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1, 1877, p. 23 (Red Sea).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 3, 1877, p. 381, pi. 79, 

 fig. 7 ; Fauna British India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 380, fig. 127.— Sauvage, Hist. 

 Madagascar, Poiss. 1891, p. 422. — Borsieki, Ann. Mus. Civ. Geneva, (3), 

 vol. 4, 1904, p. 214 (Massaua, Dilemmi, Entufasch Island). — Bambee, 

 Journ. Linn. See. London, vol. 31, 1915, p. 481 (between Suez and Suakim). 



Heliases reticulatus Richardson, Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. (Fish. Chin. 



Jap.), 1845 (1846), p. 254. China Seas. 



Dascyllus reticulatus Cartier, Verh. Ges. Wiirzburg, 1873, p. 97 (Bohol). — 

 Elera, Cat. Faun. Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 544 (Bohol, Cebu). 



Tetradrachmfum reticulatuni Bleekek, Atlas Ich. Ind. Neerl., vol. 9, 1877, 

 pi. 409 (10), fig. 8; Nat. Verh. Holl. Maatsch. Harlem, (No. 6), ser. 3, 

 vol. 2, 1877, p. 145 (Nias, Borneo, Buru, Ambuina, Ceram, Banda, 

 Goram, Philippines). — Steindachner, Abhand. Senckenberg. Ges., vol. 

 25, 1900, p. 439 (Ternate). — Beaufort, Bijd. Dierk. Amsterdam, vol. 19, 

 1913, p. 129 (Ambon.)— Webeb, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 356 

 (Sanguisiapo in Snlu Archipelago, Borneo Bank, Damar, Ambon). 



DaseyUus xantJiosoma Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vol. 2, 1851, p. 

 247. Banda Neira.— Glxthek, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 14 

 (Borneo) ; Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 7 (15), 1881, p. 237, pi. 124, fig. C 

 (East Indies, Kandavu, New Britain, Ponape). — Eleea, Cat. Fauna Filip., 

 vol. 1, 1895, p. 543 (Luzon, Manila). 



Pomacent7'u» unifasciatus Kneb, Sitz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 57 (1), 1868, 

 p. 348, pi. 8, fig. 24. Kandavu. 



OUphidodon bimaculatus Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 

 8, 1883, p. 271. Southeast coast of New Guinea. 



DaseyUus nigripinnis Regan, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, (2) Zool., vol. 12, 

 1907, p. 228, pi. 24, fig. 5. Maldives. 



DaseyUus trimaculatus (not RtJppEU,) Fowler, Copeia, No. 58, June 18, 

 1918, p. 64 (Philippines). 



Depth 11/2 to 12/3 ; head 3 to 31/5, width 11/2 to 1%. Snout 31/3 to 

 ^V2'-) eye 2% to 2%, greater than snout or mterorbital; maxillary 

 reaches opposite front pupil edge in young, but slightly beyond 

 front eye edge with age, 3 to 3% in liead; teeth m 3 or 4 irregular 

 series, conic, simple, outer row little enlarged; interorbital 2% to 

 24-^, broadly and slightly convex; preorbital, infraorbital, and pre- 

 opercle edges free, minutely and inconspicuously serrated. Gill 

 rakers 7+18, slender, lanceolate, rather long. 



Tubes in lateral line 17 or 18, followed by 3 or 4 irregular pores; 

 pores in straight section 9 or 10+0 to 2 ; 4 scales above lateral line, 

 11 below, 21 to 24 predorsal forward to snout tip ; row of scales on 

 infraorbitals and 4 more rows on cheeks. Scales with 7 basal radiat- 

 ing striae, edge scalloped; 73 to 127 apical denticles, with 1 or 2 

 transverse series of basal elements ; circuli very fine. 



D. XII, 14, I, third spine II/5 to 1% in head, fifth ray II/3 to I1/2 1 

 A. II, 12, I or 13, I, second spine 1% to 2-^, fourth ray ly^ to 1% ; 

 caudal emarginate, 3l^ to Zy^ in combined head and body; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 1% to 2 in head; pectoral 1 to li/g; 

 ventral 314 to 3I/3 in combined head and body. 



