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Pomacentrus ohscurus Thiolli£:re, Faun. Woodlark, 1857, p. 200. Wood- 

 lark Island. 

 Pomacentrus kunikum (Montuouzier) THiOLLifiiiE, Faun. Woodlark, 1857, 



p. 200 (name in synonymy). 

 Pomacentrus oiscurus (preoccupied above) Alleyne and Macleay, Proc. 



Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 1, 1876, p. 343, pi. 15., fig. 2. Exact 



locality (?) 

 Eupomacentrus albofasciatiis (not Schlegel and MiJXLER) BLEEKsai, Atlas 



Ichth. Ind. N6erl, vol. 9, 1877, pi. 403 (4), fig. 6. 

 Pomacentrus vitianus Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 7, vol. 3, 1878, 



p. 206. Fiji. 

 Potnacentrus trimaculatus (not Vaxencieivnes ) Evermann and Seale, Bull. 



Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906, p. 89 (Bacon). 

 Pomacentrus prosopotwnia (not Bleeke^i) Fowler and Bean, Proc. U. S. 



Nat. Mus., vol. 62, 1922, p. 45 (Zamboanga). 



Depth 2 to 21/5 ; head 24^ to Sy^. width 11/2 to 1%. Snout 24^ to 

 3; eye 3 to 4^^^, 1 to 1% in snout, II/2 in interorbital to greater than 

 interorbital ; maxillary reaches % to eye, nearly reaches eye in young, 

 31/^ to 3% in head; teeth uniserial, compressed, truncate; interorbital 

 3 to 3%, broadly convex; infraorbital and preopercle edge strongly 

 dentate. Gill rakers 10+18, lanceolate, slender, short. 



Tubes in lateral line 16 to 17, pores in straight section 7 or 8-|-0 to 

 1 ; 3 or 4 scales above lateral line, 9 below, 18 to 20 predorsal, only ex- 

 tend forward to nostril ; snout, preorbital and muzzle naked ; 2 rows 

 of small scales on infraorbital and 3 or 4 rows of mostly large scales 

 below on cheek. Scales with 8 to 10 basal radiating striae; apical 

 denticles 85 to 119, basal elements in 1 to 3 series; circuli fine. 



D. XI or XII, 15, 1 or 16, i, twelfth spine 2 to 2^/^ in head, seventh 

 ray ll^ to li/^, first ray sometimes simple; A. II, 13, i, second spine 

 21/^ to 21/^, sixth ray II/2; caudal emarginate, lobes rounded, I14 to 

 11/^; least depth of caudal peduncle 2iV to 2%; pectoral 11/5 to 

 11/3; ventral 1 to I14. 



Back umber brown, paler on sides of head and below, breast and 

 abdomen. Each scale with small blue gray spot on trunk and tail, 

 larger and more pronounced on cheek and opercle, especially in 

 young. Usually a diffuse dusky brown blotch or shade at last dorsal 

 rays basally and on tail adjacent sometimes. Iris brownish. Fins 

 all dull brown, dorsals and ventrals usually darker or inclining to 

 dusky. 



Mauritius, East Africa and Red Sea to the East Indies and Society 

 Islands. Well distinguished by the naked muzzle, robust appearance, 

 with dark coloration finely dotted with pale blue. 



11682, 12202, 14798, Bugsuk Island, Balabac. January 5, 1909. Length, 135 



to 142 mm. 

 15041, 15045, 15048, and 15049. Calangaman Island, between Leyte and Cebu. 



March 16, 1909. Length, 125 to 143 mm. 

 7 examples, Candaraman Island, Balabac. January 4, 1909. Length, 125 to 



142 mm. 



