NO. 1266. LABROID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 603 
about equal; maxillary reaching to below anterior edg-e of pupil; teeth 
in a .single row in jaws, conical, rather blunt. Preorbital entire. 
Preopercle sharpl}^ denticulated. 
Dorsal without a notch between the spinous and rayed portions. 
The rays and spines are evenly graduated from the tirst spine to the 
eighth or ninth soft ra}'. The last spine is about twice the length of 
the tirst, while the ninth ray is about three times. The rays thence 
rapidly shorten, leaving the longest rays projecting beyond the tip of 
the last ray a distance nearl}' equal to the latter's length, and reaching 
past base of caudal rays. Anal similar to dorsal and about of the 
same height; its base and tips of longest rays ending slightly anterior 
to those of dorsal. Pectoral shorter than head by about half the eye's 
diameter; its tip reaching to within a scale and a half above orig-in of 
anal. The first ray of ventral filamentous, its tip just reaching to anal. 
Lobes of caudal pointed, the upper lobe the longer. 
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1.— ru.MACENTPa'S Cl>;l,ESTIS. 
Snout, lower jaw% interorbital ring, and the edge of preopercle 
naked. Cheeks with two rows of scales. Scales on top of head ex- 
tending forward to above anterior edge of pupil. A row of scales 
between each ray and spine of anal, dorsal, and caudal. Lateral line 
on sixteen scales, stopping under base of last dorsal spine. 
Color in alcohol: back above lower edge of pectoral cobalt blue 
with a vertical dark line at the base of each scale, which extending 
under the transparent edge of each preceding scale shows through it, 
the color below fading into a purplish brown with a faint blue spot 
on each scale; dorsal and anal blackish, darker anteriorl}^; ventrals 
light, the outer edges dusky; pectorals and caudal 3'ellowish, a black 
band across base of pectoral raj^s; edges of caudal and tips of ra3^s 
dusk^^ 
The single fine specimen on which this species is based was obtained 
by the writers at Wakanoura. The species is nearest Pomacentrus 
melanochrr of Bleeker, having similar general form and coloration, 
