POMACENTRUS 59 



serrated, with first tooth enlarged and followed by a notch ; pos- 

 terior edge of preopercle distinctly serrated; opercle with a 

 flat spine behind. 



Scales on top of head extending to in front of nostrils ; orbital 

 ring and vertical limb of preopercle naked. Dorsal spines in- 

 creasing in height toward the last, which is 1.7 in head ; second 

 anal spine as high as last dorsal ; the rayed portions of dorsal and 

 anal fins slightly angular; caudal fin emarginate, with the upper 

 lobe slightly the more produced; pectoral slightly shorter than 

 head, its tip above anterior edge of anus; outer ray of ventral 

 produced and reaching to behind anus. 



Fresh specimens bright yellow in color, with pearl white spots 

 scattered on each side of head and breast; a short pearl white 

 line in front of each eye and a longer one just below it on 

 suborbital; all the fins colored similarly to body; anal with 

 two pearl white longitudinal lines; caudal and spinous portion 

 of dorsal edged with blackish ; a large black spot superiorly at 

 base of pectoral and a smaller one at origin of lateral line ; anus 

 black. 



Ground color yellowish brown in alcohol, the pearl white 

 markings on head and breast becoming dull ; the two white longi- 

 tudinal lines on anal nearly faded out. 



Here described from two specimens, 58 and 60 millimeters 

 long, from Bantayan Island and from Sitankai Island, Sulu Ar- 

 chipelago. 



This species, which is new to the Philippines, is known else- 

 where only from Banda and Amboina. 



POMACENTRUS SIMSIANG Bleeker 



Pomacentrus simsiang BLEEKER, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. 11 (1856) 90; 



GilNTHER, Cat. Fishes 4 (1862) 22. 



Pomacentrus bankanensis GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes 4 (1862) 26. 

 Pomacentrus trilineatus BLEEKER, Atlas Ichth. 9 (1878) pi. 406, figs. 



1, 3, 4, and 5. 

 Pomacentrus taeniometopon BLEEKER, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. 3 (1852) 



283; GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes 4 (1862) 25. 

 Pomacentrus burroughi FOWLER, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 70 



(1918) 44, fig. 17. 



Dorsal XIII, 13 to 15; anal II, 13 to 15; scales in lateral 

 series 25 ; with tubules 15 to 19 ; between lateral line and origin 

 of dorsal 3; between lateral line and vent 10. 



Body ovate, depth varying from 2 to 2.2 in length ; depth of 

 caudal peduncle equal to or slightly less than length of head, 

 which is 2.9 to 3.3 in that of body. Eye round, diameter ranging 



