68 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSTJ tJM 



POMACENTRUS PAVO (Bloch) 



Chaetodon pavo Bloch, Naturg. Ausl. Fisch., vol. 3, 1787, p. 60, pi. 198. 

 East Indies. 



Pomaccntrus pavo LAc£pi:DE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1802, pp. 505, 508 (East 

 Indies).— RuppELL, Atlas Reise, Nordl. Afr. Fisch., 1828. p. 37 (Massaua). — 

 CuviEE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 413 (Moluccas). — Yalenciennes, 

 Regne An. Cuv. 111., 1839, pi. 32, fig. 3. — Schlegel and MtJiiEU, Verb. 

 Nat. Ges. Nederl., Zool., vol. 2, 1839-44, p. 20 (Moluccas).— Gunther, Cat 

 Fisb. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 23 (Amboina) ; Fisbes of Zanzibar, 

 1866, p. 81 (Zanzibar and Mozambique). — Klunzingeb, Verb. zool. bot. 

 Ges. Wien, vol. 21, 1871, p. 523 (copied). — Caetier, Verb. Ges. Wiirz- 

 burg, vol. 5. 1874, p. 99 ( Cebu ) .— Bleeker, Atlas Icbtb. Inrt. N^erl., 

 vol. 9, 1877, pi. 408(9), fig. 9.— GiJNTHEE, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 7 (15), 

 1881, p. 227, pi. 124, fig. E (Red Sea, East Africa, Tabiti, Ponape, Bonin 

 Islands). — Elera, Cat. Fauna Pilip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 545 (Cebu). — ^Weeee, 

 Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 336 (Sanguisapo, Sulu Archipelago, 

 Damar, Saleyer, Ambon, Tuir). — Fowler, Copeia, No. 58, June 18, 1918, 

 p. 64 (Philippines). 



Pomacentrus (Pomacentrus) pavo Bleeker, Nat. Verb. Holl. Maatsch Har- 

 lem, (No. 6), ser. 3, vol. 2, 1877, p. 42 (Sumatra, Nias, Java, Bawean, 

 Celebes, SangI, Solor, Timor, Ternate, Buro, Ceram, Amboina, Haruko, 

 Nussalaut, Obi-major, Bauda. Goram, Cebu, New Guinea). 



Holocentrus diacanthus LAcfipfioE, Hist. Nat. Poiss, vol. 4, 1802, pp. 333, 

 373. No locality (on Chinese Mss.). 



Pomacentrus pavoninus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie., vol. 5, 1853, p. 85. 

 Lawajong, Solor. 



Pomacentrus ? furcatus TniOLLifiEE, Faun. Woodlark, 1857, p. 201. "Woodlark 

 Island. 



Pomacentrus notatus Macleat, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 8, 

 1883, p. 451. New Britain. 



Depth 21^ to 2% ; head 31/3 to 33/5, witdth 14^ to 1%- Snout 41/5 

 to 4I/2; eye 24/^ to 3%, greater than snout, equals interorbital or 

 greater in young; maxillary extends little beyond front eye edge, 

 though not quite to pupil, 3 to 314 in head; teeth uniserial, little 

 compressed, pointed; interorbital 3 to 3V5, but slightly convex; infra- 

 orbital and hind preoj)ercle edges denticulate. Gill rakers 6-rl4, 

 lanceolate, slender, moderate. 



Tubes in lateral line 16 or 17, pores in straight section 9 or 10 + 1 

 or 2; scales above lateral line 3, below 9, predorsal 15 to 17, extend- 

 ing forward opposite nostrils; 3 rows of cheek scales, infraorbital 

 naked. Scales with 7 or 8 basal radiating striae; apical denticles 88 

 to 119, with 1 to 3 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. XIII, 12,1 or 13,1, thirteenth spine 1% to 1% in head, seventh 

 ray 3% to 3iA in combined head and body; A. II, 13 i or 14 i, second 

 spine 1% to l^g in head, ninth ray 1 to 1% ; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 1% to 1%; caudal deeply lunate, 21/5 to 2l^ in combined 

 head and body ; pectoral 3% to 3% ; ventral 3i/^ to 3%. 



Ecru-drab generally, lower surface pale to whitish. Head spotted 

 with blue-gray, usually with more or less horizontal distribution. 



