70 PHILIPPINE POMACENTRID.E 



on the belly, the scales with bright edges. Forehead blue, with bright 

 blue spots on the opercles. A round black spot above the origin of pectoral. 



The body has a regular ellipsoid form, while the profile of the head 

 forms part of the oval outline of the body. 



"From Bohol and Cavite. 



Two specimens, 10 and 9 centimeters long. 



The above account is a translation of Cartier's original de- 

 scription. This species appears to be very closely related to 

 Pomacentrus breviceps, from which it differs in the smoothness 

 of its suborbital. 



POMACENTRUS ALBOLINEATUS sp. nov. 



PLATE 14, FIG. 1 



Dorsal XIV, 14; anal II, 15; scales in lateral series 26; 

 with tubules 15 or 16 ; between lateral line and origin of dorsal 

 3 ^between lateral line and vent 11. 



Body oblong and deep, much compressed, anterior dorsal 

 profile steep and very slightly arched; depth of body 1.9 in 

 length; head 3.1; depth of caudal peduncle 6.7. Interorbital 

 space almost flat, 2.7 in length of head or almost as wide as the 

 diameter of the large round eye which is contained 2.6 in head ; 

 the short, bluntish snout 3.4 in head, its tip on a level with 

 inferior margin of orbit; maxillary a little longer than snout 

 and contained 3.2 in head, its posterior end slightly behind 

 anterior edge of eye. Mouth small and oblique, jaws even; 

 teeth in a single row, compressed, with the cutting edges emar- 

 ginate. Preorbital narrow, its greatest width scarcely half an 

 eye diameter ; suborbital with indistinct serras below ; preopercle 

 denticulated behind, serrse well developed near the angle ; opercle 

 armed at its hind margin with a flat spine. 



Scales finely ctenoid, very thin and weak, rather loosely im- 

 bricated ; those covering head extending to nostrils ; none present 

 on orbital ring or on vertical limb of preopercle; a low sheath 

 of scales covering base of vertical fins; cheek with three lon- 

 gitudinal rows of scales, the lowest row on inferior limb of 

 preopercle. Lateral line ending posteriorly below origin of soft 

 dorsal. Dorsal spines increasing in height posteriorly, the last 

 one about as high as second anal spine. Soft vertical fins 

 slightly rounded; caudal emanginate; both pectoral and ventral 

 extending to vent. 



Ground color in alcohol light yellowish brown ; scales on body 

 with white transverse lines near base, these lines appearing 

 to be continuous with the tranverse rows of scales ; each scale at 



