72 PHILIPPINE POMACENTRID^E 



brown, the spinous portion black-edged; anal fin deep brown; 

 caudal, pectoral, and ventral fins brownish, a black spot at origin 

 of lateral line and a rather large, wedge-shaped, black mark at 

 base of pectoral ; anus black. 



The above description is of two examples, 40 and 51.5 milli- 

 meters in length, collected at Bungau Island, Sulu Archipelago. 



This species has been previously recorded by Fowler, from 

 three specimens labeled "Philippine Islands." 



POMACENTRUS TABLASENSIS .p. n.v. 



PLATE 14, FIG. 2 



Dorsal XIV, 18; anal II, 15; scales in lateral series 26; with 

 tubules 15 ; between lateral line and origin of dorsal 4 ; between 

 lateral line and vent 10. 



Body ellipsoid, compressed, slightly elongate, with both dorsal 

 and anal profiles about equally elevated; depth of body 2.1 in 

 length; head 3.2; caudal peduncle rather deep and strongly 

 compressed, its least depth 1.8 in length of head or 6.3 in that 

 of body. Interorbital space evenly convex, 3,2 in length of head 

 or as wide as length of eye diameter or of maxillary; snout 

 3.3 in head, its tip on a level with lower margin of eye. Mouth 

 small and a little oblique; teeth in a double series in each jaw, 

 their cutting edges rounded. Orbital ring rather coarsely ser- 

 rated; first tooth enlarged and separated from the others by 

 a notch ; posterior end of maxillary below anterior edge of orbit ; 

 least width of preorbital & in length of snout ; vertical limb of 

 preopercle distinctly serrated; opercle armed with a flat spine 

 behind. 



Scales on each side of body moderately large, those on top of 

 head extending to a little in front of nostrils, leaving a narrow 

 naked space behind upper jaw; vertical fins with a low basal 

 sheath of scales; orbital ring and vertical edge of preopercle 

 unsealed ; cheek with four longitudinal rows of scales. Lateral 

 line ending posteriorly below origin of rayed dorsal. Middle 

 dorsal spines of about equal height and slightly lower than the 

 last spine, which is 1.7 in length of head and as high as second 

 anal; both rayed dorsal and anal rounded; caudal emarginate, 

 with rounded lobes, the upper one slightly the longer; the broad 

 pectoral about as long as head, its posterior end above anus; 

 ventral extending to base of anterior anal rays, its spine as long 

 as second anal and its outer ray produced into a filament. 



Ground color of a fresh specimen brownish violet, passing 

 into whitish below, and into yellowish posteriorly below the 



