4($ PHILIPPINE POMACENTRHLE 



blackish spot at origin of lateral line, a second one at axil of 

 pectoral, and a third, small spot superiorly at base of pectoral. 



Here described from eight specimens, 19 to 53.5 millimeters 

 long, from Bacon, Sorsogon; Larena, Siquijor Island; and Ca- 

 gayan de Misamis, Mindanao. The example from Bacon has 

 already been recorded by Evermann and Scale. 



Gunther places this species under the genus Glyphisodon, but 

 in the five examples cited above there is a weakly developed den- 

 ticulation along the angle of the preopercle. 



This species is evidently not common in the Philippines, 

 though it occurs from the coast of China throughout the East 

 Indies to New Guinea. 



POMACENTRUS TAENIURUS Bleeker 



Pomacentrus taeniurus BLEEKER, Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. Neerl. 1 (1856) 

 51; GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes 4 (1862) 22; var., CARTIER, Verb. Phys. 

 Med. Ges. Wiirzburg (1873) 100; BLEEKER, Nat. Verb. Holl. Maats. 

 Wet. 2 (1877) 47; Atlas Ichth. 9 (1878) pi. 408, fig. 2; EVERMANN 

 and SEALS, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fisheries 26 (1907) 89. 



Dorsal XIII, 10 or 11 ; anal II, 10 or 11 ; scales in lateral 

 series 26; with tubules 16 to 18; between lateral line and origin 

 of dorsal 3 or 4; between lateral line and vent 9. 



Body oblong, rather elongate; depth 2.4 to 2.7 in length; 

 head 3.3 to 3.4; depth of caudal peduncle 6.3 to 6.9. The 

 strongly convex interorbital 2.9 to 3.2 in length of head; the 

 large circular eye 2.8 to 3.3; snout 3.4 to 3.9, or shorter 

 than maxillary, which is contained 2.7 to 3.1 in head. Mouth 

 small and oblique; posterior end of maxillary below anterior 

 border of eye; teeth in two rows, their edges truncate. Preor- 

 bital with a shallow notch anteriorly, its width at posterior 

 end of maxillary less than half diameter of eye; lower edge 

 of suborbital not serrated ; the vertical limb of preopercle finely 

 denticulated; opercle armed behind with two flat spines. 



Head completely scaled excepting posterior limb of preopercle. 

 Dorsal spines increasing in height toward behind. Middle rays 

 of soft dorsal and posterior rays of soft anal filamentous ; caudal 

 deeply forked, the longest rays of each lobe filamentous. The 

 short pectoral ends before anal opening, and the filamentous 

 ray of ventral extends to base of anal spines. 



Color in alcohol violet-brown, with a pearl-colored spot on 

 each scale. A large dark spot above gill opening and a smaller 

 one superiorly at base and axil of pectoral. Membranes of 

 spinous dorsal narrowly edged with brown ; pectoral and poste- 



