138 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



ABUDEFDUF CURACAO (Bloch) 



Chaetodon ouracao Block, Naturg. Ausl. Fisch., vol. 3, 1787, p. (79) 106, 



pi. 212, tig. 1. " Southern America, Curacao Island." 

 Glyph'sodon ciu-assao Cuviek, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 471 (no 



locality). 

 Aiudefdtif Curasao Evekmann and Sealb, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906 



(1907), p. 93 (Bacon).— Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 347 



(Elat and Kupang). — Fowler and Beian, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 62, 



1922, p. 48 (Zaniboauga). 

 Gliiphidodon ciiracao Webek, Abhandl. Senckenberg. Gesell., vol. 34 (1) 



1911, p. 7 (Kei Islands). 

 GlypMsodon trifasciatus Ble^ikeh, Verh. Batav. Genoot. (Labr.), vol. 21, 



1846-1847, p. 19. Java. 

 Glyphidodon trifasciatus GtJNTHER, Cat. Fisli. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 42 



(Amboina and Ceram). — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erl., vol. 9, 1877, 



pi. 410 (11), fig. 3.— GiJNTHER,Journ. Mus. GodefEroy, vol. 7 (15), 1881, p. 



231 (East Indies and Pouape). 

 Glyphidodon (Amhlyglypliidodon) trifasciatus Bleeker, Nat. Verh. HoU. 



Maatsch. Harlem, (No. 6), ser. 3, vol. 2, 1877, p. 165 (Batu, Nias, Java, 



Celebes, Floris, Ternate, Ceram, Amboina). 

 Glyphidodon niyrifrons Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 



8, 1883, p. 271. Southeast coast of New Guinea. 

 Glyphisodon nigrifrons McCulloch, liec. Austral. Mus., vol. 11, No. 7, 1917, 



p. 182 (type). 

 Glyphisodon Icucoy aster (not Bleeker) Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Phila., ser, 2, vol. 12, 1904, p. 535 (Padang, Sumatra). 

 Ahudefduf Icucogaster Fowler and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 62, 



1922, p. 48 (Zamboanga). 

 Chromis unaUs (not Cuvier) Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, 



1905 (1900), p. 292 (Apia, Samoa). 

 Adudefduf philippinus Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1918, p. 54, 



fig. 21. Philippines. 

 Abudefduf saxatiUs (part) Fowler, Copeia, No. 58, June 18, 1918, p. 64 



(Philippines). 



Depth 13/5 to 12/3 ; head 3 to 314, width 13^ to 2. Snout 31/2 to 

 3%; eye 2i/^ to 2%, 1 to l^V in interorbital ; maxillary reaches eye, 

 3 in head; interorbital 2% to 3, broadly convex. Gill rakers 7 + 18, 

 lanceolate, moderate. 



Tubes in lateral line 14 to 17, pores in straight section 10 + 2; 3 

 scales above lateral line, 9 below, 19 to 23 predorsal; 4 rows of 

 cheek scales, with uppermost as row of preorbital and infraorbitals. 

 Scales with 7 to 9 basal radiating striae; apical denticles 68 to 143, 

 with 2 to 4 transverse series of basal elements; circuli very fine. 



D. XIII or XIV, 12, I or 13, i, thirteenth spine I1/2 to I3/5 in 

 head, second ray 314 to 3% in combined head and body; A. II, 13, 

 I or 14, I, second s])ine l/j,- to II/2 in head, first ray li^^ to IV5; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 1% to 2 ; caudal forked, 2% to 2% in com- 

 bined head and body ; pectoral 3 to 3i/4 ; ventral 214 to 24^. 



