240 LABRID^. 



limb. Upper lip very narrow, covering only the base of the jaws ; 

 jaws whitish, ■without pointed teeth at the angle. Dorsal spines sub- 

 equal in length; caudal subtruncated; fifteen pectoral rays. Brown- 

 ish ; lips red, edged with green. Dorsal red anteriorly, violet poste- 

 riorly, with a broad violet margin, like the anal; caudal brownish. {BL) 

 Java. 



64. Pseudoscarus gibbus. 



Scarus gibbus, Silpp. Atl. Fische, p. 81. pi. 20. fig. 2 ; Cuv. 8y Val. xiv. 

 p. 231. 



Forehead very convex. Lips narrow ; jaws whitish, the upper 

 with pointed teeth at the angle. Dorsal spines subequal in length ; 

 sixteen (fifteen) pectoral rays. Dark-violet, two red spots behind 

 the chin ; dorsal and anal fins reddish-brown, edged with blue, and 

 with a green stripe along the middle. 



MohUa. 



Vertebrae 11/13. 



Sixth Group. ODACINA. 



43. ODAX*. 



Odax, sp., Cnv. ^- Val. xiv. p. 298. 



Cheeks and opercles scaly ; scales of the body small or rather 

 small ; lateral line continuous. Snout conical. Dorsal spines rather 

 numerous, fiexible. The dentigerous plate of the lower pharyngeal 

 triangular, much broader than long. 



Vertebrae 19/17 {Odax balteafus). 



Coasts of Australia and of New Zealand. 



1. Odax balteatus. 



Odax balteatus, Cuv. ^ Val. xiv. p. 303. 



algensis, Eichards. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 2G, and Trans. Zool. 



Soc. iii. p. 148. 



D.i^. A. ^. L. lat. 39. L. transv. 4/13. Vert. 19/17. 



Praeoperculum finely serrated posteriorly. Sides of the head with 

 red and blue streaks ; dorsal and anal fins with dark-purple edges and 

 with many very short, slender, oblique bars, regularly crossing the 

 rays. Specimens in spirits show a dark band running from the snout, 

 through the eye, to the curve of the lateral line, where it disappears, 

 or is replaced by a series of indistinct dark blotches. 



Van Diemen's Land, Australia. (Kelp-fish.) 



a-h. Adult. Port Arthur. From the Haslar Collection. — Types of 

 0. algensis. 



* 1 . Odax variua, Cicv. 8f Val. xiv. p. 307. — Ulea. 



