32 POMACENTRID^. 



total length ; interorbital space convex ; the upper profile of the head 

 arched ; only the middle and 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. Nearly uniform brownish, with 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 taU ; axil of the pectoral blackish superiorly. 

 Bahia. 



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

 Wucherer's Collection. 



37. Fomacentms otophorus. 



Poey, Memm: Cub. ii. p. 188. 

 I), if. A. ^. L. lat. 27. Cebc. 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. Fomacentrus xanthurus. 

 Poey, I. c. p. 190. 



U. -. A. jj,. 



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

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

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

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



Cuba. 



39. Fomacentrus littoralis. 



Pomacentrus littoralis, (Kuhl ^ v. Hass.) Cuv. 8f Val. v. p. 425 ; 



Schleg. Overz. Amphipr. 8fc. in Verhand. Nat. Gesch. Nederl. Overz. 



Bezitt. p. 20. tab. 4. fig. 3 ; Bheh. Batav. p. 483 



pristiger, Cuv. ^ Val. ix. p. 506. 



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



fig. 3. 

 ? Pnstotis fuscus, Bkek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxii. Bali, p. 9. 



D. i|i|. A. ^5. L. lat. 26-27. L. transv. 3/9. Vert. 11/15. 



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

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

 lated, with 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 



