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256a. P. guntheri. Id. Bleeker, Versl. Akad. Amsterdam xiv, 1862, p. 130; 



Id. McCulloch, Rec. Austr. Mas. ix. 3, 1913, p. 368, pi. 17 (PI. xxx). 

 An uncommon species, most plentiful towards the northern border of the 

 State. Length about 7 inches. 



256b. P. luculextus. Labrus luculentus Richardson, Ichth. Erebus & 

 Terror, 1848, p. 130. P. luculentus Waite, Rec. Austr. Mus. v. 1, 1903. 

 p. 29, pi. 4, 1. 



Occasionally captured in New South Wales, but more plentiful at Lord 

 Howe Island. Length about 8 inches. 



256c. P. CELIdotus. Labrus celidotus Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth.. 



1801, p. 133; Id. Richardson, Ichth. Erebus & Terror, 1846, p. 53, pi. 



31, 1-5. 

 This species has been recorded from New South Wales, but proof of its 

 occurrence here is required. 



256d. P. tetricus. Lilac-baxded Parrot-fish. Labrus tetricus Richard- 

 son, P. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 25. Pseudolabrus tetricus McCulloch, Rec. 

 Austr. Mus. ix. 3, 1913, p. 377, pi. 19. P. cyanogenys McCulloch, Zool. 

 Pes. Endeavour i. 1, 1911, p. 76, pi. 13 (PI. xxx). 



An exceedingly variable species, altering greatly in both form and colour 

 in changing from the young to the adult. Length about 18 inches. 



256e. P. gyhnogexis. White-spotted Parrot-fish. Labrichthys gymno- 

 genis Gunther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish, iv., 1862, p. 117. Pseudolabrus 

 gymnogenis McCulloch, Rec. Austr. Mus. ix. 3, 1913, p. 381, pi. 20. 



Another species which undergoes great changes with growth. The adult 

 form is known as the Crimson-banded Parrot-fish. Length 12 inches. 



(Labrus cyprinaceus Shaw, White's Voy. N.S. Wales, 1790, p. 264, pi. 1, is 

 apparently a species of Pseudolabrus, but is too briefly characterised to be 

 identified). 



257. Pictilabrus Gill, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv., p. 403 (laticlavius). 



257a. P. laticlavius. Greex-baxded Parrot-fish. Labrus laticlavius 

 Richardson, P. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 99, and Ichth. Erebus & Terror, 1848, 

 p. 128, pi. 56, 3-6 (PI. xxx ). 

 Common among weed covered rocks, and characterised by its green colour 

 with two purple longitudinal stripes on the sides. Length about 8 inches. 



258. Eupetrichthys Ramsay & Ogilby, P.L.S. N.S.W. (2) ii, 1888, p. 631 



(angustipes). 

 258a. E. angustipes. Slexder Parrot-fish. Id. Ramsay & Ogilby, 



Tom. cit., p. 632; Id. McCulloch, Rec. Austr. Mus. ix. 3, 1913, p. 365, 



pi. 15, (PI. xxx.). 

 A rare species, known only from three specimens from near Sydney. Length 

 6 inches. 



259. Novaculichthys Bleeker, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861 (1862), p. 414 (taeniurus). 

 259a. N. jacksonensis. Keel-headed Parrot-fish. Novacula jacksonen- 



sis Ramsay, P.L.S. N.S.W. vi, 1881, p. 198. Novaculichthys jacksonensis 

 Waite, Mem. Austr. Mus. iv. 1, 1899, p. 87, pi. 15 (PI. xxx). 

 A rare species, about 8 inches long. 



260. Halichoeres Ruppell, Neue Wirbelth. Fische, 1837, pp. 10, 17 (bima- 



culatus). 



