424 TELEOSTEI. ACANTHOPTEETGII. 



Scales of body with blue edges ; vertical 

 fins red, blue-edged 3. P. ghobban, p. 425. 



Olivaceous, 3 silvery bands along ab- 

 domen 4. P. ccruginosus, p. 425. 



Green, each scale with a reddish base . . 5. P. nvulatus, p. 4Jb. 



Blue, scales with green centres, lower 



edge of body rose 6. P. dussumieri, p. 426. ' 



b. No scales on preopercle. 



Fins gaudily banded with blue, red, and 



green 7. P. bataviensis, p. 427. 



Purplish brown. Caudal rounded 8. P. enjthrodon, p. 427. 



Pink, green, or brown. Caudal trun- 

 cated 9- P. sordidus, p. 428. 



1297. (1.) Pseudoscarus harid. 



Scarus harid, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 30, no. 17. 

 Pseudoscarus harid, Day, Fish. India, p. 411 (see synon.). 



D. 9/10. P. 15. A. 3/9. C. 13. L. 1. 25. Vert. 11/13. 



Length of head 4 to 4|, of caudal 4 to 5, height of body 4 in the 

 total length. Eyes situated about middle of length of head, and 

 about 4 diameters from end of snout, which is produced ; upper lip 

 broad. Teeth a pointed one at the angle. Fins anterior dorsal 

 spines not so high as the succeeding ones ; caudal lobes much pro- 

 duced in adults. Scales three rows on cheeks, none on lower 

 preopercular limb. Colour olive-green, with two red streaks from 

 forehead through eye ; narrow red band including lips and passing 

 towards base of pectoral ; scales on body with a bluish basal spot 

 and red margin. Dorsal and anal fins reddish edged with blue, and 

 with several rows of blue or green spots. Upper rays of pectoral 

 and outer rays of caudal blue, sometimes two vertical blue lines on 

 caudal. There may also be blue spots on side above vent. 



Hob. Eed Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India, to the Malay 

 Archipelago. 



1298. (2.) Pseudoscarus chrysopoma. (Fig. 149.) 



Scarus chrysopomus, Bkeker, Batav. Genootsch. Verhand. xxii, Labr. 



p. 53. 

 Pseudoscarus chrysopoma, Day, Fish. India, p. 412, pi. Ixxxix, fig. 2 



(see syiion.). 



D. 9/10. P. 14. V. 1/5. A. 3/9. C. 13. L. 1. 25. 

 Length of head 3| to 3|, of caudal 8| to 8|, height of body 3| 

 to 3 3 in the total length. Eyes diameter 5| to 6 in length of 

 head, 2^ diam. from end of snout, and 2 apart. Teeth edges 

 crenulated, a pointed tooth at the angle. Fins dorsal spines sub- 

 equal; caudal truncated, the angles slightly produced in adults. 

 Scales three rows of scales on cheeks, inferior row covering lower 

 limb of preopercle, the middle row consisting of five scales. 

 olour green. Upper lip with one, lower with two cross bands, 

 passing into a subtriangular spot between the eye and the angle of 



