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rays ; caudal emargiuate except in the young. Scales two rows 

 on cheeks and two scales on preopercular limb. Colour cserulean 

 blue, lower edge of body pale rose ; the centre of every scale on 

 blue portion gall-stone green, as also upper portion of head. 

 CaDrulean-blue bands and marks round the orbit. A blue band 

 across upper lip, and another a short distance behind lower lip. 

 Dorsal and anal fins orange, having a blue basal and a second 

 outer band. Caudal of a similar colour, with its outer rays blue, 

 and three broken vertical blue bands on its outer half. Pectoral rays 

 as follows : the upper blue, the succeeding four orange, the re- 

 mainder hyaline. Ventral outer ray blue, the rest hyaline, with 

 the outer halves of the second and third rays orange gall-stone. 

 Hub. Eed Sea, Persian G-ulf, Arracan to the Malay Archipelago. 



1303. (7.) Pseudoscarus bataviensis. 



Scams bataviensis, Bleeker, Batavia Nat. Tijdsch. xiii, p. 342. 

 Pseudoscarus bataviensis, Bleeker, Atl. Ich. i, p. 48, t. xii ; fig. 3 ; 

 Day, Fish. India, Suppl. p. 803 (see synon.). 



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



Length of head 4, height of body 3| in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 6 in length of head, 2| diarn. from end of snout. Teeth 

 two small ones at the corner of either jaw. fins the dorsal 

 spines of about the same length. Caudal nearly square in young, 

 outer rays produced in old examples. Scales two rows on cheeks, 

 none on lower limb of preopercle. Colour head above Indian 

 red, extending to snout and throat, becoming gradually more 

 diluted over the belly ; golden green on cheeks and opercles. Eye 

 surrounded by emerald-green, passing downwards in stripes to 

 upper lip and chin. Body olive-green, becoming paler below. 

 Dorsal fin banded as follows from summit to base cobalt, deep 

 vinous red, emerald-green, vinous red, and cobalt. Pectoral pale 

 orange. Ventral rosy with its outer ray blue ; anal banded as fol- 

 lows from outer edge to base cobalt, rose, cobalt, red, and cobalt. 

 Caudal Venetian red, its upper and lower edges and three vertical 

 bands cobalt. Every scale red at its base. 



Hob. Arracan to the Malay Archipelago. 



1304: (8.) Pseudoscarus erythrodon. 



"Scarus erythrodon, Cuv. 8f Vol. H. N. Poiss. xiv, p. 255. 

 Pseudoscarus erythrodon, Day, Fish. India, p. 413 (see synon.). 



D. 9/10. P. 15. V. 1/5. A. 3/9. C. 13. L. 1. 25. 



Length of head 3|, height of body 3 to 3| in the total length. 

 Eyes diameter 4| to 5| in length of head, 1^ to 2 diam. from end 

 of snout, and 1| apart. " Teeth in the adult a conical tooth at the 

 angle. Fins dorsal spines subequal. Caudal rounded. Scales 

 two rows on cheeks, the lower not extended over lower limb of 



