Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1563 



1975. ABUDEFDUF ANALOGUS (Gill). 



Head 3; depth 2. D. XIII, 12; A. II, 10; P. 18; scales 4-26-9. Similar 

 in form to Abudefduf decHrifrons, the teeth smaller, 21 or 22 on each side 

 in the upper jaw, 7 of which are in the deflected portion behind, 25 on 

 each side in the lower jaw; produced portion of anal fin rounded rather 

 than angular. Color purplish brown, dotted with green on the center of 

 each scale, and with the throat and abdomen covered with a lake-colored 

 coat. (Gill.) Atlantic coast of Central America; not seen by us. Evi- 

 dently closely related to A. declirifrons (whence the name analogue, like.) 



Euchistodus analogue, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 219, Aspinwall. (Coll. Rev. 

 Mr. Kowell.) 



1976. ABUDEFDUF TAURUS (Muller & TroscLel). 



(DOVETAIL FISH.) 



" D. XII, 12 ; A. II, 10. The teeth are notched. The cleft of the mouth 

 does not reach the eye; on the angle of the mouth the suborbital bone is 

 nearly as large as the diameter of the eye; the space between the eyes is 

 nearly equal to 1 diameter of an eye. The profile is less steep than 

 in G. saxatilis, and the 5 vertical bands are less distinct in the present 

 species. Its length is 7 inches.'' (Muller & Troschel.) A scarcely known 

 species, possibly distinguished from A. analogus by the 12 dorsal spines,* 

 possibly identical with A. rudis. (taurus, bull.) 



Glyphidodon taurus, MULLEK & TROSCHEL, in Schomburgk's History of Barbados, 674, 

 1848, Barbados. (Type in museum at Berlin). 



We place here a species which, if correctly described, would seem to 

 belong to a distinct genus. Its affinities are, however, evidently rather 

 with the species called Euscliistodus, and Poey's account of the serration 

 of the preopercle may be erroneous. 



1977. ABUDEFDUF ftUDIS (Poey). 



Head 4 in total length with caudal; depth 2; eye 4 in head. D. XIII, 

 12; A. II, 10; scales very large, 25 in lateral line. Maxillary reaching 

 to opposite nostril; teeth in 1 row, alike in size, all deeply bifid; preo- 

 percle coarsely serrated, a flat spine on the opercle ; lobes of the caudal 

 rounded, the fin little notched; second anal spine strong; snout longer 

 than in A. saxatilis; scales much larger, the pores of the lateral line not 

 branched. Color brown, with 5 broad vertical bands before caudal, 

 which descend from the back to the middle of the flanks, where they fade 

 insensibly; eye blackish; fins dark brown; dark bands broad, with nar- 

 row interspaces; 1 dark band more than in A. saxatilis. Cuba; one 

 female 10 inches in length. (Poey.) A little known species of uncertain 

 relationship. If its preopercle is really serrate, it can not belong to 

 Abudefduf. In other respects it would seem nearer to the latter genus 

 than to Enpomacentrus. It is very likely identical with Abudefduf taurus. 

 (rudis, rough.) 

 Glyphidodon rudis, POEY, Memorias, n, 191, 1860, Havana ; GUNTHER, Cat., iv, 37, 1862. 



* According to Poey the type of this species has (fide Peters, in lit.) the coloration of 

 A. rudis and similarly large scales (about 25 in lateral line). 



