CHROMIS 31 



the lobes produced and two accessory spines at base of each 

 lobe free and sharp ; both pectoral and ventral fins end at vent. 



Greenish violet in alcohol, with silvery reflections which are 

 more noticeable on lower portion of lateral surfaces ; each scale 

 with a dark edge; anterior dorsal and anal rays dusky, the 

 posterior ones pale; dusky portion of caudal fin forming a 

 broad, rather ill-defined longitudinal band on each lobe, middle 

 rays pale ; pectoral pale, ventral more or less washed with dusky ; 

 a blackish transverse band immediately behind preopercle and 

 a yellowish violet spot at axil of pectoral. 



Here described from ten specimens, 70.5 to 77 millimeters 

 long, collected at Calapan, Mindoro; New Washington, Capiz; 

 Bogo, Cebu ; Placer, Surigao ; and Sibutu Island, Sulu Archipel- 

 ago. Six of these are females in a near-breeding state, collected 

 in July, 1926, and September, 1925. 



Apparently not common in the Philippines, this being the first 

 record of the species here. It is known only from the East 

 Indies. 



CHROMIS SCOTOCHILOPTERUS Fowler 



Chromis scotochilopterus FOWLER, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 70 

 (1918) 61, fig. 24. 



Dorsal XIII, 11; anal II, 11; scales in lateral series 26; with 

 tubules 18 ; between lateral line and origin of dorsal 4 ; between 

 lateral line and vent 9. 



Body well compressed, contour ellipsoid; greatest depth at 

 middle of belly, 2 in length; head 3.1 to 3.3; depth of caudal 

 peduncle 6.3 to 6.8. Interorbital space strongly convex, rather 

 wide, its width greater than length of snout or diameter of eye ; 

 snout rounded, shorter than the diameter of the large circular 

 eye, which is 3.2 to 3.3 in head. Cleft of mouth very oblique; 

 maxillary equal to or slightly longer than width of interorbital 

 space, its posterior end below anterior edge of orbit; teeth short 

 and conical, in two rows. 



Scales completely covering head, also present on the dorsal fin. 

 Middle dorsal spines higher than the rest, but much lower than 

 the strong second anal spine. Soft dorsal and anal about equal 

 in height; caudal deeply cleft, with the lobes more or less pro- 

 duced; the three anteriormost accessory spines on each caudal 

 lobe sharp and prominent; outer ray of ventral produced into 

 a filament, which extends beyond anal opening. 



