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Parapomacentrus bankieri Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerl., vol. 9, 1877, 



pi. 408 (9), fig. 8; Nat. Verh. HoU. Maatsch. Harlem, (No. 6), ser. 3, 



vol. 2, 1877, p. 67 (Buru, Ceram, Amboina, Timor). 

 Abudefduf bankieri Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906 



(1907), p. 92 (Bacon). 

 Glyphisodon nemnrus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vol. 13, 1857, p. 73 



(Kajeli and Amboina). 



Depth 2}4 to 2}4; head 3H to 33^, width IJ/^ to 2. Snout 

 43^ to 4^; eye 3}/$ to 33^, greater than snout, 1 to 1}^ in inter- 

 orbital; maxillary little beyond front eye edge, 3 to 33^ in head; 

 teeth uniserial, truncate, scarcely notched though forming nearly 

 continuous cutting edge; interorbital 3 to 3}/^, broadly convex; 

 hind preopercle edge jagged, rough, uneven, though hardly distinctly 

 serrate. Gill rakers 7+ 15, lanceolate, long, slender. 



Tubes in lateral line 13 or 14, pores in straight section 8 + or 1; 

 3 scales above lateral line, 8 below, 17 or 18 predorsal; 4 rows of 

 cheek scales, of which uppermost extending over infraorbital, which 

 not free from cheek. Scales with 8 to 10 basal radiating striae; 

 apical denticles 102 to 113, with 3 series of basal elements transversely; 

 circuli fine. 



D. XIII, 11, I, thirteenth spine l^^s in head, third ray 23^ to 33^ 

 in combined head and body; A. II, 11, i, second spine 13^2 in head, 

 sixth ray 3% to 3^ in combined head and body; caudal 2yo to 23^, 

 deeply forked; ventral 33^ to 3%; least depth of caudal peduncle 1^ 

 to 13^ in head; pectoral 1 to l^j. 



Body brown, paler below, most everywhere spotted with bluish; 

 spots scattered and rather variable, extend only on bases of soft 

 vertical fins. Iris yellowish, neutral above. Slaty blue spot, little 

 larger than pupil at suprascapula. Lips little dusky. Spinous dorsal 

 neutral dusky and this shade extending along upper edge of soft 

 dorsal. Other fins all pale brownish to yellowish, with small black 

 spot, less than pupil in size, at pectoral origin. 



East Indies, Philippines, China, Queensland. 



3 examples, Bumbum Island. September 25, 1909. Length, 66 to 80 mm. 

 2 examples, Caracaran Island, Batan. June 8, 1909. Length, 50 to 53 mm. 

 20559. Nasugbu, Luzon shore. January 16, 1908. Length, 64 mm. 

 2 examples, Port Jamelo, Luzon. July 13, 1908. Length, 73 or 74 mm.. 

 56256 U.S.N.M. Luzon. Length, 60 mm. 



ABUDEFDUF MELANOCARPUS, new species 



Depth 23^ to 2^; head 3%, width 1^4 to 2. Snout 4^ to 5 

 in head; eye 33^ to 33^, much greater than snout, 1 to 13^ in inter- 

 orbital; maxillary oblique, reaches opposite eye, 3 to 33^ in head; 

 teeth single row of small, compressed, truncate incisors in each jaw; 

 interorbital 3 to 33^, convex; suborbitals not free; preopercle edge 

 entire. Gill rakers 7 + 15, lanceolate, slender, much longer than gill 

 filaments or 13^ in eye. 



