34 PHILIPPINE POMACENTRIDjE 



of anal spine; outer ray of ventral produced into a filament, 

 which extends to base of anterior anal rays. 



Fresh specimen dark dusky brown; posterior half of the 

 rayed dorsal, posterior third of soft anal, caudal peduncle, and 

 caudal fin whitish, this coloration abruptly marked off from 

 the ground color of body; ventrals and the rest of the vertical 

 fins colored similarly to body; pectoral a little lighter and with 

 a large black blotch at its base. 



The coloration has not changed much in alcohol. 



Here described from the only example present in the Bureau 

 of Science, which measures 45 millimeters in length. It was 

 collected by Herre at Bungau Island, Sulu Archipelago, and 

 this is the first record of the species in the Philippines. 



CHROMIS CAERULEUS (Curler and Valenciennes) 



PLATE 8, PIG. 2 



Heliases caeruleus CUVIER and VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss. 5 



(1830) 372; BLEEKER, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. 8 (1855) 455. 

 Chromis caeruleus JORDAN and SEALE, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fisheries 25 



(1906) 290, pi. 44, fig. 1. 

 Heliases frenatus CUVIER and VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss. 5 



(1830) 373. 

 Heliases lepisurus CUVIER and VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss. 5 



(1830) 373. 

 Chromis lepisurus BLEEKER, Nat. Verb. Holl. Maats. Wet. 2 (1877) 



164; Atlas Ichth. 9 (1878) pi. 403, fig. 7. 



Glyphisodon bandanensis BLEEKER, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. 2 (1851) 248. 

 Heliases lepidurus GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes 4 (1862) 63; Fische der 



Siidsee 2 (1876) 238, pi. 128, figs. C and D; DAY, Fishes of India 



(1878) 389, pi. 82, fig. 1. 

 Chromis lepidurus WEBER, Fische der Siboga Exped. (1913) 358. 



Dorsal XII, 9 or 10; anal II, 9 to 11; scales in lateral series 

 25; with tubules 14 to 16; between lateral line and origin of 

 dorsal 2; between lateral line and vent 9. 



Body ovate, profiles evenly curved from tip of snout to pos- 

 terior portion of caudal peduncle, dorsal outline more strongly 

 arched than ventral ; depth of body 2 to 2.3 in length ; head 2.9 

 to 3.3 ; depth of caudal peduncle 6.6 to 7.6. The strongly convex 

 interorbital 2.7 to 3.3 in length of head ; the circular eye 2.8 to 

 3.2; the slightly rounded snout 3.2 to 3.5, its tip on a level 

 with lower margin of orbit; maxillary 2.2 to 2.6, being longer 

 than width of interorbital, its posterior end below anterior 

 margin of eye or slightly behind it. Mouth large, very oblique, 

 jaws equal; teeth in two rows in each jaw, small and conical. 

 Orbital ring narrow and adnate to cheek. 



