FAMILY POMACENTRIDAE — WOODS AND SCHULTZ 109 



scale rows from upper edge of gill opening to base of caudal rays 26 

 to 28 (usually 27), with 3 or 3)^ between lateral line and origin of spiny 

 dorsal, 10 or 11 between lateral line and origin of anal; upper part 

 of lateral line with 19 tubular scales; gill rakers 11 + 1 + 14. 



Depth of body 1.9 to 2.0; length of head 2.8 to 3.2; both in standard 

 length. Snout 3.3 to 4.2; eye 2.7 to 3.5; preorbital width 5.4 to 9.0; 

 length of upper jaw 3.2 to 3.6; postorbital part of head (hind margin 

 of eye to upper edge of gill opening) 2.6 to 3.1 ; interorbital width 3.3 

 to 4.0; depth of caudal peduncle 1.9 to 2.3; length of pectoral fin 1.1 to 

 1.2, of pelvic fin 0.9 to 1.1, of 12th dorsal spine l.G to 2.0, of upper 

 caudal rays 0.9 to 1.0, of lower caudal rays 1.0 to 1.1; all in length 

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

 Depth of caudal peduncle into length of caudal peduncle 1.0 to 1.1; 

 angle of snout profile with lengthwise axis of body 59 to 70 degrees. 



Teeth of jaws in a single series, long, curved, cylindrical basally, 

 tips flattened and truncate ; scales on snout extending anteriorly to 

 nostrils; preorbital naked, serrate on its lower posterior angle; sub- 

 orbital scaled serrate, serrations becoming more numerous and stronger 

 mth age; preopercle strongly serrate on vertical limb, both lower and 

 vertical limbs naked; opercle with a flat triangular spine; spines of 

 dorsal gradually increasing in length to last; soft dorsal and anal 

 outlines angular; caudal lobes angular, caudal moderately forked, 

 pelvics pointed; pectoral rounded. 



Color in alcohol. — Head and body color varies from dark brown to 

 light brown; tip of snout dark grayish black, chin yellowish gray, 

 some specimens with small white spots, smaller than pupil, on opercles; 

 light and dark specimens have dark brown submarginal line on each 

 scale of back and sides, base of scale light brown, tan, or even white; 

 a black spot about the size of pupil to size of eye in base of last soft 

 dorsal rays, sometimes with faint pale area before it or surrounding 

 it; some specimens with scaly sheath of spiny dorsal black; spiny 

 dorsal membranes black between first to fourth spines, rest of mem- 

 branes and anterior half of soft dorsal dark brown; caudal pale gray 

 to black, some specimens with a black horizontal chevron mark 

 across fin about middle of rays; anal black basally, anterior rays 

 dark brown, tips of posterior rays light brown or pale; outer pelvic 

 rays dark brown, inner pale brown, pectoral pale a black spot on 

 base of upper 3 or 4 rays, pectoral axil dark brown or black on upper 

 half. 



Remarks. — None of these specimens has a definite white area anterior 

 to black spot on posterior soft dorsal rays, as has been described as 

 characterizing Pomacentrus eclipticus, and is still clearly shown in 

 the types of that species. Although some of our specimens, espe- 

 cially pale individuals or small ones, do have a pale area around the 



