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nearly reaches soft anal origin, and spine nearly f fin length. Vent 

 close before anal. 



Color in alcohol largely faded dull brownish generally, predorsal, 

 head above and front of back with traces of darker mottlings. Fins 

 all pale uniform brownish. Iris slaty. 



Length 41 mm. (caudal tip damaged). 



Type, No. 47,531, A. N. S. P. 



Philippine Islands. Presented by the Commercial Museums of 

 Philadelphia. 



No. 47,532, paratjqoe, same data. It shows: Head 2f; depth 

 If; D. XIII, 11; A. II, 12; tubes in upper arch of 1.1. 17 and pores 

 in straight portion 7; snout 3| in head; eye 2; maxillary 3; inter- 

 orbital 2f ; length 36 mm. 



Apparently falls within the subgenus Amhlyglyphidodon Bleeker, 

 and without much in common with the four East Indian species 

 Bleeker describes. 



Abudefduf parasema sp. nov. Fig. 22. 



Head 3^; depth 2|; D. XIII, 11, i; A. II, 12, i; P. ii, 13; V. I, 5; 

 tubes in upper arch of lateral line 13, followed by oblique row of 4 

 pores and finally 8 pores in horizontal section to caudal base; 2 

 scales above 1.1. and spinous dorsal origin, and 9 below in vertical 

 series to spinous anal origin; 15 predorsal scales; head width If in 

 its length; head depth at hind eye edge 1; snout 3f ; eye 2f ; maxillary 

 2j; interorbital 2|; fifth dorsal spine 2; third dorsal ray If; second 

 anal spine If; third anal ray 1|; least depth of caudal jDeduncle 2^^; 

 caudal (damaged) 1|?; pectoral 1|; ventral spine If. 



Body well compressed, profiles evenly convex to form even ellipsoid 

 contour, edges rounded, and greatest depth midway in length. 

 Caudal peduncle compressed, leng'th f its least depth. 



Head moderately large, well compressed, flattened sides evenly 

 and slightly constricted above and below, profiles alike. Snout 

 slightly convex in profile, surface also convex, length f its width. 

 Eye large, rounded, little elevated, well advanced. Mouth small, 

 jaws about even. Maxillary small, reaches very slightly beyond 

 front eye edge. Lips thin, narrow. Teeth small, uniserial, ends 

 truncate. Inner buccal folds narrow. Tongue pointed, free, 

 depressed. Nostril at last third in snout, simple pore with slight 

 cutaneous rim. Interorbital convex. Preorbital width about 3 

 in eye, deeply notched but entire along edge. Preopercle edge 

 entire and slopes forward about opposite hind eye edge. 



