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13. Pomacenirus cyanostigma. 



Pristotis cyanostigma, Riipp. N. W. Fisclw, p. 128. taf. 31. fig. 5. 

 D^-l^r ^-h Ca^c. pj'lor. 2. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length (the caudal 

 filament not included) ; the posterior dorsal spines are a little shorter 

 than the anterior ones ; caudal fin forked, with the upper lobe pro- 

 duced into a long filament ; operculum with two spines. Greenish, 

 dotted with blue ; dorsal fin mth two series of blue dots ; caudal fin 

 with transverse series ; a blue streak from the orbit to the extremity 

 of the snout ; a black spot superiorly at the base of the pectoral. 

 {Rilpp.) 



Massaua. 



14. Pomacentrus taeniurus. 



Bleek. Act. fSoc. Sc. Indo-Nedcrl. i. Amboma, p. 51. 

 D. i^. A. ^. L. lat. 28. 



The height of the body is contained thrice and three-fourths to 

 thrice and four-fifths in the total length ; praeorbital not serrated. 

 The posterior dorsal spines are nearly as long as the middle ones ; 

 caudal fin with the lobes pointed and produced. Violet-olive, each 

 scale with a pearl-coloured spot ; a blackish spot above the oper- 

 culum and above the base of the pectoral fin. Dorsal and anal fins 

 dark-violet, the posterior half of the soft portion and the pectorals 

 orange-coloured ; caudal orange -coloured, with a dark-violet longi- 

 tudinal band on each lobe. 



Seas of Eiliton and Amboyna. 



a. Two inches long : bad state. From Dr. P. v. Bleeker's Collection. 

 This species is extremely similar to iJhiphiilodon anahatoides (p. 54) ! 



15. Pomacentrus simsiang. 



Bieek. in Natuurk. Ti/dschr. Nederl. Ind. 185G, xi. p. 90. 

 D. i^. A. -^. L. lat. 26. 



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The height of the body is contained thrice and a quarter in the 

 total length ; prfcorbital not serrated. The dorsal spines increase in 

 length posteriorly ; caudal fin slightly emarginate. The upper part 

 of the head and the anterior part of the back and the dorsal fin umber- 

 brown ; the remainder, the anal, caudal and the hindmost part of the 

 dorsal yellow ; each scale with one or three small blue spots or 

 stripes ; two blue lines along the forehead, convergent on the snout 

 and ascending towards the back. Three oblique blue longitudinal 

 stripes on each side of the head : one from the eye to the suprasca- 

 pula, the second from the eye to the snout, and the third below the 

 eye. A black ocellus edged with blue on the middle of the soft dorsal 

 fin, near its base ; anal edged with blue. {Bl.) 



Sea of Batavia. 



