. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. WHITLEY HI Genus HALICHOERES Riippell, 1835. HALICHOERES NIGRESCENS (Bloch & Schneider). (Figure 7) Labrus nigrescens Bloch & Schneider, 1801, Syst. Ichth. : 263. No. locality (Indonesia.) Halichoeres nigrescens Fowler & Bean, 1928, Bull. Nat. Mus. 100 (7):280 ( for refs. & synon.) Id. Fowler, 1946, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 98:166, fig. 33 and 1956, Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 9:230, fig. 19 (young). D. ix, 12; A. iii, 12: , 15; 27. Tr. 3/1/10 Pred. sc. 12. Head (25 mm.) equals depth (25) in standard
. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. WHITLEY HI Genus HALICHOERES Riippell, 1835. HALICHOERES NIGRESCENS (Bloch & Schneider). (Figure 7) Labrus nigrescens Bloch & Schneider, 1801, Syst. Ichth. : 263. No. locality (Indonesia.) Halichoeres nigrescens Fowler & Bean, 1928, Bull. Nat. Mus. 100 (7):280 ( for refs. & synon.) Id. Fowler, 1946, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 98:166, fig. 33 and 1956, Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 9:230, fig. 19 (young). D. ix, 12; A. iii, 12: , 15; 27. Tr. 3/1/10 Pred. sc. 12. Head (25 mm.) equals depth (25) in standard length (79). Head naked. Two slightly enlarged non-flaring canines in each jaw anteriorly followed by about seven uniserial teeth. A strong posterior canine each side of upper jaw. Preopercle entire. Body compressed, scaly, scales of thorax not enlarged, those of predorsal areas smallest. Lateral line complete. Dorsal spines slender, not divergent, regularly increasing in length to the fourth (8 mm.); membranes peniciflale. Ventral spine long ( mm.) and Figure 7—Wrasse, Halichoert Queensland. Colour after long preservation in alcohol, yellowish-brown with about seven indistinct broad darker brown cross-bars from back to middle of sides where each one is broken up by the intrusion of light centres to scales. A brown oblique bar from eye to before dorsal fin. A milky crescent around hinder and lower orbital rim. Eye greenish-yellow. Teeth whitish. A brown spot at pectoral axil. Fins all yellowish, a dusky brown wash near dorsal base anteriorly, followed by a blackish area on the fifth to seventh dorsal spines and thence continued as a dusky wash along outer half of soft dorsal fin. Anal similar to second dorsal. Other fins yellowish. No ocelli on soft dorsal fin or on caudal base. Described and figured from a specimen 79 mm. in standard length or 3J inches overall. Austr. Mus. regd. no. hoc.—Holbourne Island, off Port Denison, Queensland. Mr. E. H. Rainfo
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