58 POMACENTEID^. 



fin not included) ; teeth very narrow and slender ; prseorbital much 

 narrower than the orbit. The fourth and fifth dorsal spines are the 

 longest, the posterior being shorter than those in the middle ; caudal 

 fin emarginate. Brown, with two blue lines on each side of the 

 back : the upper commences below the spinous dorsal fin and pro- 

 ceeds above the orbit to the snout ; the lower from the ocellus above 

 the lateral Hne to the orbit. A large black ocellus edged -with, blue 

 on the four posterior dorsal spines ; body with scattered bliie dots, 

 the dots forming a series or an uninterrupted line below the orbit ; 

 anal and ventral fins blackish ; a blue spot posteriorly in the axil of 

 the dorsal fin. 



Coast of New South "Wales. 



a, b-d. Adult and young. Port Jackson. Presented by Dr. G. 

 Bennett. 



This fish has a coloration similar to that of G. antjerius or O. bi- 

 ocellatus, under which name a figure of Mr. G. F. Angas has been 

 pubHshed by Dr. G. Bennett in the ' Proceedings' of the Zoological 

 Society, 1859, Pise. pi. 9. fig. A. Nevertheless it may be readily di- 

 stinguished by a more accurate examination, when the scales will be 

 found to be smaller than in the species of Glypliidodon, the fin-rays 

 more numerous, &c. The figm-e quoted is not quite correct: the 

 oceUus is on the back, instead of on the dorsal spines ; the eye is 

 rather too small, and the posterior dorsal spines are too long. 



2. Parma rubicunda. • 



Glyphisodon rubicmidus, Girard in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1854, 

 p. 148, and U. S. Pacif. R. R. Exped. Fishes, p. 161. pi. 24. 



Hypsypops rubicundus, Gill in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1861, 

 p. 165. 



D. ^. A. ■^. L. transv. ca 20. 



10 15 



The height of the body is more than one-half of the total length 

 (the caudal fin not included) ; prseorbital high ; caudal fin deeply 

 emarginate, with the lobes rounded. Scales on the operculum larger 

 than those on the middle of the body. Uniform deep crimson (Gir.). 



Coast of California. 



3. Parma squamipimiis, 

 D. i£iL^ A. ^. L. lat. 40. L. transv. A 



15-17 15 14 



The height of the body is one-half of the total length (the caudal 

 fin not included). Snout a little longer than the eye. Teeth nar- 

 row, compressed, of moderate length, about fifty in the upper jaw. 

 Praeorbital scaly, rhombic, its width, above the angle of the mouth, 

 being two-thirds of that of the orbit. The scales on the upper surface 

 of the head advance nearly to the extremity of the snout ; jirteoper- 

 culum covered with small scales, a narrow space round its margins 

 being naked. Scales on the operculum only half the size of those on 



