol. xiv. p. 235. 



guttatus, Bl. Schn. p. 294. 



Pseudoscarus maculosus, G'unth. Fish. iv. p. 223. 



Colour in life. — Yellowish above, rosy on the belly, the scales having blue centres, some 

 of which are more strongly marked than others, and form about five interrupted cross 

 bands. A blue streak above and passing through upper part of eye ; another from 

 posterior part of orbit ; a third below it, skirting the inferior margin, and extending to 

 the angle of the mouth ; a blue band round upper lip ; another at some distance beneath 

 the lower one, and several blue markings on the opercles. Dorsal rosy, with a blue 

 margin and a blue basal and median series of spots. Anal similar, without the median 

 series of spots. Caudal rosy, with a blue exterior margin to each lobe and a few blue 

 spots between them. Ventrals rosy, with blue anterior margins. Pectorals also with a 

 blue superior margin. 



The Pseudoscarus pyrrhostethus of Bleeker approximates so closely to the P. maculosus 

 of this collection, that we are almost inclined to consider them the same species. 



Aden. Zanzibar. Ibo. Mozambique. Mauritius. 



358. Pseudoscarus globiceps. [288.] 



Scarus globiceps, Cuv. Sf Val. xiv. p. 179; Jen. Voy. Beagle, Fishes, p. 106. 

 Pseudoscarus globiceps, Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 224. 



Zanzibar. Tahiti. 



359. Pseudoscarus nigripinnis, sp. n. Plate XV. fig. 2. [438, 670.] 



n 9 A 3 



Jaws whitish, strong, with the denticulation very perceptible, not only on the margin, 

 but on the whole surface of the bone ; no separate conical teeth ; lip broad, covering 

 more than half of the upper jaw. Scales of the cheek in three series ; the middle one 

 consisting of six, and the lower one of two or three scales ; the lower prseopercular 

 limb is entirely naked. The anterior dorsal spines are highest. Fourteen pectoral 

 rays. Caudal in young specimens slightly rounded ; in older examples it is truncated, 

 with the lobes very slightly produced. 



Colour yellowish olive ; each scale with a darker base and margin, those on the lower 

 half of the fish being nearly black. The scales of the thoracic region have a small 

 black spot in the centre. A dark stripe across the forehead between the anterior 

 margins of the orbits. Another similar stripe from the lower anterior margin of the 

 orbits, passing round the throat just behind the angle of the mouth. The front part of 

 the dorsal, namely the membrane between the first two spines and the base of the fol- 

 lowing one, yellowish, as is also the margin of the posterior angle ; the remainder of the 



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