54 Fishes of the South Pacific. 
denticulate, the posterior limb of the preopercle slanting obliquely 
forward so the angle is under the posterior third of eye; base of 
dorsal fin 1.75 in length of fish without caudal; the soft rays of 
dorsal and anal are of about equal length and longer than the 
spines; pectorals and ventrals are of about equal length, .2 in base 
of dorsal; caudal truncate. 
Color in life, uniform blue, no black spot in axis or at base of 
fins. In spirits the color fades to a dull bluish; the dorsal is 
dusky, the webs between the first six spines white; anal and cau- 
dal dusky; pectorals and ventrals yellowish. 
One specimen, No. 742* (Fig. 8) B. M., from Tubuai, Aus- 
tralIds. Length 2 in. 
Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnzus). 
One specimen, No. 613* B. M., from Tubuai, Austral Ids. 
One specimen, No. 1139* B. M., from Shortland Id., Solomons. 
Abudefduf taupo Jordan & Seale MS. 
One specimen, No. 895 B. M., from Faté, New Hebrides. 
The species will be described in the forthcoming report on the 
fishes of Samoa. 
Abudefduf uniocellatus (Quoy & Gaimard). 
Four specimens, Nos. 843*, 900, 1039 and 1ogo B. M., from 
Faté, New Hebrides. 
Color in life, a deep violet blue, no spots on the scales; belly, 
thorax and chin a bright yellow; dorsal fin violet, with a submar- 
ginal band of yellow which broadens posteriorly until it occupies 
the upper half of the soft dorsal; anal yellow, except a violet 
blotch on the inner posterior part of the fin; caudal with the basal 
half violet, and the posterior half yellow; pectorals yellow, their 
base and axis violet; ventrals yellow, the elongate filament of the 
outer ray blue. 
Abudefduf leucopomus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
Color, bluish, a black spot in the posterior axis of the dorsal, 
and another distinct larger black spot on the upper part of caudal. 
Two specimens, Nos. 2222 and 2223 B. M., from Nukuhiva, 
Marquesas Ids. 
Three specimens, Nos. 708*, 790 and 791 B. M., from Tubuai, 
Austral Ids. 
Two specimens, Nos. 1993 and 1997 B. M., from Rarotonga, 
Cook Ids. 
Abudefduf amabilis (De Vis). 
Eight specimens, Nos. 901-906, 1038 and rori* B. M., from 
Faté, New Hebrides. 
