8o Dircflor' s Annual Report. 



Family GARRID^.— Mojarras. 



Genus GARRES Cuvier. 



113. Garres argyeus Cm. & Val. 



Head 3.33; depth 3; eye 3.50; mandible 2.20; interorbital 3; 

 D. IX 10; A. Ill, 8; P. 16; V. I 5. Scales 45. Body slightly ele- 

 vated, oblong and compressed. Snout very protractile. Branchi- 

 ostegals 6. Pseudobranchiae well developed. The groove for the 

 processes of the intermaxillary bones does not extend to the vertical 

 from the centre of the eye. Teeth setiform, lower pharyngeal 

 bones firmly united by a suture. Fins: Caudal well forked, scaled. 

 Pecftorals longer than head. The first dorsal spine is contained 

 1.50 into head. The dorsal fin has a scaly sheath into which the 

 fin is received. Color in spirits: Uniform silvery, tip of dorsal 

 dusky, a dusky line from dorsal to forehead, and an indistinct dusky 

 blotch on tip of snout. One specimen. Length 15 inches. Guam, 

 July 12, 1900. Hah. Red Sea, Australia, Marianas. 



Family POMACBNTRID^.— Demoiselles. 

 Genus POMACENTRUS Lac^pede. 



114. Pottiacentrus punctatus Quoy & Gaim. 



Head 3; depth 1.66; eye 2.50; snout equal to eye; D. xii 15; 

 A. II 13. Scales 24 in the lateral line, which terminates under 

 posterior half of vSoft dorsal. Body short and compressed. Branchi- 

 ostegals 5. Gill-rakers small, length less than pupil of eye. Teeth 

 small setiform. Preopercle serrated. Fins: Caudal emarginate. 

 Ventral fins somewhat produced, the longest ray greater than length 

 of head. Length of pe(5torals slightly less than head. The soft 

 anal slightly longer than soft dorsal. Color in spirits: White, with 

 a slight wash of grayish brown. Each scale with a small blue dot, 

 larger dots on sides of head, and a lighter wash on preorbitals. 

 A black spot on base of posterior. Three soft dorsal rays and a 

 black spot in axil of ped;oral fins. All the fins yellowish white, a 

 slight wash of dusky on ventrals and anal. Two specimens. Length 

 2 inches. Guam, July i, 1900. Hab. Red Sea, Andamans, Malay 

 Archipelago, Marianas. 



115. Pomacentrus tritnaculatus Cuv. «& Val. 



Head 3; depth 2; eye 3; snout slightly longer than diameter 

 of eye, 2.66 into head; D. xii 15; A. 11, 16; interorbital equal to 

 eye. Scales 20 (with tubules). Body short and compressed. Sub- 

 orbital and posterior edge of preopercle serrated. Teeth small. 

 Fins: Ventrals with first rays rather elongate, equal to length of 

 head. Pecliorals 1.20 into head. Caudal emarginate. Color in 

 spirits: Almost uniform greenish, a dusky splotch on posterior part 



