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of dorsal fin, some bluish spots on opercles and cheeks. Two nar- 

 row blue lines go from one orbit to the other. A row of bluish dots 

 more or less connected direclly below the eye. A narrow blue line 

 from front of orbit to snout. One specimen. Length 2.5 inches. 

 Guam. June i, 1900. Hab. Andanians to Malay Archipelago, 

 Marianas. 



116. Pomacentrus littoralis Knhl. 



Head 3.20; depth 2; eye 3.50: snout and interorbital equal to 

 eye; I), xiii 14; A. 11 14. vScales 19 in lateral line proper, which 

 ends under middle of soft dorsal. Teeth in single row in both jaw\s. 

 Sub-orbital and vertical limb of preopercle serrated. Body short 

 and compressed, the chin and forehead equally convex. Greatest 

 depth of preorbital about one-half diameter of eye. Fins: Caudal 

 emarginate. Ventrals longer than head. Pecftorals equal to head. 

 Base of anal 2.20 times into base of dorsal, the longest soft dorsal 

 rays about equal to longest soft anal rays. Color in spirits: Brown- 

 ish olive, either uniform or with some indistinct darker spots. A 

 black spot at base of pe(5lorals. An indication of bluish markings 

 oil sides of head, i.e., on sub-orbital. Five specimens. Length 

 2-4 inches. Guam, June i. 1900. Hab. Andamans, Malay Archi- 

 pelago, Australia, Marianas. 



117. Pomacentrus bankanensis Bleek. 



Head 3.50; depth 2; eye 3: snout and interorbital equal, and 

 each slightly less than the eye; D. xiii 14; A. 11 15. Scales 17 to 

 where line terminates. Sub-orbital and preopercle serrated. Body 

 short and compressed. Branchiostegals 5. Fins: \'entrals slightly 

 longer than head. Pectorals equal to head. Base of anal 2 into 

 base of dorsal. Caudal emarginate. Color in spirits: Brownish, 

 each scale with a blue dot. Two narrow blue lines on forehead, 

 converging on snout and extending on to back. A deep blue, almost 

 black spot on upper opercle; another margined with bluish white 

 on bases of the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth soft dorsal rays. 

 Pectorals and caudal yellowish white. \'entrals, anal and dorsal 

 more or less dusky. Three specimens. Length 1.50-3.50 inches. 

 Guam, June 2, 1900. Hab. Andamans, Malay Archipelago, Mari- 

 anas. 



Genus AMPHIPRION Block 



118. Amphiprion ephippium Bl. Gadudog. 



Head 3.25; depth .75; eye 4 into head; profile rounded and 

 blunt; D. x, 16; A. 11, 14. Scales 7-40-18. Color: Brownish blacky 

 lighter anteriorly with a white band. Blue in life. One and one- 

 half times as wide as eye, extending from the neck to eye, and 

 down along the opercle and preopercle, ending in an acute angle 



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