Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 1563 



1975. ABUDEFDUF AJfALOGUS (Gill). 



Head 3; depth 2. D. XIII, 12; A. II, 10; P. 18; scales 4-26-9. Similar 

 in form to Ahudefduf deeUrifrons, the teeth smaller, 21 or 22 on each side 

 in the upper jaw, 7 of which are in the deflected portion behind, 2.5 on 

 each side in the lower jaw; produced portion of anal fiu rounded rather 

 than angular. Color purplish brown, dotted with green on the center of 

 each scale, and with the throat and abdomen covered with a lake-colored 

 coat. (Gill.) Atlantic coast of Central America; not seen by us. Evi- 

 dently closely related to A. deeUrifrons (whence the name analoijus, like.) 



Euchistodus analogus. Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Set. Phila. 1863,219, Aspinwall. (Coll. Eev. 

 Mr. Kowell.) 



1976. ABUDEFDUP TAURUS (Miiller & TroscLel). 

 (Dovetail Fish.) 



" D. XII, 12 ; A. II, 10. The teeth are notched. The cleft of the mouth 

 does not reach the eye; on the augle of the mouth the suborbital bone is 

 nearly as large as the diameter of the eye; the space between the eyes is 

 nearly equal to 1^ diameter of an eye. The profile is less steep than 

 in G. saxatilis, and the 5 vertical bands are less distinct in the present 

 species. Its length is 7 inches.'' (Miiller & Troschel.) A scarcely known 

 species, possibly distinguished from A. analogus by the 12 dorsal spines,* 

 possibly identical with A. rudis. {taurus, bull.) 



Glyphidodon taxirus, MiJLLER & Teoschel, iu Schomburgk's History of Barbados, 674, 

 1848, Barbados. (Type iu museum at Berlin). 



We place here a species which, if correctly <lescribed, would seem to 

 belong to a distinct genus. Its affinities are, however, evidently rather 

 with the species called Enschistodus, and Poey's account of the serration 

 of the preopercle may be erroneous. 



1977. ABUDEFDUF RUDIS (Poey). 



Head 4 in total length with caudal; depth 2^; eye 4 in head. D. XIII, 

 12; A. II, 10; scales very large, 25 in lateral line. Maxillary reaching 

 to opposite nostril; teeth iu 1 row, alike in size, all deeply bifid; preo- 

 percle coarsely serrated, a flat spine on the opercle ; lobes of the caudal 

 rounded, the tin little notched ; second anal spine strong ; snout longer 

 than in A. saxatilis; scales much larger, the pores of the lateral line not 

 branched. Color brown, with 5 In-oad vertical bands before caudal, 

 which descend from the back to the middle of the flanks, where they fade 

 insensibly; eye blackish; fins dark brown; (birk bands l)road, with nar- 

 row^ interspaces; 1 dark band more than in A. saxatilis. Cuba; oiki 

 female 10 inches in length. (Poey.) A little known species of uncertain 

 relationship. If its j^reopercle is really serrate, it can not belong to 

 Abudefduf. In other respects it would seem nearer to the latter genus 

 than to Eiipomacentrus. It is very likely identical with Abudefduf taurus. 

 {rudis, rough.) 

 Glyphidodon rudis, Poey, Memorias, ii, 191, 1860, Havana ; Gunthek, Cat., iv, 37, 1862. 



* According to Poey the type of tbis species has (fide Peters, in lit.) the coloration of 

 A. rudis and similarly large scales (about 25 in lateral line). 



