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upper caudal rays 0.8, of lower caudal ra^^s 0.8; all in length of head 

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

 of caudal peduncle in its length 0.96; angle of snout profile with 

 lengthwise axis of body 57 degrees. 



Teeth of jaws biserial, those of outer row larger, rounded or bluntly 

 pointed, those of inner row small, slender, curved, pointed; snout 

 scaled to a point just anterior to nostrils; preorbital and suborbital 

 naked, suborbital narrow, about half width of preorljital; scales 

 extending to margin of preopercle, which is finely serrate; dorsal 

 spines increasing in length to last, whicli is longest; soft dorsal and 

 anal outhnes angular; pectoral long, rounded tip. 



Color in alcohol. — Ijips blackish, top of head dark brown, cheeks, 

 opercles, breast grayish brown, scales of back and sides with broad 

 dark brown membrane and distinctl}^ paler base, so that fish appears 

 crosshatched and with indistinct lengthwise lines on posterior sides 

 and caudal peduncle; sphiy dorsal membranes dark brown basally, 

 the free parts of distal portion blackish; soft dorsal black basally, 

 distal portion of anterior half of fin dark brown, posterior rays brown, 

 membranes pale; anal similarly colored, the last 6 rays paler; caudal 

 black basally, becoming gradually paler brown distally, rays brown 

 to tips; pelvics dark purplish brown; pectoral with large intensely 

 black spot across base, then a pale whitish area, distal portion of 

 rays brown, membrane clear, inner pectoral base also black, axil 

 dark brown. 



Remarks. — Bleeker's figure of this species (Atlas ichthyologique 

 . . . , vol. 9, pi. 402, fig. 6) shows the suborbital serrated but in his 

 remarks on this species (Nat. Verb. Holl. Maatsch. Wetensch., ser. 

 3, vol. 2, p. 56, 1877) he states that the suborbital is not serrated. 



POMACENTRUS COELESTIS Jordan and Starks 



Plate 83,D 



Pomacentrus coelestis Jordan and Rtarks, Proc. Calif. Acad. Rci., 3rd ser., Zool., 

 vol. 2, pp. 383-384, pi. 21, 19U1 (type locality, Wakauoura in Kii, Japan). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: Ion Island, August 7, 1946, Univ. Washington, 14 specimens, 

 21.5 to 40 mm.; Bikini or Rongelap or Kwajalein Atolls, August 17 to Sept. 28, 

 1946, Bradley and Carter, Univ. Washington, 1 specimen, 49 mm. 



Description. — Dorsal rays XIII, 13 to 15, usually Xin,14; anal 

 11,15, rarely 11,16; pectoral rays ii,15 to 10, rarely iii,16; scale rows 



