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PSBUDOLABRUS CELIDOTUS, Foi'Ster. 



Labrus .celidotm, Forster in Hindi and Schneider, Syst. [chtb., 

 L801, p. 133, and \)v*cv. Anim., Ed. Licht., L844, p. 133; 

 Id., Richardson, Zool, Erebus and Terror, Pishes, 1848, p. 

 53, pi. x.wi.. Gigs. 1-5. 



Labrus poecilopleura, Cavier and Valenciennes, Hist, Nat. Poiss., 

 xiii., 1839, p. 95. 



Julis ? notatiis, Richardson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., xi., 1843, 

 p. 425 (Sparus notatiis, Solander, M.S.). i 



Labrus bothryocosmus, Richardson, Zool. Erebus and Terror, 

 Fishes, L848, p. 53> pi. xxxi., Hgs. 0-10. 



Labrichthyscelidota, Gunther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., iv., 1862, 

 p. 113 : Id., Hutton, Cat. Fish. N. Z„ 1872, v . 42 ; Id., 

 Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, vi., 1881, p. 78 ; /</., 

 Ogilby, Cat. Fish. N. S.Wales, 1886, p. 44. 



Labrichthys bothryocosmus, Gunther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish, iv., 

 L862, p. 114; Id, Hutton, Cat. Fish. N.Z., 1872. p. 43. 

 and Tr. N. Z. Inst., v., 1873, p. 265, pi. x., fig, 68: /,/., 

 Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wall's, vi., 1881, p. 79 ; Id., 

 Johnston, Proc. Boy. Soc. Tasm., 1882 (1883), \>. 123, 

 and 1890 (1891), p. 35. 



Psetidolabrus celldotus, Gill, Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci., Washington, 

 vi., 1893, pp. 98, 117 • Id., Waite, Mem. N. S. Wales Nat, 

 Club, 1904, p. 38, and Bee. Cantb. Mas., i., 1911, p. 224. 



Cheek scales in about five rows. Bases of the dorsal and anal 

 tins not scaly. Caudal truncate or slightly rounded. Upper 

 pectoral rays longest, the margin rounded. Light green or red- 

 dish olive, with some smaller spots on the upper half of the 

 body; some specimens with a large black blotch on the lateral 

 Hue. Some dark postorbital markings present or absent. 

 Sometimes there is a dusky longitudinal band on the dorsal and 

 anal fins. Pectoral with or without a dark basal band. 



According to Waite, 1'. celidotus and V. bothryocosmus are 

 merely colour varieties of one species. I have only examined 

 one of his New Zealand specimens, 320 mm. long, which has the 

 colour marking of the typical celidotiis ; there is no dark bar 

 across the base of the pectoral, but Mr. Waite informs me thai 

 this may be present or absent. He also tells me the young are 

 marked with ill-defined bands. 



