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Glyphidodontops modesla Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerl., vol. 9, 1877, 



pi. 403 (4), fig. 9; Nat. Verh. HoU. Maatsch. Harlem (No. C), ser. 3, vol. 2, 



1877, p. 131 (Sumatra, Nias, Java, Bali, Borneo, Bum, Amboina). 

 Abudefduf modestus Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 350 



(Lucipara Reef). 

 Glyphisodon phaiosoma Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genoot. (Bali), vol. 22, 



1849, p. 9. Boleling, Bali. 

 Gliphidodon pallidus De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 8, 



1883, p. 452. Bank's Group. 

 Abudefduf caesio Seale, Occas. Pap. Bishop Mus., vol. 4, No. 1, 1906, p. 



53, fig. 8. Tubuai, Austral Island. 

 Abudefduf unimaculatus (not Cuvier) Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. 



Fisher., vol. 27, 1907 (1908), p. 263 (Cagayancillo example). 

 Abudefduf zonatus (not Cuvier) Fowler and Silvester, Pub. No. 312 



Carnegie Inst. Wash., 1922, p. 120 (Pago Pago). 



Depth 2H to 23^; head 2% to 3%, width 1% to 2. Snout 33^ 

 to 4^; eye 23^ to 33^, greater than snout or interorbital; maxillary 

 reaches little beyond front eye edge, to front pupil edge in young, 

 2^.4 to 33^ in head; teeth compressed, uniserial or occasionally irregu- 

 larly biserial, ends truncate or seldom slightly notched medianly; 

 interorbital 3 to 33^ in head, evenly convex. Gill rakers 7 + 13, 

 lanceolate, rather long. 



Tubes in lateral line 17 to 20, followed by 2 or 3 irregular pores; 

 pores in straight section 6 to 8 to caudal base; 2 or 3 scales above 

 lateral line, 8 or 9 below, 14 to 16 (abnormally 6) predorsal forward 

 opposite front of eyes; preorbital, infraorbitals and preopercle flange 

 naked, 3 or 4 rows of scales on cheek. Scales with 7 to 11 basal 

 radiating striae; apical denticles 58 to 118, with 2 to 4 transverse 

 series of basal elements; circuli very fine. 



D. XIII, 12, I, thirteenth spine IJ^ to 2 in head, sixth ray 1 to 

 13^; A. II, 12, I, second spine 2 to 23^, sixth ray 13^ to 13^; caudal 

 1, emarginated little behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 1 J^ to 2; 

 pectoral 13^ to 1^^; ventral 1 to \}/^, sometimes little greater than 

 head. 



Back mouse gray, with drab-gray laterally and under surfaces 

 light olive buff to creamy. Vertical fins like back. Paired fins 

 paler. Iris neutral brown. 



India, East Indies, Philippines, Japan, Melanesia, Micronesia, 

 Polynesia. Though pale and largely dull colored, many examples 

 show narrow sky-blue line from above nostrils back and up toward 

 origin of spinous dorsal. Sometimes narrow light blue bar on pre- 

 orbital, another along lower eye edge on infraorbitals, and 4 or 5 blue 

 bars may radiate from posterior eye edge. Often minute sky blue 

 spots on upper side of head and along dorsal fins basally. 



17 examples, Batan, Rapurapu Strait. June 5, 1909. Length, 26 to 78 mm. 

 [1602.] Very pale gray, paler below without distinct markings of any kind. 

 16 examples, Batan Island. July 22, 1909. Length, 17 to 59 mm. 



