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caudal fin pale; dorsal, anal, and pelvics dusky or black; a black 



spot on pectoral base; dorsal rays XII, 16 or 17; anal 11,13 or 14; 



pectoral ii,18; gill rakers 9 or lO+l + H to 14 = 21 to 23. 



A. lacrymatus (Quoy and Gaimard) 

 146. Body light brownish to uniform dark brown, or with white transverse 



bars or stripes; scales without pale blue spots. 

 15o. Body light to dark brown; scales of sides with dark marginal line 

 forming fine diagonal lines; small specimens usually with white 

 transverse bar under base of 4th to 6th dorsal spines, a large 

 black ocellate spot on base of last dorsal spines and a small 

 black spot at base of last dorsal soft rays on edge of caudal 

 peduncle; large black spot on upper pectoral base in specimens 

 of all sizes; dorsal rays XII, 14 to 16 (usually 15); anal 11,11 

 to 13 (usually 12); pectoral ii,18or 19; gill rakers 3 or 4 + 1 + 11 



to 13=15 to 17 A. leucozona (Bleeker) 



156. Body dark brown to almost black with 3 or 4 white transverse 

 lines, the first from nape across opercle, the second from 6th 

 dorsal spine, the third from origin of soft dorsal to base of 

 middle of anal, and the fourth on anterior part of caudal pe- 

 duncle (first and last of these sometimes indistinct); caudal 

 peduncle with a broad black ring; soft dorsal usually with a 

 black spot near tips of 4th to 8th soft rays; caudal fin yellowish 

 or whitish; a dark crescent-shaped spot on base of pectorals; 

 dorsal rays XII, 16 or 17; anal 11,13 or 14 (usually 14); pec- 

 toral ii,18 or 19; gill rakers 3 + 1 + 10=14. 



A. phoenizensis Schultz 



ABUDEFDUF AUREUS (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



Plate 84, D 



Glyphisodon aureus Cuvieh and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, 

 vol. 5, p. 472, 1830 (type locality, Java). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Kwajalein Atoll, Kwadak Island, lagoon, depth 10 feet, Sept. 6, 1951, John 

 Randall, 1 specimen, 91 mm. 



Description. — Dorsal t&js XIII, 12; anal 11,14; pectoral I,i,14; 

 scales 26, with 1^ between lateral line and scaly sheath of dorsal fin 

 and 10 between lateral Une and anal origin; gill rakers 7 + 1 + 19. 



Depth of body 1.7; head 3.3; both in standard length. Snout 3.6; 

 eye 2.7; preorbital width 10; length of upper jaw 3.3; postorbital part 

 of head 3.0; interorbital width 2.5; depth of caudal peduncle 1.9 to 

 2.0; length of pectoral fin 0.8, of pelvic fin 0.6, of fifth dorsal spine 1.3; 

 all in length of head. Angle of snout profile with lengthwise axis of 

 body 50 to 60 degrees, snout profile convex. 



Teeth of jaws conical at sides but incisiform, with truncate tips at 

 front of jaws; preorbital and suborbital naked; top of head scaled to 

 in front of nostrils. 



