108 
LABBIDiE. 
Spec, b [541]. Corresponds to the description and figure in Bleeker’s ‘ Atlas Ich- 
thyologique.’ 
Length 12 inches. 
Zanzibar. Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 
367. Pseudoscarus cyanognathus. [523, 546, 662.] 
Pseudoscarus cyanognathus, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. i. p. 32, t. 11. f. 2; Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 234. 
T) A A — 
L> - io* 9 • 
Colour in life. Spec, a [546].' — Green, each scale with a reddish base. Four longitu- 
dinal stripes on belly, the lowest from symphysis of lower jaw to first anal spine. Lips 
blue, coalescing at the angle of the mouth into a single green line, which skirts the 
lower margin of the orbit, and extends to the posterior limb of the prseoperculum. A 
second blue line parallel to the lower lip ; a blue streak along the lower limb of the 
prseoperculum. Vertical fins yellowish, with green marginal, median, and basal bands, 
Caudal green, with a double bluish margin to the lobes, between which the colour is 
reddish. — Length 10-| inches. 
Spec, b [523]. Similar in colour to a. The longitudinal lines on the belly are hardly 
visible ; the green line below the eye, which in a was a narrow streak, has become a 
broad band, and extends to the posterior of operculum ; the margin of the anal fin is 
very broad, occupying about one-half of its breadth. — Length 11 inches. 
Spec, c [662]. The band below the eye has widened into a broad green patch over 
the opercles. The scales on the posterior part of the tail and the sheath of the dorsal 
are uniform bright green, without reddish centres. The longitudinal lines on the belly 
are inconspicuous. — Length 13 inches. 
Zanzibar. Java. 
368. Pseudoscarus caudofasciatus. 
Pseudoscarus caudofasciatus, Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 238. 
[450, 534.] 
D. 
io- 
A. 
9’ 
Colour in life. — Bluish grey, with three or four transverse yellow bands, and an 
indistinct longitudinal one from angle of mouth to root of pectoral. Vertical fins red, 
immaculate ; spinous portion of dorsal with a very narrow blackish margin. Pectorals 
and ventrals white. 
Zanzibar. Mauritius. 
369. Pseudoscarus troscheli. Plate XIV. figs. 1, 2, 3. [509, 522, 512.] 
Pseudoscarus troscheli, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. i. p. 25, t. 7. f. 2; Giinth. Fish. iv. p. 237. 
xo- 9- 
The examples of this species differ widely in coloration; but it may be easily 
