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extending, when depressed, to middle of caudal. Second anal spine 
strong-, equal in length to longest dorsal spine. Longest anal ra3^s 
extending a little beyond base of caudal; 2 or 3 sharp spines on upper 
and lower edge of base of caudal, the tin deeply notched, the upper and 
lower lobes somewhat filamentous, the length contained 3 times in head 
and body. Upper rays of pectoral longest, gradually becoming shorter 
to the lowest. Ventrals pointed, the outer ray longest, filamentous. 
Color in spirits, brownish, the color becoming more intense on upper 
parts, especially along base of dorsal fin and also near base of anal; 
silvery on breast and lower part of head; axil blackish, the color 
extending over the upper part of base of pectoral, forming a conspic- 
uous dark blotch; inconspicuous, narrow, dark lines, one on each row 
of scales, extending along sides of body; dorsal and anal blackish 
toward the tips, the basal part and the last 2 or 3 rays yellowish white; 
middle rays of caudal and the upper and lower edge of the fin light, 
the other parts dark brownish; pectorals and ventrals dusky. In a 
small, highly colored example the under parts are strongly suffused 
with orange, the bases of dorsal and anal; the last 2 rays of the same 
fins, the middle rays of the caudal, and its upper and lower edge 
are bright orange. 
In life the ground color is steel-violet. 
This little fish is very abundant throughout southern Japan in the 
bays and about rocks. It is used as food, though from its small size 
held in low esteem, as the name Dogoro indicates. Our specimens are 
from Tokyo, Misaki, Enoshima, Onomichi, Kobe, Wakanoura, Hiro- 
shima, Tsushima, and Nagasaki. 
{notat'its^ spotted.) 
3. POMACENTRUS Lacepede. 
Pomaeentrus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1803, p. 508 {jxuv); (teeth biserial, 
soft dorsal short, often elevated; caudal deeply forked, teeth truncate). 
Pristotis RtJppELL, Neue Wirbelthiere Fische, 1837, p. 128 {cyanostigimt) 
{= Pomaeentrus). 
Pseudopomacentrus Bleeker, Verh. Holl. Maats. Weten.,II, 1877, ^y. 40 {littoraUs) ; 
(teeth rounded; preorbital notched; caudal lunate). 
Parapomacentrus Bleeker, Nat. Verh. Holl. Maats. Weten., II, 1877, p. fi5 
{polynema); (teeth uniserial; lower jaw scaly; snout scaly; spinous dorsal 
with menibrane incised and lobed) . 
Amhhjpomnceiitrus Bleaker, Nat. Verh. Holl. Maats. Weten., II, 1877, p. 68 
{bremcep-s) ; (snout and lower jaw naked). 
Eupomacentrus Bleeker, Nat. Verh. Holl. Maats. Weten., II, 1877, p. 73 
{lividus); (snout scaly; lower jaw naked; membranes of spinous dorsal not 
notched; teeth uniserial). 
Brachypomacentras Bleeker, Nat. Verh. Holl. Maats. Weten., 1877, p. 73 
{albifasdatus) ; (as above; menibrane of spinous dorsal deeply notched). 
Body ovate, or oblong, compressed, the profile steep, usually 
rounded. Head moderate, nearly as deep as long, the snout scaly. 
