380 RECORDS i)F THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



The types were obtained in the Melbourne markets. Length 

 14 inches. 



This appears to me to be almost certainly a form of P. 

 tetricus. 



PSEUDOLABRUS BLEEKERI, Castehiau. 



Labrichthys bleekeri, Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Soc. Vict., i., 1872, 

 p. 148 ; Id., Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, vi., 

 1881, p. 83; Id., McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Vict., xiv., 1887, 

 pi. cxxxiv. ; Id., Lucas, Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict. (2), ii., 1800, 

 p. 33. 



Pseudolabrus bleekeri, Gill, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xiv., 1892, 

 p. 402. 



Cheek scales in two series. Dorsal fin not scaly. Green 

 above, dark blue below, the scales bordered with carmine; no 

 trace of spots or bands. A broad black band from the eve to 

 the end of the operculum. Cheek with small white spots, throat 

 purple spotted with white. Vertical fins green, spotted with 

 purple or carmine ; caudal orange with carmine spots; pectorals 

 yellow ; ventrals pink (Casteluau). 



I have examined the specimen which is the original of 

 McCoy's figure, and though it has lost almost all traces of colour- 

 marking I have no doubt it is the same ;is what I have 

 figured as the young /'. tetricus (PI. xix.). McCoy describes 

 and figures colour bands which are differently arranged to what 

 I can see in his specimen, and which according to Castehiau 

 should not be present in /'. bleekeri. The anal fin also is drawn 

 too far forward. Waite suggested that the figure represented 

 /'. ruber, Castehiau, but it is at once distinguished from that 

 species by having three instead of only one row of cheek scales. 

 According to Castehiau, P. bleekeri has two rows, which is what 

 I have found in sonic specimens of /'. tetricus. I think that 

 /'. bleekeri will prove to be identical with the young of 

 /'. tetricus. 



Types. — Obtained in the Melbourne lisli markets. Length 

 ten to twelve inches. 



