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spinous dorsal origin and caudal base, rays graduated to fourth 

 which longest. Spinous anal origin little nearer pectoral origin 

 than caudal base, first spine about f of second. Soft anal graduated 

 to fifth or longest ray, fin pointed behind like soft dorsal. Caudal 

 small (damaged) and apparently rounded. Pectoral moderate, 

 rather broad, nearly reaches anal. Ventral inserted close behind 

 pectoral base, fin to second anal spine base, and fin length 3 in 

 combined head and trunk length. Vent close before anal. 



Color in alcohol deep chocolate-brown, caudal peduncle and caudal 

 fin white in contrast. Vertical fin dusky-brown. Muzzle with 4 

 oblique dusky-chocolate streaks. Dark bar at pectoral origin and 

 base. Each scale with dark blotch on head and dark vertical bar 

 on each larger scale on trunk. Iris pale slaty. Hind caudal edge 

 with moderately broad pale brown shade. Teeth pale. 



Lengih 43 mm. 



Type, No. 47,533, A. N. S. P. 



Philippine Islands. Presented by the Commercial Museums of 

 Philadelphia. 



Also, Nos. 47,534 to 47,537, paratypes, same data. These show: 

 Head 3 to 3|; depth 2; D. XIII, 11, i; A. II, 12, i; scales 13 to 15 

 with tubes, then 3 or 4 pores, and finally 8 or 9 pores in horizontal 

 section of lateral line; 2 or 3 scales above 1.1. and 8 or 9 below; 17 to 

 19 predorsal scales; snout 3| to 3f in head; eye 2| to 3; maxillary 

 3 to 3f ; interorbital 2^ to 2|; length 37 to 43 mm. 



Related to Glyphidodon lacrymatus Quoy and Gaimard,^^ which 

 differs in coloration, the figure without black pectoral blotch and 

 caudal only slightly paler or about same tint as pectoral. G. lacry- 

 matus also shows scattered and rather large obscure bluish spots on 

 back. Ahudefduf sappkirus Jordan and Richardson has somewhat 

 similar head markings, but has the tail and caudal peduncle like rest 

 of body. 



{UapaffYj/m, streamer, with reference to the pale tail.) 



CTENOGLYPHIDODON subgen. nov. 



Type Abudefduf melanopsclion sp. nov. 



Body of oblong contour. Preorbital broad, with entire edge. 

 Hind preopercle edge entire. Gill-rakers very long and slender, 

 also numerous or about 76 on first arch. Front border of snout, or 

 space before nostrils, naked. Preorbitals and suborbitals scaleless. 

 Of three rows of scales on cheek lowest row on preopercle limb. 



39 Voy. Uranie, ZooL, 1825, p. 388, PL 22, fig. 7. 



