Abstract

Pseudocoris ocellatus is described from 11 specimens from southern and northern Taiwan. It is distinctive in having a more elongate body (depth 4.1-5.3 in standard length), long caudal peduncle (7.9-8.5 in standard length), 66-69 lateral-line scales, and distinctive color pattern (young and females with two longitudinal stripes and caudal peduncle spot; male, the stripes becoming faint, peduncle spot absent, a dumbbell-shaped ocellus appears on the midbody). Underwater and specimen photos of different stages of this new species are presented.

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