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scales, lower section with 7 to 11 to caudal base and 1 or 2 more on 

 latter; 2 or 3 scales above lateral line, 12 or 13 below, 13 to 20 pre- 

 dorsal forward opposite eye center or front eye edge, 6 to 8 rows on 

 cheek. Scales with 11 or 12 basal radiating striae; apical denticles 

 40 to 42 ; circuli very fine. 



D. Ill, 25 I, third spine 4 to 414 in total head length, twenty -first 

 ray 1% ; A. II or III, 13, i or 14, i, second spine 3% to by^, thirteenth 

 ray 2%; caudal ly^ to 1%, well emarginate, each lobe as well 

 developed point above and below; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 1% to 21/8 ; pectoral 11/2 to 1% ; ventral li/g to li/g. 



Light brown, scarcely paler below. On predorsal and back each 

 scale marked by slightly darker spot. A grayish line, obscurely 

 defined, extends from above maxillary up over and around eye edge. 





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Figure 6. — Pseudochromis moorei, xbw species. Type 



Iris gray brown. Deep brown blotch size of pupil on opercle poste- 

 riorly below serratures. Fins all uniformly pale yellowish. 



Diagnosis. — Known hj its serrate upper opercular edge, emarginate 

 caudal and dark opercular blotch. 



Type.— Cat. No. 89993, U.S.N.M. 



16635 [D. 5146]. Sulade Island. February 16, 1908. Length 100 mm. [105.] 



[Type.] 

 4439 [D. 5163]. Observation Island. February 24, 1908. Length 68 mm. One 



example. 

 [D. 5254]. Linao Point N. 44° E., 0.7 mile (7° 05' 42" N., 125° 39' 42" E.), 



Gulf of Davao. May 18, 1908. Length 62 mm. 



(For Dr. J. Percy Moore, of the University of Pennsylvania.) 



PSEUDOCHROMIS CAUDALIS Boulenger 



Pseudochromis caudalia Boulengek, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 2, 1898, 

 p. 134. Kurrachee in Sind. 



Depth 4 in total head length; head d%. Snout 4i/^ in head; eye 

 equals snout, slightly greater than interorbital ; maxillary reaches 

 below center of eye. Scales 55 in lateral series, 2 above, 15 below; 



