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tral, with greenish gray ring around pupil. Spinous dorsal deep 

 dusky or blackish-brown, other vertical fins deep brown, pale brown 

 at bases of soft dorsal, anal and caudal. Pectoral dull brown, with 

 small dusky spot at origin, axil of fin pale. Ventral dusky brown 

 anteriorly to ends of first rays, posterior rays pale or whitish. No 

 dark scale at suprascapular region. Vent pale. 



Known only from the examples listed below. They somewhat re- 

 semble Ahudefduf hankierl, but are without a dark suprascapular 

 scale or blotch and the soft vertical fins are brown like the body. 



Type.— Cat No. 89959, U.S.N.M. 



2 examples, Batan Island. June 5, 1909. Length, 59 to 61 mm. 

 1 example, Ligpo Point, Balayan Bay. January 18, 1908. Length, 68 mm. 

 Type. 



{ActtU scale; yeviis, cheek; with reference to the scaled suborbitals.) 



POMACENTRUS KEIDI, new species 



Depth 1% to 2 ; head 31/3 to 31/2, width 11/2 to 1%. Snout 3% to 4; 

 eye 2% to 3%, 1 to 1% in interorbital ; maxillary reaches eye, 3l^ 

 to 3l^ in head; teeth uniserial, compressed moderately, and tips 

 rounded; interorbital 2% to 2%, convex; suborbital edge entire, 

 with small spine on lower preorbital edge; hind preopercle edge 

 denticulate. Gill rakers 5+14, lanceolate. 



Tubes in lateral line 16 or 17, followed by 4 or 5 irregular pores, 

 pores in straight section 8 to caudal base+2 or 3 more; 4 scales 

 above lateral line, 6 below, 24 or 25 predorsal which extend to nostril 

 or slightly forward, though not to upper lip; soft vertical fins 

 scaled over greater portion vertically. Scales with 7 to 9 basal, 

 short, marginal and nearly parallel striae, edge scalloped; apical 

 denticles 121 to 170, basal elements in 2 series; circuli very fine. 



D. XIII or XIV, 13 to 15, fourth spine 21/3 to 21/5 in head, sixth 

 ray ly^ to li/^ ; A. II, 13 or 14, second spine 1% to 2%, fourth ray 

 1% to 1%; least depth of caudal peduncle 1% to 2; caudal emar- 

 ginate, 314 to 3% in combined head and body; pectoral 3^4 to 

 3%; ventral 3 to 3i^. 



Brown, nearly uniform or but little paler below. Iris golden 

 brown. Young with gray line along suborbital. Dorsals and anals 

 deep brown. Caudal usually pale, sometimes light gray or some- 

 times all rayed vertical fins pale brown. Dark to dusky brown 

 small spot, much less than pupil, at pectoral origin, little invading 

 axil of fin. Paired fins pale brown. 



Type.— Csit No. 89960, U.S.N.M. 



A dull-colored species, known by the small dark spot at the pec- 

 toral orijjrin. 



