108 LABKID^E. 



Spec, b [541]. Corresponds to the description and figure in Bleeker's • Atlas Ich- 

 thyologique.' 



Length 12 inches. 



Zanzibar. Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



367. Pseudoscarus cyanognathus. [523, 546, 662.] 

 Pseudoscarus cyanogiiathus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. i. p. 32, t. 11. f. 2; Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 234. 



JJ 1Q . A. y . 



Colour in life. Spec. « [546]. — Green, each scale with a reddish base. Four longitu- 

 dinal stripes on belly, the lowest from symphysis of lower jaw to first anal spine. Lips 

 blue, coalescing at the angle of the mouth into a single green line, which skirts the 

 lower margin of the orbit, and extends to the posterior limb of the prseoperculum. A 

 second blue line parallel to the lower lip ; a blue streak along the lower limb of the 

 prseoperculum. Vertical fins yellowish, with green marginal, median, and basal bands, 

 Caudal green, with a double bluish margin to the lobes, between which the colour is 

 reddish. — Length 10^ inches. 



Spec, b [523]. Similar in colour to a. The longitudinal lines on the belly are hardly 

 visible ; the green line below the eye, which in a was a narrow streak, has become a 

 broad band, and extends to the posterior of operculum ; the margin of the anal fin is 

 very broad, occupying about one-half of its breadth.— Length 11 inches. 



Spec, c [662]. The band below the eye has widened into a broad green patch over 

 the opercles. The scales on the posterior part of the tail and the sheath of the dorsal 

 are uniform bright green, without reddish centres. The longitudinal lines on the belly 

 are inconspicuous. — Length 13 inches. 



Zanzibar. Java. 



368. Pseudoscarus caudofasciatus. [450, 534.] 

 Pseudoscarus caudofasciatus, Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 238. 



D. jg. A. g. 



Colour in life. — Bluish grey, with three or four transverse yellow bands, and an 

 indistinct longitudinal one from angle of mouth to root of pectoral. Vertical fins red, 

 immaculate ; spinous portion of dorsal with a very narrow blackish margin. Pectorals 

 and ventrals white. 



Zanzibar. Mauritius. 



369. Pseudoscarus troscheh. Plate XIV. figs, l, 2, 3. [509,522,512.] 

 Pseudoscarus troscbeli, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. i. p. 25, t. 7. f. 2 ; Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 237. 



D - A - 

 V. 10 . A. 9 . 



The examples of this species differ widely in coloration ; but it may be easily 



