POMACENTRUS 51 



from Bacon, Sorsogon, by Evermann and Seale ; and an example 

 from the "Philippine Islands" has been described by Fowler 

 as Pomacentrus hebardi. 



It is rather uncommon in the Indo-Australasian Archipelago, 

 where it is known to occur. 



POMACENTRUS POPEI Evermann and Seale 



PLATE 11, FIG. 2 



Pomacentrus popei EVERMANN and SEALE, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fisheries 

 26 (1907) 90, fig. 16. 



Dorsal XIII, 14 or 15 ; anal II, 14 ; scales in lateral series 25 

 or 26; with tubules 18; between lateral line and origin of 

 dorsal 3 ; between lateral line and vent 9. 



Body deep, 1.9 to 2 in length ; head 3 to 3.1 ; depth of caudal 

 peduncle 6.4 to 6.8. Interorbital convex, 2.9 to 3 in head ; snout 

 3.2 to 3.4 or about as long as maxillary, with the tip horizontally 

 in front of lower margin of orbit ; eye 2.6 to 3.2. Jaws equal in 

 length, their posterior ends vertically below front edge of eye; 

 teeth blunt and compressed, in a single series. Suborbital 

 serrated, the first tooth enlarged and followed by a notch ; opercle 

 with a flat weak spine behind. 



Preorbital and suborbital bones naked; scales on top of head 

 extending to tip of snout; vertical fins with a high sheath of 

 scales along base. Posterior dorsal spines highest, about as 

 high as second anal spine. Soft dorsal more angular than soft 

 anal ; caudal emarginate, with the upper and lower lobes eaual 

 in length; pectoral and ventral reaching vent, the first ray of 

 the latter more or less produced. 



Uniformly yellowish in spirits, with a faint dusky margin on 

 spinous dorsal and soft anal. 



The Bureau of Science collection has two specimens, 37.5 and 

 48 millimeters long, which are here described. They are from 

 Surigao and Cagayan de Misamis, Mindanao. The larger one, 

 from the latter place, is a ripe female, collected in September, 

 1907. 



This species was originally described by Evermann and Seale 

 from the type specimen, No. 55903, from Bacon, Sorsogon, 

 which is now in the United States National Museum. 



POMACENTRUS ALEXANDERAE Evermann and Seale 



Pomacentrus alexanderae EVERMANN and SEALE, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish- 

 eries 26 (1907) 90, fig. 17. 



