Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1557 



Pomacentrus caudalis,* POEY, Synopsis, 328, 1867, Havana, young; JORDAN & SWAIN, 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884, 545; JORDAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1890, 325. 

 Pomacentrus xanthurusj POEY, Hemorias, n, 190, 1860, Havana. 

 Pomacentrus dorsopunicans,\ POEY, Synopsis, 328, 1867, Havana. 



1968. EUPOMACEXTRUS FLAYIVEXTER (Troschel). 



Depth 2| in total length with caudal (about 2^ without). D. XII, 16; A. 

 11,13; P. 20. Interorbital space convex, the upper profile curved; only 

 posterior part of suborbital ring dentate; ventrals long, the filameiitouvS 

 tips reaching tip of rirst anal spine. Color above brown, passing into yel- 

 lowish below; bluish white dots only on the head above and on dorsal; 

 points of dorsal, pectoral, ventral, anal, and caudal yellow; side below 

 lateral line with some 20 straight dark streaks, corresponding to the edges 

 of the scales as iufi.fu8cit8; no white points below lateral line; a faint 

 round dark spot just below lateral line under seventh and eighth dorsal 

 spines; a similar one under base of first 3 soft rays of dorsal; a distinct 

 black spot 011 back of tail. Atlantic coast of Mexico. Length 2| inches. 

 (Troschel.) Probably identical with K. fuscus. (flavus, yellow; venter, 

 belly.) 



Pomacentrus jlaviventer, TROSCHEL, in J. W. von Miiller's Keisen in Mexico, etc., 633, 

 1865, Atlantic Ocean. 



1969. EUPOMAt'ENTRUS FLAVILATUS (Gill). 



(PESCADO AZUL DE DOS COLORES.) 



Head 3^; depth 2. D. XII, 15; A. II, 13; scales 29; eye in head 3; 

 pectoral in head 1^ ; ventral in head 1 ; longest dorsal spine 2 ; second anal 

 spine 2. Body deep, robust; anterior profile more or less convex and 

 broad; general appearance of E. rectifrcenum from which this seems to 

 differ only in color. No blue spots even in specimens 3 to 5 inches long; 

 posterior part of body, especially pectoral and caudal, light yellow ; rest 

 of body paler than in rectifrcenum but color variable; ventrals black; 

 dorsal and anal dusky, more or less pale posteriorly; pectoral with a 

 very distinct black spot at base of upper rays. E. rectifrcenum has the 

 tail and caudal as dark as other fins, which is not the case in flavilatus. 

 Here described from numerous specimens from Socorro Island, 2 from 

 Clarion Island, and 1 from San Benidicto Island, the largest about 5 

 inches long. This is probably the adult of the species of which the very 



x Pomacentrus caudalis, POEY. Dark brown; caudal and posterior half of dorsal and 

 anal brownish yellow ; sky-blue spots on sides of head and front of body ; ocular spot on 

 dorsal surrounded with sky-blue; a similar ocellus on back cf caudal which distinguishes 

 it from analis. Length 2 inches. Havana. (Poey.) 



t Pomacentrus xanthurus, POEY. Form of P.otophorus, the profile of the head less 

 rounded ; maxillary reaching in front of the eye, which is 3 in head ; serrations on the 

 head weaker; color brown, black above, yellow below; pectorals and ventrals orange, as 

 is the caudal and the point of the dorsal; ventral filament carmine; a black spot at the 

 base of the pectoral above; the edges of the scales darker. Cuba. (Poey.) Length 4 

 inches, ^avflos, yellow; ovpa, tail.) 



t Pomacentrus dorsopunicans, POEY. Body oblong; color black, shining blue in life; 

 tail yellow; an ocular spot on dorsal fin. Length If inches. Havana. (Poey.) (dorsum, 

 back; punicans, blushing). The species, ''owes its specific name to the fact that the 

 upper and anterior part of the head and back are reddish, the same as the corresponding 

 part of the dorsal," 



