18 POMACENTRIDJ.. 



2. Pomacentrus annulatus. 



Peters in Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 265. 



D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 27. L. transv. 2/9. 



The height of the body is contained twice and two-thirds in the 

 total length ; prceorbital without, prseoperculum with a rather in- 

 distinct serrature. The middle dorsal spines are somewhat longer 

 tlian the posterior ones. Caudal fin emarginate. Yellow, with five 

 black cross-bands, the first through the eye, and the last round the 

 root of the caudal fin. 



Coast of Mozambique. 

 a. Half-grown. Mozambique. Prom Prof. Peters's Collection. 



3. Pomacentrus nematopterus, 



Pristotis trifasciatus, Bleek. Journ. Ind. Archipel. ii. p. 637. 

 Pomaceutrus nematopterus, Bleek. Amhoina S,- Ceram, p. 285. 



D. {^. A. ^. L. lat. 28. L. transv. 2/9. 



The height of the body is contained twice and one-third in the 

 total length (the caudal filament not included) ; prseorbital not ser- 

 rated, prseoperculum indistinctly denticulated. The posterior dorsal 

 spine longer than the others ; the sixth ray of the dorsal fin, the 

 eighth of the anal, and the caudal lobes produced into filaments (in 

 mature specimens). Yellowish, with three broad brownish -violet 

 cross-bands : the first through the eye ; the second triangular, from 

 the back to the base of the pectoral ; the third towards the anal fin, 

 terminating on the middle of the side. Most of the scales with a 

 bluish spot ; the soft dorsal greenish, with blue dots ; anal yellow ; 

 caudal with violet dots arranged in cross-series. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



«, h. Half-grown. 



c. Yoimg. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 



4. Pomacentrus bifasciatus. 



Bleek. Floris, p. 3.30. 



D. 1|. A. ^. L. lat. 25. 



The height of the body is rather more than one-third of the total 

 length ; prseorbital not serrated. Caudal emarginate, with the lobes 

 rounded. Yellowish, with a broad black band from the neck to the 

 opercles, and with a second on and below the posterior dorsal spines ; 

 praeorbital with a blue curved line ; fins yellow. {Bl.) 



Ploris, Temate, Booroo. 



a. Eighteen lines long : bad state. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Col- 

 lection. 



