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19. PSEUDOCHROMIS. 



Pseudochromis, Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 8. 



Head and body rather comi)ressed, more or less elongate ; cleft of 

 the month slightly obliqne, A^th the lower jaw longest ; eye lateral. 

 Scales of moderate size, cihated ; lateral line interrupted. One 

 dorsal, with a few spines anteriorly ; ventrals thoracic ; the lower 

 pectoral rays branched. Jaws with cardiform teeth, anteriorly with 

 canines ; vomer and palatine bones toothed. Prajoperciilum entire. 

 Six branchiostegals ; the gill-membranes joined inferiorly ; pseudo- 

 branchiae and air-bladder present ; pyloric appendages none. 



Red Sea ; East Indian Archipelago. 



1. Pseudochromis olivaceus. 



Riippell, N. W. Fische, p. 8. tab. 2. fig. 3. 



D.l A. A V.1/5. 



The height of the body is four times in the total length, the length 

 of the head 4|. Dorsal and anal produced posteriorly and pohited ; 

 caudal truncated ; most of the dorsal rays not branched. Olive-green, 

 with some scattered blue spots ; operculum with a black spot poste- 

 riorly. {Rupp.) 



Red Sea. 



2. Pseudochromis fascus. 



Mull. 8f Trosch. Hor. Ichthyol. iii. p. 23. tab. 4. fig. 2 ; Bleek. Natuurk. 

 Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. iii. p. 708, and ix. p. 09. 



B.6. -D.^^. A.^. V.1/5. L.lat.40. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is one- 

 foiu-th of the total. The length of the snout is less than that of the 

 diameter of the eye, and equals the width of the interorbital space. 

 Caudal rounded. Four series of scales on the check. Brown : the 

 posterior half of the dorsal fin and the anal with blue longitudinal 

 streaks ; base of the pectoral black. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



3. Pseudochromis xanthocMr. 



Sleeker, Natuurk. Tydschr, Nederl. Ind. viii. p. 443. 



B. 6. D. ^. A. l^. V. 1/5. L. lat. 40. 



The height of the body equals the Icngih of the head, and is one- 

 fourth of the total. The snout is much shorter than the diameter of 

 the eye. The maxiUary reaches to below the anterior part of the 

 eye. Brownish, with a dark streak along each series of scales ; the 

 upper part of the dorsal and the anal yellow, with blue longitudinal 

 lines ; pectorals yellow at the base. {Bl.) 



Sea of Manado. 



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