FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 61 



East Indies and China. Not previously reported from the 

 Philippines. 



A trim species, readily known by the second anal spine longer 

 than the anal rays and the antero-median dorsal spines longest. 



9 examples, Danawan Island and Si Amil Island. September 26, 1909. 



Length, 103 mm. 

 1 example, Danawan. September 27, 1909. Length, 116 mm. 

 4 examples, Sipadan Island. September 28, 1909. Length, 128 to 130 mm. 



Subgenus Hoplochromis Fowler 

 Front edge of lower jaw with 6 short conic teeth flaring outward. 



CHROMIS CAERULEUS (Cuvier) 



Heliases caeruleus Cxjvieb, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 497. New 

 Guinea and Ulea. 



Heliases coeruleus Bchlegel and Mtii-LER, Nat. Ges. Nederl. Zool., 1839-44, 

 p. 25. 



Heliastes caertileus Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 62. 



Chromis caeruleus Beaufokt, Bijd. Dierk., Amsterdam, vol. 19, 1913, 

 p. 129 (Ambon).— Fowler, Proe. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., 1918, p. 66 

 (Philippines) ; Copeia, No. 58, June 18, 1918, p. 64 (Philippines). 



Heliases lepisurus Cuvieb, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 498. New 

 Guinea. — Schlegel and Muller, Nat. Ges. Nederl. Zool., 1839-44, p. 25. 



'Heliastes lepidurus Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 63 

 (Amhoina) ; Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 84 (Zanzibar). — Peters, 

 Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1876, p. 443 (Mauritius).— Day, Fi.shes of 

 India, pt. 3, 1877, p. 389, pi. 82, fig. 1 (Andamans). — Kossmann and 

 Rauber. Zool, Ergebn. K. Acad. Wiss. Berlin, vol. 1, 1877, p. 24 (Red 

 Sea).— Day, Faun. British India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 391, fig. 130.— Ishikawa 

 and MATSiruRA, Prelim. Cat. Fish. Mus. Tokyo, 1897, p. 31 (Japan). — 

 Bean and Weed, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912. p. 60S (Batavia, 

 Java). 



Chromis lepisurus Bleeker, Atlas Ich. Ind. Neerl., vol. 9, 1877, pi. 403 (4), 

 fig. 7; Nat. Verb. Holl. Maatsch. Harlem, (No. 6), ser. 3, vol. 2, 1877, p. 

 164 (Cocos Island, Java, Bawean, Celebes, Sumbawa, Flores, Timor, 

 Ternate, Buru, Ceram, Amhoina, Banda, Aj*u, New Guinea). — • 

 Steindachner, Abhandl. Senckenberg Ges., vol. 25, 1900, pp. 440 

 (Ternate). 



Chromis lepiduriis Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 35S (Borneo 

 Bank, Celebes Sea, Damar, Sanguisiapo in Sulu Archipelago, Saleyer, 

 Rotti). 



Heliases frenatus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 498. Guam. — 

 Gu^EiN, Icon. R. An. Cuvier Poiss., 1830-44, pi. 19, fig. 3.— Sauvage, Hist. 

 Madagascar, Poiss., 1891, p. 436, pi. 28, fig. 1 (Madagascar). 



Olyphisodon bandanensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vol. 2, 1851, p. 

 248. Neira, Banda. 



Glyphidodon anabaioides (not Bleeker) Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 1870, p. 696. 



Depth 21/8 to 21/5; head 3 to 3%, width 1% to 2. Snout 3% to 

 3-^; eye 2% to 3, greater than snout, about equals interorbital ; 



