TAMILY POMACENTRIDAE — WOODS AND SCHULTZ 103 



fairly large series contains intermediate sizes and shows the transitions 

 of color pattern in all stages. 



Figure 92— Abudefduf phocnixensis Schult?., holotype, USNM 1157S2 from Enderbury 

 Island. Drawn by A. M. Awl. 



ABUDEFDUF PHOENIXENSIS Schultz 



Figure 92 



Abudefduf phoenixensis Schultz, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 180, p. 190, fig. 15, 1943 

 (type locality, Enderbury Island, Phoenix Islands). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: 6 stations, 35 specimens, 20 to 63 mm. in standard length. 

 Eniwetok Atoll: 2 stations, 8 specimens, 48 to 57 mm. 

 Rongerik Atoll: 6 specimens, 48 to 52 mm. 



Description.— Dorsal fin rays XII, 16 or 17; anal rays 11,13 or 14 

 (usually 14); pectoral rays ii,18 or 19; scale rows (upper edge of gill 

 opening to base of caudal rays) 27 to 29 (usually 28) , with 3 between 

 scaly dorsal sheath and lateral line, 10 between lateral line and 

 origin of anal ; upper parts of lateral line with 21 or 22 perforated scales ; 

 gill rakers 3 + 1 + 10 (2 counts). 



Depth of body 1.9 to 2.1 ; head 2.8 to 3.0; both in standard length 

 (tip of snout to base of middle caudal rays). Snout 3.4 to 4.1; eye 

 2.8 to 3.6; preorbital width 6.9 to 8.6; length of upper jaw 3.6 to 

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

 opening) 2.7 to 2.8; interorbital mdth 3.2 to 3.7; depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2.1 to 2.6; length of pectoral fin 1.0 to 1.1, of pelvic fin 1.0 

 to 1.3, of 12th dorsal spine 2.2, of upper caudal rays 0.9 to 1.0, of 



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