^5 T.NDEAVOrK" .SCIENTIFIC KESCL'A'S. 



Family LABRlDyE. 



Genus Pseudolabrus, Bleeker. 



PsEi'DOi-ABRi-s CVANOGENVS, Ramsay and ()<;Uby. 



Lilac-handed Parrot -fish. 



(Plate xiii.) 



lAihrichthys cyanogcuys, Ramsay and Ogilby, Proc. Linn. 



Soc. N.S. Wales (2), ii., 1887, p. 242. 

 ?Labrichthys ephippium, Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3), 

 xi., 1863, p. 116; id., Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N.S.Wales, vi., 1881, p. 84 (nee Labnis ephippium, 

 Cuv. and Val.). 

 ?Labrichthys vestita, Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Soc. \'ict., i., 



1872, p. 151. 



?Labrichthys cuvieri, Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Soc. \ ict., ii., 



1873, P- 53? ^^-i Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 

 vi., 1881, p. 84. 



The collection includes three specimens, one of which is 

 figured, though, as all traces of the bands on the bod^■ have 

 disappeared in formalin, these have been copied from the 

 type specimen. A second example agrees exactly with the 

 first, but the third is of a dark purplish tint in which the body 

 bands can be traced, together with the blue markings on the 

 pectorals, operculum and throat, while the \entrals, pectorals 

 and spinous dorsal are yellowish. A careful comparison with 

 the type specimen, which is badly stuffed, leaves no doubt 

 that they are the same species. 



The scales on the cheeks appear to vary somewhat, there 

 being two rows in some specimens, while others ha^ e a single 

 row of larger scales on the upper portion which splits into 

 three below. The presence or absence of the posterior 

 canines is unimportant since one, or even two may be well 

 developed on one side of the mouth and wanting on the other. 

 Apart from these characters, the original description fits the 

 ^'Endeavour" specimens so well that it is unnecessary to 

 redescribe them here. 



P. cyanogenys is so far recorded only from the southern half 

 of the New South Wales coast, but it is almost certain that 

 it is identical with some of the earlier described species from 

 Victorian or Tasmanian waters, though until the types can 

 be examined it is impossible to be certain on this point. The 

 "Endeavour" specimens were obtained in Oyster Bay, Tas- 

 mania, in 40-60 fathoms. The largest example is 410 mm. 

 long. 



[Since the above was set up I have examined a series of 

 specimens 8i-i6 inches long from Tasmania and the Mel- 

 bourne markets. The smaller (Mies have the dark brown 



