icilTllYdljxiy. 241 



baso of t}io pectoral, to the ventral. Snout dark. Every scale on the hrad, chest, ami 

 lower two-thirds of body with a l)laclc-ed^ed bright blue .spot. Soft dorsal and cauilal 

 yellow. Spinous dorsal, ventral and anal fins black. 

 The Andamans. 



T. AKUA.xuM, Bloch. 



B. v.; D. If-H; r. 17; V. 1; A. xr'r. I C. 15. 



Pearl-white, with three vertical black bands ; the anterior, from the fir.st three 

 dorsal s])ines through the eye to below the mandible ; the second from the sixth to 

 the ninth dorsal spines, to the ventral fins, wdiich are black ; the third, from the base 

 of the soft dorsal to the anal. Caudal dark, paler behind. 



Burma, the Andamans, and Nicobars. 



PoMACENTRUs, Ctivier. 



Teeth small, compressed, the crowns smooth or emarginate. Scales rather large. 



P. TEiLrNEATrs, Cuv. et Val. 



B. v.; D. if; P. 17; V. i; A. -,% ; C. 17. 



Olivaceous, caudal yellow. One or two blue spots on each scale. Three to five 

 blue lines on the forehead, the outer Iieing continued sometimes along the l)aso of the 

 dorsal. A black round spot on the opercle. A black spot edged with blue across tiio 

 free portion of the tail. 



The Andamans and Nicobars. 



P. TIJIMACULATUS, Cuv. et Yal. 



B. v.; D. T^^y; P. 17; V. i ; A. tj"t.; C. 17. 



(ireenish yellow, with three black blotches over the back. Two naiTow blue 

 bands between the orbits, dividing the anterior blotch into three parts. A light blue 

 line along the interorbital bones and spots on the cheeks and the bases of the dorsal 

 and anal fins. Dorsal and caudal with a narrow dark edge, and with a broad dark 

 outer margin, with one or two narrow blue lines at its base. 



The Andamans. 



P. BiFAScr.iTus, Bleekor. 



B. v.; D. iJ; P. 17; V. i ; A. „"y^; C. 17. 



Yellow, with a curved blue line on the preorbital, a black band from the nape 

 over the oporcles, and a second from the last dorsal spines to below the lateral line. 

 Fins yellow. 



The Andamans. 



P. Bankanensis, Bleeker, 



B. v.; D. iJ; P. 16; V. 1; A. „-tt; C. 17. 



Brownish ; two narrow blue lines on the forehead, converging on the snout, and 

 behind carried on to the back. Two more through the eye to the maxilla. A dai'k 

 blue mark on the opercle. A line of blue spots along the cheeks. Each scale blue- 

 spotted. A white-edged black ocellus below the dorsal, and sometimes a second near 

 the tail. 



The Andamans. 



P. LiTioEALis, Cuv. et Val. 



B. v.; D. H; P. 18; V. i; A. -^ ; C. 15. 



Olive, with vertical or round bluish spots on the scales. A black spot at the 

 beginning of the lateral line, another at the base of the pectoral, and a third at the 

 base of the tail. 



The Andamans. 



P. AlBOFASCIATUS, Schl. 



B. v.; D. i^^; P. 17; V. i; A. tit-tt! C. 17. 



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