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POMACENTRID.E. 



total lengtli ; iiiterorbital space convex ; the upper profile of the head 

 arched ; only the middle aud hinder parts of the infraorbital ring are 

 finely denticulated ; the lower praeopercular limb scaly. Caudal fin 

 emarginate, with the lobes obtusely rounded, the upper being the 

 longer. iS^early uniform brownish, mth a yellowish shade ; only a few 

 indistinct bluish dots on the side of the snout and above the anal fin ; 

 vertical fins deep-black ; a rather indistinct blackish blotch on the 

 back of the tail ; axil of the pectoral blackish superiorly. 

 Bahia. 



a-b. Fine specimens (3| to 4^ inches long). Bahia. From Dr. 0. 

 Wucherer's Collection. 



37. Pomacentrus otophorus. 



Poei/, Memor. Cub. ii. p. 188. 

 D. If. A. -^. L. lat. 27. Cffic. pylor. 3. Vert. 11/15. 



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

 total length ; the maxillary does not extend to the orbit ; only the 

 posterior infraorbitals are denticulated ; caudal fin forked, the other 

 vertical fins produced into a point. Brown : fins blackish, with their 

 points yellow ; base of the pectoral black ; a black spot superiorly on 

 the operculum. {Poey.) 



Cuba. 



38. Pomacentrus xanthurus. 



Poey, I. c. p. 190. 



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

 total length ; the maxillary extends to the vertical from the orbit ; 

 denticidation of the infraorbital very feeble. Brown : pectoral, ven- 

 tral, caudal, and the point of the dorsal orange-coloured. {Poey.) 



Cuba. 



39. Pomacentrus littoralis. 



Pomacentrus littoralis, {Kuhl 8,- v. Ilass.) Cuv. 8f Val. v. p. 425; 



>Schh'{/. Ovcrz. Amphqv. S)C. in Vcrhind. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. Overz. 



Bezitt. p. 20. tab. 4. tig. 3 ; Blcek. Batav. p. 483 



pi-istiger, Cuv. 4'" Val. ix. p. 506. 



hogoleiiensis, Hombr. Sf Jacqu. Voy. Pole Sud, Poiss. p. 47. pi. 5. 



fig. 3. 

 ? Pristotis fuscus, Blcek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii. Bali, p. 9. 



D. 11^^. A. j^^. L. lat. 26-27. L. transv. 3/9. Vert. 11/15. 



The height of the body is contained twice and four-fifths or twice 

 and three-fourths in the total length ; prajorbital strongly denticu- 

 lated, vrith one or two stronger teeth anteriorly. The dorsal spines 

 increase in length towards behind ; caudal emarginate, with the lobes 

 rounded. Brown, either uniform or "with some darker spots, namely 



