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cheek below infraorbitals with 3 rows of scales, none on preopercle 

 flange. Scales with 8 to 10 basal radiating striae; apical denticles 

 106 to 110, basal elements in 6 to 8 transverse series; circuli very 

 fine. 



D. XIII, 13, I, fourth spine 1% to 2l^ in head, fourth ray 1% to 

 11^; A. II, 13, I, second spine 1% to 2I/3, fourth ray 11/^ to 1%; 

 caudal 2% to 2% in combined head and body, well forked and upper 

 lobe usually little longer ; least depth of caudal peduncle U/g to 2 in 

 head ; pectoral 1 ; ventral 2% in combined head and body. 



Back and upper surfaces dull oliveaceous, under surfaces whitish. 

 Seven deep brown vertical bands, each about 3 scales wide and wide 

 as interspaces; first on occipital region down to postocular; second 

 directly before spinous dorsal origin down to pectoral axil; third, 

 fourth and fifth from bases of spinous dorsal rays; sixth from 

 base of soft dorsal ; seventh on caudal peduncle, from above medianly 

 and with blackish saddle in young. Fins all pale brownish. Small 

 neutral dusky spot, much less than pupil, at pectoral origin. Iris 

 yellowish-white, 



Ked Sea, East Africa, Mauritius, India, East Indies, China, 

 Philippines, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia. Distinguished by 

 the presence of 7 vertical dark bars and the uniformly pale caudal 

 fin. 



13325. Amboiiia market. December 7. 1909. Length, 130 mm. 



19231 U.S.N.M. Fanning Islands. Dr. T. H. Streets. 5 examples. Length, 



165 to 173 mm. 

 52309 U.S.N.M. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 48 mm. 

 52429 U.S.N.M. Apia. Bureau of Fisheries. 4 examples. Length, 120 to 



180 mm. 

 57958 U.S.N.M. Zamboanga. Major Mearns. Length, 43 mm. 



65711 U.S.N.M. Makemo, Paumotus. Albatross collection. 9 examples. 



65712 U.S.N.M. Tari Tari, Gilbert Islands. Albatross Collection. Length, 

 155 mm. 



65713 U.S.N.M. Makatea, Paumotus. Albatross collection. 32 examples. 

 27698 A.N.S.P. Padang, Sumatra. Messrs. Harrison and Hiller. Length, 



103 mm. 



ABUDEFDUF NOTATUS (Day) 



Qlyphidodon notatus Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1869, p. 521. Andaman 



Islands; Fishes of India, pt. 3, 1877, p. 386, pi. 83, fig 5 (Andamans) ; 



Fauna British India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 387. 

 Abudefduf clarki Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 40, 1912, p. 534. Tane- 



gashima and Misaki.— Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 419, 



pi. 53, fig. 2 (Misaki). 



Depth 14/5 to 1% ; head 2i^ to 31/2, width 1% to 21/3. Snout 31/4 

 to 3%; eye 2% to 314, equals snout, greater than snout in*young, 

 little over interorbital in adult, little greater than interorbital in 



