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Scales 17 or IS in upper tubular section, followed by 2 or 3 irregular 

 pores, and 9 pores in lower or straight section to caudal base, with 

 1 or 2 more on latter. Infraorbitals and cheek closely scaled, with 

 4 rows of scales across. Scales with 8 basal radiating striae; apical 

 denticles 90 to 117, with series of basal elements transversely; circuli 

 very fine. 



D. XIII, 10, I, last spine 2 in total head length, each spine with 

 weU-developed terminal cutaneous flap, fifth ray 1^ to 1^4; A. II, 

 10, I, second spine 2, sixth ray 13-3 to 1%; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2; caudal deeply forked, 2% to 3 in combined head and 

 body; pectoral 1 to IJ-g iii head; ventral 3J^ to 3% in combined 

 head and body. 



Head and body warm brown above, becoming paler with some 

 soiled appearance below. Lower side of head, breast, belly, tail, 

 bases of caudal and anal with small clear blue-white spots or dots, 

 about 1 to each scale. Iris brown. Spinous dorsal and upper edge 

 of soft dorsal dusky brown, remaining greater part of soft dorsal 

 yellowish white. Caudal peduncle much paler than front of tail and 

 shades paler posteriorly into yellowish white of caudal fin. Anal 

 yellowish white. No dark blotch at shoulder or suprascapula. 

 Paired fins pale or whitish, ventrals yellowish white and pectoral 

 base with large blackish brown blotch over greater basal portion, 

 larger than pupil though smaller than eye; similar blackish brown 

 blotch within axis. 



Known only from the several specimens listed below. The species 

 is closely related to Abudefduf hankieri but differs at once in the 

 markings. It has no dark shoulder blotch as in that species and its 

 dark pectoral base is many times more extensive. 



Type.— Cat. No. 89965, U.S.N.M. 



205. Cabugao Bay, Catanduanes Island. January 9, 1909. Length 75 mm. 



Type. 

 204. Same data. Length, 73 mm. 

 21207. Lianga Bay. Length, 63 mm. 



{Melas, black; carpus, wrist, with reference to the pictoral base.) 



ABUDEFDUF ANABATOIDES (Bkeker) 



Glyphisodon anabatoides Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genoot. (Labr.), vol. 21, 



1846-47, p. 28. Java. 

 Glyphidodon anabatoides Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 54 



(Java) . 

 Pomacentrus anabatoides Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erl., vol. 9, 1877, 



pi. 408 (9), fig. 7. 

 Pomacentrus (Pseudopomacentrus) anabatoides Bleeker, Nat. Verh. HoU. 



Maatsch. Harlem, (No. 6), ser. 3, vol. 2, 1877, p. 51 (Java, Bawean). 



Depth 2% to 21^; head 3% to 3%, width 1% to 2. Snout 3^ 

 to 4; eye 3^ to 3}4> IK to l}4 in interorbital ; maxillary reaches 

 cys, 2^ to 2]/^ in head; teeth uniserial, truncate, compressed; in- 



