20 POMACENTRIDiE. 



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

 fin with two. 



East Indian Archipelago. China. 



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



8. Pomacentrus chrysopcecilus. 



Pomacentrus chrysopcecilus, {Kvhl Sf van Hass.) Schleg. Overz. Am- 

 jjh'pr.^'c.in Verhand. Nederl. Overz. Bezitt. p. 21. tab. 5. fiff. 3 ; Bleek. 

 Amhoma 8; Ceram, p. 284. 



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



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



The height of the body is contained twice and three-fourths in 

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

 length towards behind ; caudal fin very slightly emarginate, with 

 the U2")per lobe somewhat longer and more pointed than the lower. 

 Brownish, 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. — Type 



of P. notostigmus. 



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



9. Pomacentrus notophthalmus. 



Blceli. Natimrk. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. iv. p. 137, and Act. Soc. Sc. Indo- 

 Xcderl. i. Manado 4" Macass. p. '51. 



D. J^. A. ^. L. lat. 26. L. transv. 2A/9. 



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

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

 adult specimens and without serrature in young ones. The dorsal 

 spines increase in length posteriorly ; caudal fin emarginate, with 

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

 ture specimens with a pearl-coloured 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. Half-grown. From Dr. P. v. Blocker's Collection. 



10. Pomacentrus violascens. 



Pristotis violascens, Bleek. Contr. Ichth. Sionb. in Journ. Ind. Archipel. 

 ii. 1848, p. 637. 



