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(5) From Apia. Blackish; large white stripes along rows of scales; a whitish bar below middle 

 of spinous dorsal; dorsal and anal dusky; soft dorsal half dusky, the tip dull orange; anal almost all 

 dusky; caudal dull orange; pectoral bright golden, no ocelli; ventral black. 



(6) From Apia. Blue-black; each scale on front part of sides with a pale gray spot; a vertical 

 whitish bar below middle of spinous dorsal; dorsal dusky bluish below, the upper half dull orange 

 with a pale lateral streak; anal blue-black; caudal sooty; pectoral yellow; ventral blackish. 



858. Abudefduf hemimelas (Kner). Fiji. 



Glyphisodon hemimelas Kner, Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wien 1868, pi. VIII, fig. 25, 351, Fiji. 

 Glyphidodon brovmriggii var. hemimelas, Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, 233. 



This species is not known to us. From the figures of Kner and Giinther, it would seem to be a 

 species distinct from A. zonalus. Dr. Giinther regards it as a "variety" of " Glyphidodon brovmriggii;" 

 that is, of Abudefduf zonatus. 



859. Abudefduf amabilis (De Vis). Samoa; Tahiti; Oualan; Faituna; Fiji; Ponape. (PI. xlii, 



fig. 1.) 

 Glyphisodon amabilis De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. \V., 1884, 452, South Seas. 



Glyphidodon brovmriggii var. xanthozona Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, 234, taf. 127, fig. n, Oualan, Futuna, Samoa, 

 Tahiti, Ponape; not Glyphisodon xanthozona Bleeker. 



This species is very abundant about Samoa. Dr. Giinther regards it as a "variety" of Abudefduf 

 zonalus (" broumriggii" ) from which it differs wholly in color, though in little else. It is near xantho- 

 zona of Bleeker, but that species has yellow fins and a black ocellus on the dorsal, which is largely 

 yellow. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia, blue-black; two yellowish white cross-bands; opercles orange; 

 an orange streak across axil; base of pectoral dusky; dorsal dusky with a light brown tip; caudal dusky 

 at base, then creamy with a dusky median blotch; pectoral pale yellowish. 



860. Abudefduf antjerius (Kuhl & Van Hasselt). Tu'u'u. Samoa; Guam; New Ireland; Strong 



I.; New Guinea; East Indies. (PI. xlii, fig. 2.) 



Glyphisodon antjerius Kuhl & Van Hasselt, Anjer (Java). Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 481, 1830, Java. 



Giinther, Cat., iv, 50 (in part). Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, 233. Seale, Bishop Museum, 1901, S3, Guam. 

 Glyphisodon biocellatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 482, 1830, Guam, Strong I., Java, New Guinea. 



Peters, Berl. Mon„ 1876, 843, New Ireland. 

 Glyphisodon punctulatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 484, 1830, Guam. 



This species is known to us from about 40 small specimens. It is near Abudefduf zonatus, but it 

 never has a white lateral cross-band, and it always has a vivid blue stripe from snout to dorsal. Other 

 blue dots and lines are usually present as well as a black ocellus near middle of dorsal fin. As our 

 specimens differ widely from Abudefduf leucopornus, and from zonatus of the same size, we must regard 

 antjerius as a species distinct from zonatus, broumriggit, and leucopornus. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia, called tu'u'u, blue-black above, a bright sky-blue stripe from 

 eye to front of dorsal";' a blue-black ocellus surrounded by sky-blue on last rays of spinous dorsal; 

 a much smaller one on last ray at base; a blue dot in axil; body becoming more orange-yellow backward 

 and downward; pectoral, soft dorsal and caudal brilliant yellow; anal orange-red, edged with dark; 

 pectoral orange, with anal dark-edged. 



Another specimen from Apia was steel-blue, not brilliant, each scale with a vertical pale dash; a 

 pale shade under front of spinous dorsal; a large black spot under spinous dorsal, a smaller one in axil 

 of soft dorsal ; dorsal orange, edged with dark; caudal yellowish orange with a black edging; caudal 

 peduncle and anal orange, edged with black; ventral black; pectoral golden. 



861. Abudefduf leucopornus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Tu'u'u. Samoa; Oualan; Guam; Nukahiva; 



Rarotonga (Seale). (PI. xliii, fig. 1.) 

 Glyphisodon leucopornus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 480, Oualan (Caroline Is.). 

 Glyphidodon broumriggii, "Bastarde zwischen G. brovmriggii und G. uniocellatus," Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, 240, 



235, taf. 128, fig. B, Apia, Oualan. 

 t Glyphisodon antjerius Bleeker; not of Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



This species, one of the prettiest of the taupos, or damsel fishes, is common about the reefs of 

 Samoa, where about 50 specimens were taken. All these, young or old, have a broad blue stripe 

 along side of back. Some are otherwise nearly plain golden, others show traces of dark cross-bands. 

 The clear-colored ones are in general the largest and brightest examples. 



