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Glyphisodon coelestinus (Solander) Cuviei!, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 

 1830, p. 464, pi. 348. Sea of the Indies, Mauritius, Malabar, Ulietea, 

 Society Islands. — Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 9, 1833, p. 508 ( Sey- 

 chelles). — ScHLEGEL and MtJLLEB, Nat. Ges. Nederl. ZooL, vol. 2, 1839^4, 

 p. 22 (Batavia, Manado, Celebes). — Richardson, Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. 

 Sci. (Ich. Chin. Jap.), 1845 (1846), p. 253 (China).— Guichenot, M6m. 

 Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, ser. 2, vol. 2, 1866, p. 145 (Madagascar). — 

 Whitley, Australian Zoologist, vol. 4, pt. 4, April, 1926, p. 280 (Murray 

 Island, Two Isles, Port Denison, Masthead Island ; Lord Howe Island ; 

 New Hebrides; Philippines; Amboina ; Samoa: Friendly Islands). 



GlypMclodon coelestinus Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 38 

 (Hong Kong). — Kner, Reise Novara, Fisch., pt. 2, 1865, p. 244 (Java). — 

 Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1868, p. 271 (south coast of Luzon) ; 

 Idem., 1876, p. 442 (Mauritius and Seychelles).- — Martens, Preuss. 

 Exp. Ost Asien, 1876, p. 398 (Amboina R. ) .—Gunther, Philos. Tr. 

 Roy. Soc, vol. 188, 1879, p. 470 (Rodriguez). — Karoli, Termesz. Fiizetek, 

 Budapest, vol. 5, 1881, p. 193 (Singapore). — Meyer, An. Soc. Hist. Nat. 

 Espanola, vol. 14, 1885, p. 34 (Celebes, Sangi, Ternate).- — Boulengeb, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1887, p. 664 (Muscat). — Weber, Reis. Ned. Ost 

 Indien, vol. 3, 1894, p. 416 (Celebes).— Eleea, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 

 1895, p. 545 (Luzon, Batangas, Nasugbu, C. de Cebu). — Ishikawa and 

 Matsuuea, Prelim. Cat. Fish. Mus. Tokyo, 1897, p. 31 (Japan). — Jatzow 

 and Lenz, Fisch. Ost Afr. Mad. Aldabra, 1898, p. 518 (Zanzibar).— 

 Bobsiebi, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, ser. 3, vol. 1, 1904, p. 213 

 (Mas.saua, Red Sea). — Regan, Journ, Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 16, 

 pt. 2, 1906, p. 330 (Persian Gulf) ; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, (2) Zool., 

 vol. 12, 1907, p. 230 (Seychelles, Praslin). — Gilchrist and Thompson, 

 Ann. S. Afr. Mus., vol. 6, 1908-1911, p. 196 (Natal).— Gilchrist and 

 Thompson, Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, 1914r-1917, p. 375. — Regan, Ann. 

 Durban Mus., vol. 1, 1914-1917, p. 459 (Durban). 



Glyphidodon {Glyphidodon) coelestinus Bleeker, Nat. Verb. HoU. Maatsch. 

 Harlem, (No. 6), ser. 3, vol. 2, 1877, p. 101 (Sumatra, Batu. Nias, Pinang, 

 Singapore, Java, Banka, Duizend Islands. Bawean, Bali, Celebes, Sangi, 

 Flores Timor, Letti, Halmahera, Ternate, Batjan, Buru, Amboina, Ceram, 

 Goram, New Guinea, Philippines). 



Glyphisodon sordidus Ruppell, Atlas Reis. Nordl. Afr., Fisch., 1828, p. 34, 

 p. 464 (name in text). 



Abudefduf coelestinus coelestinus Be^mjfort, Bijd. Dierk. Amsterdam, 

 vol. 19, 1913, p. 128 (Saonek). 



Abudefduf coelestinus Snydeb, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 505 

 (Okinawa).— Fowler, Copeia, No. 58, June 18. 1918. p. 64 (Philip- 

 pines).— Fowler and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 62, 1922, p. 48 

 (Cebu). 



Depth 1% to 2; head 3 to 314, width 1% to 2. Snout 3% to 4; eye 

 2% to 3%, greater than snout, 1 to l^s in interorbital ; maxillary 

 reaches to or little beyond front eye ed^re, 3% to 3i^ in head ; teeth 

 uniserial, compressed, median in each jaw slightly bifid or with 

 median marginal notch; interorbital 2% to ZYq, broadly convex. 

 Gill rakers 9+17, lanceolate, I1/3 in gill filaments. 



Tubes in lateral line 19 to 21, followed by 1 to 3 irregular pores; 

 pores in straight section 7 or 8 to caudal base and sometimes 1 or 2 



