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30671 U.S.N.M. New Guinea. Liuuaean Society, New South Wales. 2 exam- 

 ples. Length, 62 to 67 mm. 



45067 U.S.N.M. Tahiti. British Museum. 1 example. Length, 52 mm. 



52204 U.S.N.M. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. 41 examples. Length, 22 

 to 58 mm. 



56300 U.S.N.M. Cavite. Dr. G. A. Lung. 2 examples. Length, 27 to 45 mm. 



65472 U.S.N.M. Mangareva, Gambler Islands. 20 examples. Length, 68 to 

 78 mm. 



65811 U.S.N.M. Fakarava, Paumotus. 3 examples. Length, 32 to 59 mm. 



83961 U.S.n!m. No locality. Albatross collection. 5 examples. Length, 34 

 to 63 mm. 



84247 U.S.N.M. Zamboanga. Dr. E. Baker. 7 examples. Length, 35 to 67 mm. 



9620 and 9621 A.N.S.P. Tahiti. Andrew Garrett. Length, 42 to 50 mm. 



27668 A.N.S.P. Batu Sangkar, Sumatra. Messr.s. Harrison and Hiller. Length, 

 58 mm. 



31165 A.N.S.P. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. 



33165 A.N.S.P. " Victoria, Australia," but likely from Fiji. Mrs. A. F. Kenyou. 



48703 to 4S716 A.N.S.P. Pliilippines. Commercial Museum, Philadelphia. 



51177 to 51179 A.N.S.P. Pago Pago, Samoa. Capt. C. F. Silvester. 



Genus LEPIDOZYGUS Gunther 



Lepidozygus GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 15. Type 

 Pomacentrus tapeinosoma Bleekeb, monotypic. 



Teeth uniserial, small, siibconic. Preopercle slightly serrated. 

 Preorbital distinct, other suborbitals and preoperciilar limb hidden 

 by scales. Scales of moderate size, 36 in a lateral series. Dorsal 

 spines 12. Anal spines 2. Caudal forked. Dull olive. 



Of peculiar physiognomy and quite different in general appearance 

 from any of the other genera. 



LEProOZYGUS TAPEINOSOMA (BIceker) 



Pomacentrus tapeinosoma Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vt»l. 10, 1850, p. 



376. Ternate. 

 Lepidozygus tapeinosoma GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, 



p. 15 (Ternate).— Bleeker, Atlas Ich. Ind. N6erl.. vol. 9, 1877, pi. 404 



(5), fig. 1; Nat. Verb. Holl. Maatsch. Harlem, (No. 6). ser. 3, vol. 2. 



1877, p. 71 (Ternate and Amboina). 



Depth 22^ to 2% ; head 31/2 to 33/5, width 1% to 1%. Snout 0% to 

 3%; eye ^% to 41/5, 1 to II/5 in snout, 1% to I1/2 in interorbital; 

 maxillary greatly inclined, reaches pupil, expansion 1% to 2 in eye, 

 length 214 to 2% in head; teeth uniserial, short, subconic, anterior 

 largest and more obtuse; interorbital 21/2 to 2%, convex; hind and 

 lower edge of orbital socket with row of firm papillae ; hind preoper- 

 cular limb denticulate. Gill rakers 8-f-14, lanceolate. 



Tubes in lateral line 19, sometimes followed by 3 or 4 pores, pores 

 in straight section 15 or 16+5 ; 5 scales above lateral line to spinous 

 dorsal origin, 6 below, 20 predorsal forward to nostril; scales on 



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