42. PSEUDOSCARUS. 223 



11. Pseudoscarus pyrrhostethus. 



Scarus psittacus, Foisk. p. 29 ; Shaw, Zool. iv. p. 397 ; Rilpp. Atl. 



Fische, p. 77. taf. 20. fig. 1 ; Cuv. 8f Val. xiv. p. 226 ; Cant. Catal. 



p. 239 ; (not Conjphcpua psiUacm, L.). 

 Scarus pyrrhostethus, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 262. 

 harid, Cuv. i^- Val. xiv. p. 247 (part.) pi. 404 ; Cuv. R^gne Anim. 



III. Poiss. pL 91. fig. 1 ; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii. Lahr. 



Cijcl. p. 48 (not Forsk.). 



liaridoides, Bleek. Enioner. p. 104. 



Pseudoscarus pjiThostethus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 42. tab. 9. fig. 1. 



Two series of scales on the cheek and two scales on the lower prae- 

 opercular limb ; the middle series composed of five scales. Upper lip 

 broad ; jaws whitish ; teeth small. Dorsal spines subequal in length ; 

 caudal truncated, with the lobes produced in old age ; fifteen pectoral 

 rays. Head reddish, scales of the body blue with red margins ; lips 

 with a blue cross-band ; a curved blue streak from the angle of the 

 mouth to below the eye ; vertical fins red, with blue base and margins, 

 without band along the middle ; caudal sometimes spotted Avith bine. 



East Indian Seas. Red Sea. 



a. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by J. E. Reeves, Esq. — Type 



of the species. 

 h. Adult: skin. Pinang. — Type oi Scarus psittacus, Qant. 

 c-d. Adult : skins. Ceylon. Erom Dr. Kelaart's Collection. 

 e-f. Adult and half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. 



We consider Ps. cantori, Bleek., as a variety of this species, which 

 has round blue spots not only on the caudal, but also on the dorsal 

 fin. Its synonymy is — 



Scarus pepo, Benn. Fish. Ceyl. pi. 28. 



psittacus, Bleek. Batav. p. 495 (not Cant.). 



Pseudoscarus cantori, Bleek. Versl. en Meded. Akad. Wetensch. Nat. 

 Amsterd. xii. 1861, Scar. pp. 12, 13, an^Atl. Ichth. p. 43. tab. 9. fig. 2. 



a. Fine specimen. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 

 12. Pseudoscarus maculosus. 



Sonnerat, in Rozier, Journ. Phi/s. 1774, iii. p. 227. tab. 2. 



Scarus macidosus, Lacep. iv. pp. 5, 21. pi. 1. fig. 3 ; Cm. Sf Val. xiv. 



p. 235. 

 guttatus, Bl. Schn. p. 294. 



Two series of scales on the cheek and a single scale on the lower 

 prseopercular limb ; the middle series composed of five scales. Upper 

 lip broad ; jaws whitish, without pointed teeth at the angle. Dorsal 

 spines subequal in length ; fifteen pectoral rays ; caudal somewhat 

 convex, with the angles produced. Yellowish, head and body ^vith 

 irregular blue spots ; vertical fins edged Avith blue and ■n'ith blue 

 spots along their base. 



Mauritius, Mozambique. 



a-b. Half-grown : not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 

 c. Young. Mozambique. From Prof. Peters's Collection. 



