42. PSEUDOSCARUS. 239 



60. Psendoscams quoyi. 



Scarufl quoyi, pt., Cuv. 8,- Vol. xiv. p. 273. 



Scarus quoyi, Bleek. Temate, ii. p. 607. 



Pseudoscarus quoyi, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 29. tab. 6. fig. 3. 



Two series of scales on the cheek, the lower composed of five scales ; 

 the lower praeopercular limb entirely naked. Lips narrow, the 

 upper covering only one-half of the jaw ; jaws rosy, the upper with 

 pointed teeth at the angle. Caudal slightly emarginate ; fifteen pec- 

 toral rays. Green : lips blue, edged Avith red ; a large ovate green 

 spot between the angle of the mouth and the posterior margin of the 

 operculum, edged with blue ; dorsal fin red, with broad blue margin 

 and with a green band along the middle ; anal with a green band 

 along the middle ; caudal greenish, with the outer rays blue. (Bl.) 



New Ireland. Temate. 



61. Pseudoscarus cyanotaenia. 



Scarus cyanotaenia, Bleek. Natuurk. Tydschr. Nederl. Lid. vi. p. 197. 

 Pseudoscarus cyanotaenia, Bleek, Atl. Ichth. p. 28. tab. 6. fig. 1. 



Two series of scales on the cheek, the lower series composed of six 

 scales; the lower praeopercular Limb entirely naked. Lips very short, 

 covering only the base of the jaws ; jaws rosy, the upper with a pointed 

 tooth at the angle. Fifteen pectoral rays; caudal rounded, with 

 the outer rays scarcely produced. Red : vertical fins edged with 

 blue ; a blue line along the middle of the dorsal ; anal without band ; 

 a reddish- violet spot superiorly at the base of the pectoral. {Bl.) 



Java. 



62. Psendoscams capistratoides. 



Scai'us capistratoides, Bleek. Vcrhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii. Labr. 



Cycl. p. 50. 

 Pseudoscarus capistratoides, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 29. tab. 6. fig. 2. 



Two series of scales on the cheek, the lower composed of six scales; 

 the lower praeopercular limb entirely naked. Lips very narrow, 

 covering only the base of the jaws ; jaws rosy, the upper with a 

 pointed tooth at the angle. Fifteen pectoral rays. The upper pro- 

 file of the head convex. Greenish, each scale red at the base ; lips 

 red, edged with blue ; a bluish band runs from the mouth, below the 

 eye, to the operculum. Vertical fins red, with blue margins and base. 



Java. 



a. Adult. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



63. Psendoscams gynmognathns. 



Scarus gymnognathos, Bleek. Batav. p. 498. 



Pseudoscarus gjonnognathus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. p. 28. tab. 15. fig. 3. 



Two series of scales on the cheek, the lower series composed of six 

 or seven scales and covering a portion of the inferior pneopercular 



