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MEMOinS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
PSEUDOCHROMIS NOV^-HOLLANDI^, Steindachner. 
(Plate XVI, Fig. 1.) 
Fseudocliromis novm-hoUandioi, Steindachner, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Ixxx. i., 1879, p. 160. 
? Folyacanthxis qiieenalandicej Kent, Gt. Barrier Keef, 1893, x>. 308, pi. xvi., fig. 8. 
D. iii/37 ; A. iii/20 ; P. 18 ; V. i/5 ; C. 17. L. lat. 42-43+12 ; L. tr. 20. Head 
3.5, depth before the vcntrals 3.3 in the length to the hypural. Snout 1.3, 
interorbital space 1.8 in the eye, which is 3.3 in the head. Third dorsal spine 
3.3, third last dorsal ray 1.4 in the head. Third last anal ray 1.3, pectoral 1.1, 
ventral 1.3 in the head. 
Body compressed, broadest at the operculum. Head blunt, the upper 
profile convex from the snout to the anterior portion of the dorsal fin. Caudal 
peduncle very broad and compressed. Head with several series of mucous canals 
extending around the eyes, along the margins of the preorbital, preox^erculum, 
and tip of opercular lobe. Two other series descend obliquely backwards from 
the side of tlie nape, the first to above the preoperculum and the second to the 
origin of the lateral line. Mandible with three pores on each side below. Nostrils 
almost on the upper surface of the snout, the anterior tubular, the posterior an 
open pore. Maxillary nearly reaching to below the middle of the eye. 
Teeth cardiform, in a single series on the sides of the upper jaw; a band 
of villiform teeth anteriorly, with one or two strong canines on each side of the 
symphysis. The teeth of the lower jaw are similarly arranged, but the lateral 
ones increase in size towards the middle of each ramus. A large patch of 
villiform teetli on the vomer, and a smaller one on each palatine. 
Body covered Avith moderately large, ctenoid scales, which extend forward 
to the interorbital space, and on the sides of the head. They are arranged in 
about six rows on the cheek, and are very large and irregular on the operculum. 
The bases of the dorsal and anal fins arc protected by a low sheath of scales, 
and the basal half of the caudal is similarly covered. Lateral line rising rax^idly 
from the operculum towards the back, Avith Avhich it runs parallel to below the 
twenty-eighth dorsal ray; it is separated from the base of the dorsal by two 
scales. Six or seven roA\%s beloAv its termination it recommences, and extends 
along the middle of the caudal peduncle. There are forty-nine rows of scales 
between the upper end of the gill-opening and the hypural joint. 
Dorsal fin originating above the operculum. The spines and anterior 
rays increase rapidly in heiglit, but those of the remainder of the fin are subequal 
in length, increasing only slightly to the third last; the latter reaches the end 
of the first third of the caudal when adpressed. Anal similar to the dorsal. 
Pectoral rounded, the seventh ray longest, and not quite reaching the verticle 
of the vent. Ventrals elongate, pointed, inserted beloAV the anterior base of 
the pectoral. Caudal pointed. 
