412 AOANTHOPTERYGII. 



2. Pseudoscarus chrysopoma, Plate LXXXIX, fig. 2. 



Sccurus Quoyi, pt. Cuv. d,nd Val. xiy. p. 273. 



6'carMs c/in/sqpomw, Bleeker, Labr. p. 53. -...itt- ak l ••no 



Pseudoscarus viridis, Bleeker (not Bloch), Scar. p. 240, and Atl. Ich. i, p. 45, t. jcvii, f. 6. 



Psevdosca/rus chrysopoma, Giintlier, Catal. ir, p. 221. 



B. T, D. ^, P. 14, V. 1/5, A. I, C. 13, L. 1. 25. 



Length of head 3f to Sf, of caudal 8i to 8i height of body Si to 3i in the total length. By, 

 diameter 5| to 6 in the length of head, 2i diameters from the end of snout, and 2 apart _ Upper lip broad 

 Teeth-e&se& crenulated, a pointed tooth at the angle. J'ms— dorsal spmes subequal m length : cau^l 

 truncated, the angles being slightly produced in adults. Scales— i^ee rows of scales on the cheeks, the 

 inferior of which cover the lower limb of the preopercle, the centre row consists of five scales. OoJows— green. 

 Upper Hp with one, lower with two cross bands, passing into a subtriangular spot between the eye and the angle 

 of the mouth : three short lines radiate from the eye. Scales with a reddish margin. Dorsal and anal fins 

 rosy, with a narrow band along their bases, and green margins : caudal green. 



Eahitat. — Seas of India and Malay Archipelago. 



3. Pseudoscarus ghobbam. 



Scarus gholham, Porsk. p. 28 ; Gmel. Linn. 1281 ; Cuv. and Val. xiv, p. 216 (not Rupp. Atl. 

 Pische, p. 78). . ' 



Sca/rus macuhsus, Lac6p. iv, pp. 6, 21, pi. 50, f . 3 ; Cuv. and Val, xiv, p. 235. 



Scarus guttatus, ( Sonnerat.) Bl. Schn. p. 294. 



Sca/rus psittacus, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 77, t. xx, f. 1 ; Cuv. and Val. xiv, p. 226 ; Cantor, Catal. p. 239; 

 Bleeker, Batav. p. 495 (not Sca/rus psittacus, Porsk. p. 29). 



Scarus pepo, Bennett, Pish. Ceylon, p. 28, pi. xxviii ; Bleeker, Beng. en Hind. p. 54. 



Scarus ha/rid, Cuv. and Val. xiv, p. 247 (not pi. 404) ; Bleeker, Labr. p. 48 (not Scarus Jumd, Porsk. 

 p. 30). 



Scarus pyrrhostethus, Richards. Ich. China, p. 262. 



Scarus haridoides, Bleeker, en spec. p. 104. 



Pseudoscarus pyrrhostethus, Bleeker, Scar. p. 239, and Atl. Ich. i, p. 42, t. iz, f . 1 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, 

 p. 223 ; Kner, Novara Pische, p. 260. 



Pseudoscarus Gamtori, Bleeker, Scar. pp. 12, 13, and Atl. Ich. i, p. 43, t. ix, f. 2. 



Pseudoscarus ghohbam, (not Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 230), Klimz. Verb. z. b. Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 563. 



Pseudoscarus maculosus, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 223, and Pish. Zanz.' p. 105. 



B. V, D. ^, P. 15, V. 1/6, A. I, 0. 13, L. 1. 25. 



Length of head 3f to 4, of caudal 8 to 9, height of body 3^ to 3? in the total length. Eyes — diameter 

 5 to 5i in the length of head, and 2 diameters from the end of the snout. Upper lip broad. Te^h — ^rather 

 small, crenulated on their edges, none at the angle in the young, but said to be sometimes present in the adult. 

 Fins — dorsal spines subequal in length. Caudal truncated, with the outer rays somewhat produced iu the 

 adult. Scales — two rows on the cheeks, and two scales on the lower limb of the preopercle, the central 

 row consisting of five scales. Colours — head reddish : jaws whitish : a blue cross band on the lips ; a curved 

 blue streak from the angle of the mouth to below the eye : scales on the body with blue edges : vertical fins 

 red, with blue bases and margins : caudal sometimes with blue spots, and occasionally they are also present 

 on the dorsal. 



Habitat. — Red Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India, to the Malay Archipelago. 



4. Pseudoscarus seruginosus, Plate LXXXIX, fig. 3. 



Scarus ceruginosus, Cuv. and Val. xiv, p. 257 ; Bleeker, Labr. p. 58. 

 Scarus lacerta, Cuv. and Val. xiv, p. 217 ; Bleeker, Beng. en Hind. p. 54. 



Pseudoscarus ceruginosus, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. i, p. 40, t. xvii, fig. 2 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 229 : . Kner^ 

 Novara Pische, p. 261. 



B. V, D. ^, P. 14, V. 1/5, A. f , C. 13, L. 1. 25. 



Length of head 3| to 3|, of caudal 8|, height of body 3\ to 3| in the total length. Eyes — diameter 4| 

 to 5 in the length of head. If to 2 diameters from end of snout, and 1 to 1^ apart. Upper Hp broad and 

 double in its whole extent. Teeth — ^ia jaws of moderate size, some have, others are destitute of a small pointed 

 one at the angle of the upper jaw. Fins — anterior dorsal spine rather shorter than the succeeding ones. 

 Caudal truncated. Scales — two rows on the cheeks, the second of which contains five or six scales, wlulst two 

 more scales exist on the lower ■ preopercular Hmb. Colours — olivaceous, vfith three longitudinal sUvery bands 

 along the abdomen bolow the pectoral fin. 



Habitat— -Ma,ira.s (from which locality there is a specimen at Paris), Andamans where it is common, to 

 the Malay Archipelago and beyond. 



