14: SUPPLEMENT TO CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF AUSTRALIA, 



Family. POMACENTRIDJS. 



1232. Pomacentrus trilixeatus. Cuv. and Val. 



Gunth. Cat. IV, p. 25. Bleek. Atl. Ichth. Pomac, tab. 7, 

 fig. 1-6. 



D. 13/15. A. 2/16. L. lat. 28. L. tr. 3/9. 



" The height of the body is contained twice and three-fourths in 

 the total length ; prseorbital denticulated, with two stronger teeth 

 anteriorly. The dorsal spines increase in length towards behind ; 

 caudal emarginate, with the lobes rounded. Greenish-olive (in 

 spirits brown) ; the base of the caudal itself yellowish, each scale 

 with one, two, or three sky-blue dots ; three or five very fine blue 

 lines along the forehead, the outer of which are continued on the 

 nape of the neck and sometimes along the base of the dorsal fin ; 

 a round dark spot above the operculum ; a black spot edged with 

 blue on the back of the tail, immediately behind the dorsal fin ; 

 young specimens with a second similar spot on the anterior third 

 of the soft dorsal fin." 



Port Darwin and Port Denison. (Klunzinger.) 



1233. Pomacentrus t.eniurus. Bleek. 



Atl. Ichth. Pomac. tab. 9, fig. 2. Gunth. Cat. IV, p. 22. 



D. 13/11. A. 2/11. L. lat, 28. 



" The height of the body is contained 3| to 3* in the total 

 length ; prreorbital not serrated. The posterior dorsal spines are 

 nearly as long as the middle ones ; caudal fin with the lobes 

 pointed and produced. Violet-olive, each scale with a pearl- 

 coloured spot ; a blackish spot above the operculum and above the 

 base of the pectoral fin. Dorsal and anal fins dark-violet, the 

 posterior half of the soft portion and the pectorals orange- 

 coloured, caudal orange-coloured, with a dark-violet longitudinal 

 band on each lobe." 



Port Denison. (Klunzinger.) 



1234. Pomacentrus cyanospilus. Bleek. 

 Atl. Ichth. Pomac. tab. 4, fig. 5. Gunth. Cat. IV., p. 30. 

 D. 12/15. A. 2/13-14. L. lat. 26. L. tr. 3 9. 



