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Psettus falciformis, Lacép. 
Monodactylus falcifornis, Lacép. Hist. Nat. Poiss. ii, pl. v, 
fig. 4, 1801, and i, p. 132, 1802 (No locality stated). 
Psettus commersoni, Cuv. & Val. vii, p. 250, 1831 (Vanicolo), 
after Lacépéde. 
Psettus falctformis, Giinth. Cat. Fish. 11, p. 488, 1860 (Red Sea ; 
Sea of Vanicolo ; Chinese Sea); Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 
roo, 1865; and Fish. India, p. 234, plo WA, tem oma. 
Red Sea: Madras ; Seas of India and beyond) ; Sauvage, 
Hist. Madagascar, Poiss. p. 334, 1891; M. Web. Zool. 
Jahrb. Bd. x, heft 2, p. 142, 1897 (Tllovo: River, Natal 
several hours journey from the sea); Gilchr. Cat. Fish. 
in Mar. Inv. S. Afr. 1, 1902, p. 127 (S. Africa); Regan, 
Col. Fish. in Ann. Natal Gov. Mus. i, pt. 3, 1908, p. 245 
(Kosi. Bay) ;; Gilehr. & Thomp. Ann->S. Ati Dingerinae 
pt. 3, 1909, p. 245 (Natal); Bouleng. Freshw. Fish. Afr. 
lll, p. 120, 1915 (Red Sea; Mombasa; Durban; Iliovo 
River near Durban, in fresh water ; Algoa Bay; Chalumna 
River near King William’s Town, 12 miles from the sea). 
Stromatoidea layard1, Casteln. Mém. Poiss. Afr. Austr. p. 44,- 
1861 (Algoa Bay; Natal); Gilchr. Cat. Fish. in Mar. 
Inv. S. Afr. 1, 1902, p. 129 (S. Africa). 
Psettus orbicularis, Guichen, Mém. Soc. Sci. Cherbourg, xii, 
TSO0s p.) 130.08 
Psetius argenteus (part.), Klunz. Fische Roth. Meer. p. 117, 
1884. 
FaMILy LABRIDAE. 
Xyrichthys, Cuv. 
Xyrichthys, Cuv. Mém. du Mus. d’Hist. Nat. 1, pp. 324 and 329, 
1815; Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat.) Poiss, xiv, <piig3puscor 
Jord. & Everm. Fish. N. and Mid. Amer. p. 1617, 1808. 
Novacula, Cuv. Régne Anim. ed. i, p. 265, 1817; Cuv. & Val. 
t.c.p. 64, 1839 ;. Bleeker, Proc, | Zool; Soc: a06i; pps aus 
Giinth. Cat. Fish. iv, p. 168, 1862. 
Amorphocephalus, Bowditch, Excurs. Madeira, p. 238, 1825. 
Novacula sp., Steindr. Verh. Zool-bot. Ges. Wien, 1861, p. 133. 
Xyrichthys argentimaculata, Steindr. 
Xyrichthys argnetimaculata, Steindr. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 
SOL, p. 134. 
Novacula argentimaculata, Giinth. Cat. Fish. iv, p. 170, 1862 
(Cape of Good Hope; Brazil); Gilchr. Cat. Fish. in Mar. 
Inv. S. Afr. 1, 1902, p. 139 (S. Africa). 
Xyrichthys novacula, Linn. 
Novacula, Pliny, Hist. mundi, xxxii, cap. 2; Gesner, Hist. 
pp. 628, 629 and 721, 1558, and Paralip. p. 24; Rondel, 
Aquat. v, cap 17, p. 146, 1560; Willughby, Ichthyog. 
p. 214; pl. O2, 1685 ; “Ray; Synops! p..i@re 7m. 
