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70747 U.S.N. M. Tanegashima. Albatross collection. Length, 24 to 35 mm. 



4 examples. 

 71650 U.S.N. M. Nafa, Okinawa. Albatross collection. Length, 17 to 6.3 mm. 



8 examples. 

 31196 and 31197 A.N.S.P. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 63 to 



69 mm. 



ABUDEFDUF AZYSRON (Bleeker) 



Pomacentrus (Pomacentrus) azysron Bleeker, Nat. Verh. HoU. Maatsch. 



Wet. Harlem (No. 6), ser. 3, vol. 2, 1877, p. 50. Amboina. 

 Pomacentrus azysron Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erl., vol. 9, 1877, pi. 410 



(11), fig. 1. 



Depth 23^ to 23^; head 3H to 3}4, width 1% to l^i Snout 

 4M; eye 3 to 33^, greater than snout, equals interorbital ; maxillary 

 extends to or slightly beyond eye front, 3 to 3% in head; teeth 

 uniserial; interorbital 2% to 3ro, broadly convex; hind preopercle 

 edge uneven, not serrated; infraorbitals not free. Gill rakers 9+ 15, 

 long, slender, lanceolate. 



Tubes in lateral line 15 to 17, pores in straight section 8 or 9+ 1; 

 3 scales above lateral line to spinous dorsal origin, 8 below, 18 or 19 

 predorsal; 4 or 5 rows of cheek scales including infraorbital row. 

 Scales with 7 basal radiating striae; apical denticles 101 to 113, with 

 3 transverse series of basal elements; circuli very fine. 



D. XIII, 10, I, thirteenth spine 2 to 2}4 in head, fifth ray 1 to l^i; 

 A. II, 10, I, second spine 1% to 23/8> fifth ray l}^ to 3}i in combined 

 head and body; least depth of caudal peduncle 2 in head; pectoral 1; 

 ventral 1 ; caudal 23^ to 25^ in combined head and body, well forked. 



Head and body deep neutral brown, inclining to dusky on back 

 and to blackish on dorsal fins. Head paler below. Iris neutral 

 dusky, with yellowish ring around pupil. Apparently no blue spots. 

 Posterior half of soft dorsal, most of caudal peduncle and all of caudal 

 pale yellowish, filaments from upper caudal lobe dusky. Rest of 

 fins pale brown, with large blackish blotch over entire base of 

 pectoral. 



Known only from x\mboina and the Philippines. Distinguished 

 from all the other species of the genus by its coloration. Although 

 Bleeker places this species in Pomacentrus, our examples are insepa- 

 rable from his account of Pomacentrus azysron, but their truncate 

 teeth and entire preopercle edges demand location with Abudefduf. 



2 examples from Quinalasag Island, Masamat Bay. June 12, 1909. Length, 

 64 to 77 mm. 



ABUDEFDUF BANKIERI (Richardson) 



Glyphisodon bankieri Richardson, Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. (Ich. China 

 Japan), 1846, p. 253 Hong Kong, China Seas. 



Ghjphidodon bankieri Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1868, p. 54 

 (types of Glyphisodon bankieri and G. nemurus). — Alleyne and Macleay, 

 Proc Linn. Soc. New St)uth Wales, vol. 1, 1876, p. 343 (Cape Grenville).— 

 Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 548 (Luzon, Santa Cruz, Cavite). 



