106 LABRHj^E. 



fin deep black. Anal blackish ; ventrals blackish, with yellow margins ; pectorals 

 yellow ; caudal blackish, sometimes with a white posterior margin. 



Zanzibar. 



Length 12 inches. 



It is just possible that the description given by M. Valenciennes of his Scams lunu- 

 tatus may be intended for this species ; but the original specimen appears to be lost, 

 and the description is insufficient for identification. 



360. Pseudoscarus capitaneus. [507.] 



Cacatoe-capitano, Renard, pi. 20. f. 112 (very bad). 

 Scarus capitanus, Cuv. §■ Val. xiv. p. 228, pi. 403. 

 Pseudoscarus capitaneus, Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 228. 



Colour in life. — Brownish, with three rows of large whitish spots, — the first, consisting 

 of three spots, near the base of dorsal; the second below the lateral line, consisting of 

 about six ; and the third, also of about six, from axil of pectoral. Caudal, anal, and 

 dorsal uniform brown. 



Zanzibar. Mauritius. Mozambique. 



361. Pseudoscarus macrochilus. [273.] 



Pseudoscarus macrocheilos, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. i. p. 38, t. 15. f. 1. 

 macrochilus, Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 228. 



Colour in life. — Greenish grey, each scale with a lighter centre ; dorsal blackish, the 

 posterior rays with a reddish tint ; caudal and anal red ; ventrals and pectorals grey. 

 Zanzibar. Java. 



362. Pseudoscarus rubro-violaceus. [ 54 7.] 

 Pseudoscarus rubro-violaceus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. i. p. 37, t. 13. f. 3; Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 229. 



Zanzibar. Java. 



363. Pseudoscarus bataviensis. [1S9, 536.] 

 Pseudoscarus bataviensis, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. i. p. 48, t. 12. f. 3; Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 231. 



The specimens from Zanzibar were found to differ somewhat from those previously 

 described ; there are two or three conical teeth at the inner angle of the lower jaw, 

 which are stronger than those on the upper. Having examined the typical specimen of 

 the species ceded by Dr. Bleeker to the British Museum, we find that the teeth in the 

 lower jaw are absent on one side only, but in the other they are as well developed as in 

 the Zanzibar specimen. In preserved specimens a large light-yellowish blotch on the 

 lower part of operculum (green in life) is very distinct, and appears to be characteristic 

 of the species. 



