FISHES OF THE PHHiIPPINE AISTD ADJACENT SEAS 65 



Largely uniform brownish generally. Fins same. Lips little 

 paler. 

 Andamans, Nicobars, East Indies and Philippines. 



1 example, Butauanan Island. June 13, 1909. Length, 69 mm. 

 1 example, Biri Channel. June 1, 1909. Length, 70 mm. 

 14436. Gubat Port, Luzon. June 23, 1909. Length, 75 mm. 

 14704. Matnog Bay. May 31, 1909. Length, 70 mm. 

 1 example, Philippines. Length, 60 mm. 

 1 example. Port Palapag. June 3, 1903. Length, 75 mm. 

 1 example, Simaluc Island. September 22, 1909. Length, 80 mm. 

 14387. Talisse Island. November 9, 1909. Length, 85 mm. 

 49013 to 49017 A.N.S.P. Philippines. Commercial Museum of Philadelphia 

 Length 45 to 72 mm. 



Genus POMACENTRUS Lacepede 



Pomacentrus LAc:6pi:DE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1803, p. 505. Type Chaeto- 

 don pavo Bloch, designated by Bleeker, Nat. Verb. Holl. Maatsch. Har- 

 lem, (No. 6), ser. 2, vol. 3, 1877, p. 40. 



Pristotis RuppELL, Neue Wirbeith., Fisch., 1835, p. 128. Type Pristotii 

 cyanostigma Rijppell, monotypie. 



Dischistodus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, p. 214. Type 

 Pomacentrus fasciatus Cuviek, orthotypic. 



Pseudopomacentrus Bleekeb, Nat. Verb. Holl. Maatsch. Harlem, No. 6 

 ser. 2, vol. 3, 1877, p. 41. Type Pomacentrus Uttoralis (Kuhl and Van 

 Hasselt) Valenciennes. 



Parapomacentrus Bleekek, Nat. Verb. Holl. Maatsch. Harlem, (No. 6), 

 ser. 2, vol. 3, 1877, p. 65. Type Pomacentrus polynema Bleeker, des- 

 ignated by Joedan, Stanford Publications (Genera of Fishes, 3), 1919, 

 p. 387. 



Amdlypomacentrus Bleeker, Nat. Verb. Holl. Maatsch. Harlem, (No. 6), 

 ser. 2, vol. 3, 1877, p. 68. Type Glyphisodon lyreviceps Schlegel and 

 MtJiXER, designated by Jordan, Stanford Publications (Genera of Fishes, 

 3), p. 387. 



Eupomacentrus Bleeker, Nat. Verb. Holl. Maatsch. Harlem, (No. 6), ser. 

 2, vol. 3, 1877, p. 73. Type Clmctodon liiHdus (Forster) Schneider, 

 monot3T>ic (in subgenus). 



Brachypomacentrus Bleeker, Nat. Verb. Holl. Maatsch. Harlem, (No. 6), 

 ser. 2, vol. 3, 1877, p. 73. Tjpe Pomacentrus alMfa^ciattis Schlegel and 

 MtJLLER, monotypie (in subgenus). 



Ovate or oblong. Head moderate, about deep as long, front pro- 

 file steep, usually rounded. Mouth small, broad, terminal, jaws 

 equal or subequal. Teeth in 1 or 2 close-set rows, compressed, im- 

 movable, truncate or rounded at tips. Preorbital and infraorbitals 

 more or less serrate, former often with deep notch. Preopercle more 

 or less serrate. Gill rakers moderate or long. Scales large, 28 to 

 31 in median lateral series. Muzzle usually scaly. Dorsals and 

 anals with large basal scaly sheaths. Dorsal with 12 to 14 low 

 stout spines, rays 10 to 16, more or less elevated. Anal spines 2, 

 rays 12 to 16. Caudal forked or emarginate, lobes rounded, some- 

 times end in filaments. 



