20 POMACKNTRIDJE. 



fins with a bluish dot ; anal with one bine longitudinal stripe, dorsal 

 fin with two. 



East Indian Archipelag:o. China. 



a. Adult. China. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



8. Pomacentrus chrysopoecilus. 



Pomacentrus chrysopoecilus, (Kiihl lV vatt Hass.) Schleg. Overz. Am- 

 phi]}): i.^V. in Verhand. NeclerJ. Ovcrz. Bezitt. p. 21. tab. 5. fig. 3 ; Bleek. 

 Amhoina S,- Ceram, p. 284. 



Pomacentrus notostigmus. Richards. Voy. Stilph. Ichth. p. 89. pi. 44. 

 figs. 1 & 2. 



D. if. A. A. L. lat. 28. L. transv. ^. 



15 14 9 



The height of the body is contained twice and three-fom'ths in 

 the total length ; prseorbital serrated ; the dorsal spines increase in 

 length towards behind ; caudal fin very slightly emarginate, with 

 the upper lobe somewhat longer and more pointed than the lower. 

 Bro'sraish, with a large white spot on the back, below the middle of 

 the spinous dorsal fin. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Adult. Presented by Vice-Admiral Sir E. Belcher, C.B. — Tj^De 



of P. notostigrims. 



b. Half-grown. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



9. Pomacentrus notophthalmus. 



Bleek. Natmtrk. Tydschr. Ntderl. Ind. iv. p. 137, and Act. Soc. Sc. Indo- 

 Nederl. i. Manado 8f Macass. p. 51. 



D. -H-. A. ^. L. lat. 26. L. transv. 2^/9. 



12-14 12 '*' 



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

 and four-fifths in the total length ; praBorbital strongly serrated in 

 adidt specimens and without serrature in yoimg ones. The dorsal 

 spines increase in length posteriorly ; caudal fin emarginate, with 

 the lobes rovmded. Brownish, whitish below ; tail yellow : imma- 

 ture specimens with a pearl-colom-ed cross-band below the anterior 

 dorsal spines, and sometimes with a second below the soft dorsal fin. 

 A black spot above the operculum ; sides of the head with pearl- 

 coloured dots. A large blackish ocellus, edged with yellow, between 

 the eighth and eleventh dorsal spines, near the base. The other fins 

 orange-coloured. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



a. H^f-grown. From Dr. P. v. Blockers Collection. 

 10. Pomacentrus violascens. 



Pristotis violascens, Bleek. Contr. Ichth. Sumh. in Joiirn. Ind. Archiijel. 

 ii. 1848, p. 637. 



