FAMILY POMACENTRIDAE — WOODS AND SCHULTZ 87 



Description. — Dorsal fin rays XIII, 12 or 13; anal rays 11,12; pec- 

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

 base of caudal rays 29, with 3)^ between end of lateral line and scaly 

 dorsal sheath, 11 or 12 between lateral line and anal origin; upper part 

 of lateral line with 21 tubular scales; gill rakers on first giU arch 

 7 + 1 + 18 totaling 26 (2 counts). 



Depth of body 1.8 to 2.0, length of head 2.9 to 3.0, both in standard 

 length (tip of snout to base of caudal rays). Snout 4.0 to 4.5; eye 

 2.8 to 2.9; preorbital width 9.4 to 15.0; length of upper jaw 3.4 to 

 3.5; postorbital part of head (hind margin of eye to upper edge of 

 gill opening) 3.0 to 3.2; interorbital width 2.9 to 3.3; depth of caudal 

 peduncle 1.9 to 2.2; length of pectoral fin 0.9 to 1.1, of pelvic fin 0.9 

 to 1.0, of fifth dorsal spine 1.7 to 2.1, of upper caudal ray 0.8 to 0.9, 

 of lower caudal ray 0.8 to 0.95; all in length of head (tip of snout to 

 hind margin of opercular membrane); depth of caudal peduncle in 

 its length 1.0 to 1.2; angle of snout profile with lengthwise axis of 

 body 40 to 46 degrees, upper profile nearly straight. 



Teeth of jaws cylindrical, flattened, bent, bicuspid or truncate; 

 preorbital straight without notch; preorbital and suborbital scaly; 

 opercular spine very short, inconspicuous; head scaled to tip of snout, 

 interorbital slightly convex; 4th to 8th dorsal spines subequal, dorsal 

 and anal soft rays pointed, lobes of caudal angular; first pelvic ray 

 filamentous. 



Color in alcohol. — Lips blackish; upper half of head blackish or 

 dark brown; body with 5 dark brown or black vertical bars alternat- 

 ing with slightly wider fight bars, both sets extending onto scaly 

 dorsal sheath, the dark bars narrowing and fading ventrally; lower 

 sides of breast and belly mth distinct narrow lengthwise lines extend- 

 ing along intersections of scales, centers of scales pale; spiny dorsal 

 membrane dusky; soft dorsal with large dark spot on basal portion, 

 dusky distally, anal similarly colored; caudal with outer ray dusky, 

 then two broad lengthwise black bands, middle caudal rays pale; 

 pectorals pale, a small black spot on base of upper rays; pel vies dusky 

 on basal half, rest of fin pale. 



ABUDEFDUF CURACAO (Blocb) 



Plate 86, A 

 Chaetodon curacao Bloch, Naturgescbichte der auslandischen Fische, pt. 3, p. 



(79) 106, pi. 212, fig. 1, 1787 (type locality, Southern America, Curacao 



Island but this is an error as pointed out by Giinther, Catalogue of the 



fishes in the British Museum, vol. 4, p. 43, 1862). 

 Abudefduf curacao Kendall and Goldsborough, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 



26, No. 7, p. 297, 1911. 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 

 Bikini Atoll, Arji Island, 100 yards off shore, lagoon coral area at depths from 

 to 40 feet, poison and spear, August 7, S-46-308, Brack and Herald, 2 specimens, 

 71.5 and 75.5 mm. 



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