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diately after dorsal fin; a small one superiorly at base of pec- 

 toral. Ventrals and tips of soft anal dusky, the fins yellowish. 



The specimen above described is 32 millimeters in length and 

 was obtained at Balabac Island, Palawan. In coloration this 

 species resembles Chrysiptera brownriggii (Bennett), but is 

 easily distinguished by its deeper body. 



This is the first Philippine record of this species; it is rare 

 in the rest of the Indo-Australasian Archipelago, from whence 

 only it is known. 



ABUDEFDUF LACRYMATUS (Quoy and Gaimard) 



PLATE 7, FIG. 1 



Glyphisodon lacrymatus QUOY and GAIMARD, Voy. Uranie, Zool. 2 

 (1824) 388, pi. 62, fig. 7; CUVIER and VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. 

 Poiss. 5, (1830) 478; GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes 4 (1862) 49; Fische der 

 Siidsee 2 (1876) 232, pi. 125, fig. D; SLEEKER, Nat. Verb. Roll. 

 Maats. Wet. 2 (1877) 111; Atlas Ichth. 9 (1878) pi. 404, fig. 6. 



Abudefduf lacrymatus SEALE, Polyn. Ethnol. Nat. Hist. 1 (1901) 83; 

 JORDAN and SEALB, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fisheries 25 (1906) 285. 



Dorsal XII or XIII, 15 to 17; anal II, 12 or 13; scales in 

 lateral series 25 ; with tubules 18 or 19 ; between lateral line and 

 origin of dorsal 3; between lateral line and vent 10. 



Dorsal outline deeper and more arched than ventral; body 

 short and deep, contained 1.8 to 1.9 in length; head 2.9 to 3.1; 

 depth of caudal peduncle 6.1 to 6.6. Interorbital space 3 in 

 head; eye circular, 3 to 3.3; mouth rather small, horizontal, 

 lower jaw slightly included; snout 3.2 to 3.4 in head and about 

 as long as maxillary, with the tip slightly pointed and not quite 

 on a level with lower margin of orbit; teeth in a single series, 

 compressed, with notched edges. Gill 'rakers on first arch 23. 

 Width of preorbital above posterior end of maxillary greater 

 than half diameter of eye; opercle provided with a flat spine 

 behind. 



Head and body completely scaled; base of vertical fins with 

 a rather high sheath of scales. Posterior dorsal spines highest. 

 Rayed dorsal and anal equal in height; caudal forked, with the 

 lobes a little pointed, the upper one slightly the longer. Pectoral 

 not reaching anal opening; ventral about as long as head, its 

 firs,t ray filamentous. 



Fresh specimens deep brown with sapphire spots scattered 

 over body and vertical fins; tail yellow; dorsal with a broad 

 blackish margin ; pectoral with a black spot at base. 



Brownish in spirits, with small, scattered, bluish white spots ; 

 posterior dorsal rays, caudal peduncle, and fin yellowish ; spinous 



