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ing to base of caudal fin 30 (29; 30; 29) ; imniber of scales in lateral 

 line 22 (22; 23; 21) ; number of scales above end of lateral line 21/2 

 (2; 2; 2) ; number of scales from origin of anal fin upward and back- 

 ward to lateral line 9 (9; 9; 9) ; the gill rakers were counted as fol- 

 lows, all rudiments included (6? + 11; 4+11; 5 + 10), these rakers 



are very short. 



The teeth are compressed, close-set, and uniserial and project for- 

 ward ; the top of the head is scaled forward to opposite the nostrils ; 

 there are three rows of scales on the cheek, and in addition the pre- 

 opercular edge is scaled ; the suborbitals are scaled, and this scalation 

 extends forward so that one or two scales occur on the posterior part 

 of the preorbital region, the remainder being naked. 



Figure 15. — Abudefduf phoenixensis, new species: Holotype (U.S.N.M. No. 



52.5 mm. in standard length. 



115782), 



The ground color is blackish with a brownish tinge (in alcohol), 

 wath four vertical white bars about one scale wide ; the first white bar 

 begins about five scales in front of the dorsal origin and extends 

 across the opercle, where it is often made up of large white spots; 

 the second commences on the dorsal fin between the fifth and sixth 

 dorsal spine and extends downward under middle of length of pec- 

 toral fin to just in front of the anus; the third white bar begins on 

 the dorsal fin betw^een the first to third soft rays and extends to 

 middle of base of anal fin ; sometimes broken up into round pale spots 

 ventrally; the last white bar on the caudal peduncle reaches from 

 just behind the base of the last dorsal soft ray to same position be- 

 hind soft anal ; the entire caudal fin is pale ; thus a wide black bar 

 occurs on the caudal peduncle, ending at base of caudal fin rays ; the 

 suborbitals have a row of pale spots, and two more rows occur on 



