Jordan and Evcrmann. — Fishes of North America. 1557 



Pomacentms caudalis* Poey, Sj-nopsis, 328, 1867, Havana, young; Jordan & Swain, 



Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 545; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1K90, 325. 

 Potnaccntnis xanthuniSffPOEY, Memorias, ll, 190, 1860, Havana. 

 Pomacentrus doreopunicans,\ Poey, Sj-uopsis, 328, 1867, Havana. 



196S, KUPOM.VCEXTBUS FLAVIVEXTEB (Troacbel). 



Depth 2| ill total length with caudal (about 2i without). D. XII, 16; A. 

 11,13; P. 20. Iiiterorbital space convex, the upper profile curved; only 

 po.sterior part of suborbital ring dentate; ventrals long, the filamentous 

 tips reaching tip of first anal spine. Color above brown, passing into yel- 

 lowish Itelow; bluish white dots only on tlie head above and on dorsal; 

 poiuts of dorsal, pectoi'al, ventral, anal, and caudal yellow; side below 

 lateral line with some 20 straight dark streaks, corresponding to the edges 

 of the scales as in J-J. /kscks; no white points below lateral line; a faint 

 round dark spot just below lateral line under seventh and eighth dorsal 

 spines; a similar one under base of first 3 soft rays of dorsal; a distinct 

 black spot on back of tail. Atlantic coast of Mexico. Length 24 inches. 

 (Troschel.) Prol)ably identical with i?. fuscm. (Jiavus, yellow; venter, 

 belly.) 



Pomacentrus jlarivcnter, Troschel, iu J. "W. von Aliiller's Reisen iu Mexico, etc., 633, 

 1865, Atlantic Ocean. 



1969. EUP03IACEXTBUS FLAVILATUS (Gill). 



(PeSCADO AZUL DE DOS COLORES.) 



Head 3i; depth 2. D. XII, 15; A. II, 13; scales 29; eye in head 3A ; 

 pectoral in head 1^; ventral in head 1; longest dorsal spine 2; second anal 

 spine 2. Body deep, robust; anterior profile more or less convex and 

 broad; general appearance of E. ixctifrcenum from which this seems to 

 ditt'er only in color. No blue spots even iu specimens 3 to 5 inches long; 

 posterior part of body, especially pectoral and caudal, light yellow ; rest 

 of body paler than in ra'tifrcenum but color variable; ventrals black; 

 dorsal and anal dusky, more or less i^ale posteriorly; pectoral with a 

 very distinct black spot at base of upper rays. E. rcctifra'nnm has the 

 tail and caudal as dark as other fins, Avhich is not the case in flmrilatus. 

 Here described from numerous specimens from Socorro Island, 2 from 

 Clarion Island, and 1 from San Benidicto Island, the largest about 5 

 inches long. This is i)robably the adult of the species of which the very 



^Pomacentrus caudalis, Poey. Dark brown; caiidal and posterior half of dorsal and 

 anal lirownisli vellow; sky-blue spots on sides of head and front of body: ocular spot on 

 dorsal surrounded with sky-blue ; a siuiilar ocellus on back ( f caudal which distinguishes 

 it from analis. Length 2 inches. Havana. (Poey.) 



\ Pvmacentrus xanthurus, Poey. Form of P.otophorus, the prolile of the head le.ss 

 rounded; maxillary reaching in front of the eye, which is 3J in head; serrations on the 

 head weaker; color brown, black above, yellow below; pectorals and ventrals orange, as 

 is the caudal and the point of the dorsal; ventral filament carmine; a black spot at the 

 base of the pectoral above; the edges of the scales darker. Cuba. (Poey.) Length 4 

 inches. (|ai'0os, yellow; ovpa, tail.) 



\ Pomacentrus dorsopunicans, Poey. Body oblong; color black, shining blue in life; 

 tail yellow; an ocular spot on dorsal tin. Length IJ inches. Havana. (Poey.) {dorsum, 

 baclc; punicans, blushing). The species, 'owes its specitic name to the fact that the 

 upper and anterior part of the head and back are reddish, the same as the corresponding 

 part of the dorsal," 



