FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 37 

 PSEUDOCHROMIS FLAVIVERTEX Riippell 



Pseudochrmnis flo/mvertex Ruppf.t.t., Neue Wirbelth., Fische, 1835, p. 9, pi. 2, 

 fig. 2. Massaua, Red Sea.— Guntheb, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1860, 

 p. 258 (Red Sea). — Klunzinger, Verh. zool. bot. Ges, Wien, vol. 21, 1871, 

 p. 518 (name only) ; Fische Roth. Meer., 1884, p. 124. 



Depth 3%; head 3%. Snout 3 in head from snout tip; eye 3'%, 

 ii/g in snout; maxillary reaches opposite front of eye, expansion 2 

 in eye, length 3 in head from snout tip; interorbital low. Scales 

 48 in median lateral series to caudal base and 3 more on latter ; upper 

 section of lateral line with 43 tubular scales, lower section with 11 

 to caudal base and 3 more on latter; 2 scales above lateral line, 10 

 below, 22 predorsal extending forward opposite front pupil edge, 

 4 rows on cheek of which 1 row on preopercle flange. D. Ill, 18, 9, 

 third spine 2i/^ in total head length, ninth branched ray 1%, third 

 spine 3 in head, first ray 2^5; caudal li/g, emarginate behind; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2; pectoral 1%; ventral 1. 



Head, body and fins violaceous, except citron yellow dorsal fins 

 and broad citron yellow band from front part of head all along edge 

 of back and caudal above. Iris brown, with yellow ring around 

 pupil. Lips and mouth yellowish. Bright lunate blotch behind 

 eye. Anal with narrow blackish margin. Length 63 mm. 

 (Riippell.) 



Red Sea. 



PSEUDOCHROMIS OLIVACEUS Rttppell 



Pseudochronvis olivaceus Ruppell, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, 1835, p. 8, pi. 2, fig. 

 3. Red Sea.— GiJNTHEB, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1860, p. 257 (copied).— 

 Klunzinger, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 21, 1871, p. 517 (Red Sea).— 

 SCHMELTZ, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 5, 1877, p. 13 (Red Sea) ; No. 7, 1879, 

 p. 44 (Red Sea). — Klunzinger, Fische Roth. Meer, 1884, p. 124. — Pellbgrin, 

 Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, vol. 10, 1904, p. 544 (Djibouti, Red Sea). 



Depth 3; head 3. Snout 3% in head from snout tip; eye 5, fi^ 

 in snout; maxillary reaches opposite front eye edge, expansion 1/2 

 of eye, length 3 in head from snout tip ; interorbital moderately high. 



Scales 48 in median lateral series to caudal base and 4 more on 

 latter: tubular scales 36 in upper section of lateral line; lower 

 section with 11 to caudal base and 2 more on latter; 4 scales above 

 lateral line and 12 below, 33 predorsal forward opposite eye center, 

 8 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge. 



D. Ill, 17, 10, 1, third spine 31/5 in total head length, tenth branched 

 ray li/g; A. Ill, 15, third spine 3%, fifteenth ray 1%; caudal 

 22/3 in combined head and body to caudal base, emarginate; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2^V i" total head length; pectoral 11/2; 

 ventral 1. 



Dark olive green, many of lateral body scales with dark blue edges. 

 Opercular lobe black. Iris brown, red ring around pupil. Fins 

 2135—31 4 



