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edge scaled ; preorbital scaled posteriorly ; top of head 

 scaled a little forward of nostrils. 



Abudefduf phoenixensis, new species 

 29&. Ground color light brown or pale, with a black bar from soft 

 dorsal to soft anal and extending on anal fln and base of 

 soft dorsal ; no spot at base of pectoral dorsally or on rear 

 base of soft dorsal ; anus a little duskier than body ; 

 caudal fin and peduncle pale, contrasting with darker 

 body ; teeth uniserial, projecting foi'ward ; suborbital and 

 preopercular edge scaled ; preorbital with a few scales 

 posteriorly ; top of head scaled a little foi^ward of nostrils. 



Abudefduf dickii (Li^nard) 



28&. Color plain pale to blackish or brownish without black or pale 



vertical bars; dorsal rays XII, 15 or 16; teeth uniserial, 



somewhat projecting forward. 



30cf. Suborbitals scaled ; preopercular edge scaled ventrally at 



least ; two to three scales above end of lateral line ; color of 



body brown or blackish ; upper base of pectoral black ; 



pelvics blackish; caudal fln dark like body; anus colored 



like body. 



31«. Color plain brown or blackish without blue or pale spots ; 



no spot at rear base of soft dorsal ; top of head scaled 



forward to a little in front of nostrils ; preorbital mostly 



naked possibly a scale i>osteriorly ; dorsal rays XII, 15 



or 16; anal II, 12 Abudefduf behni (Bleeker) 



31&. Color plain brown, upper part of body (bright blue in 

 life) with scattered pale spots, obscure in alcohol, in 

 young a small brown spot occurring at rear base of 

 soft dorsal ; top of head scaled to opposite nostrils ; a 

 scale or two posteriorly on preorbitals ; dorsal rays 

 XII, 15 or IG ; anal II, 13. 



Abudefduf laciymatus (Quoy and Gaimard) 

 306. Suborbitals, preorbitals, and preopercular edge all naked ; 

 two scales above end of lateral line ; dorsal rays XII, 

 15 ; anal II, 11 ; color of body plain pale in alcohol ; upper 

 base of pectoral pale, no black spot; pelvics pale; top 

 of head scaled to opposite nostrils; caudal fin pale like 

 body Abudefduf imparipennis (Vaillant and Sauvage) 



Genus AMPHIPRION Bloch 



Amphiprion Bix»ch, in Schneider, Systema ichthyologiae . . ., p. 200, 1801. 

 (Type, Lutjanus cphippiinn Bloch.) 



AMPHIPRION MELANOPUS Bleeker 



Amphiprion melanopus Bleekbsi, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., vol. 3, p. 501, 1852. 



52289, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 3 specimens. 



Genus DASCYLLUS Cuvier 



Dascylltia Cuvier, Regne animal, vol. 2, p. 179, 1829. (Type, Chaetodon 

 aruamiS Linnaeus.) 



