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in width; a very distinct black spot on the upper base of pectorals which extends into the axil of the 

 tins; a more or less distinct blue line on preorbitals, and there may be 3 or 4 indistinct pearl-colored 

 spots on the opercles or cheeks; dorsal fin with a black blotch near margin of 3-4 spines, with a 

 yellowish white line below; in general, the fins follow the shading of color shown on the body, the 

 dorsal with a narrow margin of dusky, the anal with a dusky blotch; ventral with a dusky wash; 

 iris blue. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia, dull brownish, paler behind middle of body; fins plain; a 

 large black spot on last rays of soft dorsal; a large golden one before it; a black spot in anal axil, one 

 in pectoral axil, and one on opercle. 



A specimen from Pago Pago was black, blacker on base of last dorsal and anal rays; a short, 

 vertical whitish bar just before the spot on dorsal; a black blotch on base of pectoral, covering axil; 

 fins all black, the caudal and soft dorsal a little paler at tip; iris brownish; preopercle serrate, a faint 

 rather broad blue streak below eye to tip of snout. 



Fig. 50. — Pomacentrus ecliplicus Jordan & Seale, new species. Type. 



Of this abundant species or form, we have about 30 examples from Apia and 10 from Pago Pago. 

 The species may be known by its plain coloration, the pectoral spot b?ing distinct and the dorsal spot 

 still more so, preceded by a short vertical bar, which is typically pure white. Among our specimens are 

 both males and females, a fact which shows that this is not the male of Pomacentrus albofasciatus. 

 For the present we may regard it as a distinct species. 



The type is no. 51735, U. S. National Museum, from Apia, length 3 inches. 



832. Pomacentrus lividus (Forster). Tu'u'usueuli; I'usina. Samoa; Vavau; Ponape; Boston I.; 

 Borabora; Huahine; Santa Cristina; Fiji; Marcus I.; Tahiti; Guam; Fato; Nukahiva and 

 Raiatea (Seale). 

 Chseiodon lividus (Forstei), Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 235, 1801, Bolabola. 

 Eupomacentrus lividus, Bleeker, Pomac, 73, 1877, East Indies generally. 

 Pomacentrus lividus, Sauvage, Poiss. Madagascar, 426. 



Pomacentrus punelatus, Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, 395, taf. 64, fig. 1, 1824, lie de France. Gunther, Cat., IV, 

 29. Kner, Novara Fisehe, 243, Tahiti, Nicobar Is. Seale, Bishop Museum, 1901, 80, Guam. Bryan & Herre, 

 Bishop Museum, 1903, Marcus I. 

 Pomacentrus prosopotxnoides Bleeker, Amboina and Ceram, 286. 

 Pomacentrus cyanospilos Bleeker, Ceram, II, 709, Ceram. Gunther, Cat., IV, 30, East Indies. Gunther, Fisehe der 



Siidsee, 229, tat., Boston I., Upolu, Vavau, Ponape, Huahine, Borabora, Santa Cristina. 

 Pomacentrus vitiantis Sauvage, Bull. Phil. Soe., ill, 1879, 206, Viti Levu (Fiji). 



This large species is very abundant in the rock pools of the coral reefs of Samoa. It is found in 

 company with Pomacentrus nigricans, which it much resembles. It is, however, easily distinguished 



