FAMILY POMACENTRIDAE — WOODS AND SCHULTZ 67 



CHROMIS LEPIDOLEPIS Bleeker 



Plate 83,A 



Chromis lepidolepis Bleeker, Versl. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, ser. 2, vol. 10 (1876), 



p. 389, 1877 (type locality, Timor). 

 Dascyllus pomacentr aides Kendall and Goldsborough, Mem. Mus. Comp. 



Zool., vol. 26, p. 298, pi. 5, fig. 1, 1911 (type locality, Taritari, Gilbert Islands, 



holotype USNM 65812 studied). 

 Serrichromis pomacentroides Fowler, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 100, vol. 14, part 2, 



pp. 77, 78, 1943. 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: 1 station, 2 specimens, 50 to 55 mm. in standard length; Univ. of 

 Washington, 1 lot, 1 specimen, 46 mm. 



Description.— Dorsal fin rays XII, 11 or 12; anal rays 11,11 ; pectoral 

 rays ii,16; transverse scale rows from upper edge of gill opening to 

 base of caudal rays 27, with 2 between lateral line and origin of dorsal, 

 9 between lateral line and origin of anal; upper part of lateral line with 

 16 or 17 tubular scales; gill rakers 8+1+20, totalmg 29. 



Depth of body 2.1; length of head 3.3 to 3.4; both in standard 

 length. Snout 3.9 to 4.1 ; eye 2.7; least preorbital width 12.3 to 12.5; 

 length of upper jaw 2.9 to 3.0; postorbital part of head (hind margin 

 of eye to upper edge of gill openmg) 2.8 to 3.0; interorbital width 2.8 

 to 3.0; depth of caudal peduncle 2.0 to 2.1; length of pectoral fin 1.1 

 to 1.2, of pelvic fin 0.8 to 0.9, of 3rd dorsal spme 1.8 to 2.0, of upper 

 caudal rays 0.7 to 0.80, of lower caudal rays 0.8 to 0.9; all m length 

 of head (tip of snout to posterior margin of opercular membrane). 

 Depth of caudal peduncle m its length 1.4 to 1.5; angle of upper pro- 

 file with lengthwise axis of body 43 degrees. 



Teeth of jaws m 2 rows, those of outer row heavy, conical, widely 

 spaced, those near median line enlarged, inner row teeth smaller; 

 snout short, scaled to a point just anterior to nostrils; preorbital and 

 suborbital scaled, the latter with lower margin partly free; preopercle 

 with posterior margin finely serrate, lower margin entire; some scales 

 of body particularly of nape and upper anterior sides with small basal 

 scales, bases of soft dorsal aad anal scaled, soft part of these fins 

 angular; caudal lobes pointed. 



Color in alcohol. — Lips dusky, upper part of head dark reddish 

 brown, lower part paler; back and upper sides reddish brown, lower 

 sides paler yellowish brown with famt lengthwise reddish brown lines 

 following scale rows; spiny dorsal dusky, edges of membranes black; 

 anterior dorsal rays blackish, posterior rays dusky, membranes clear; 

 soft anal with anterior half black, posterior half pale; outer caudal 

 rays dark brown or blackish; middle caudal rays lighter but dusky; 



