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Life colors of various specimens were noted as follows: 



(1) From Apia. Deep sapphire-blue or ultramarine; no spots; belly abruptly golden; dorsal bril- 

 liant scarlet, the last rays bluish with a small dark spot in axil; caudal dull bluish; anal orange; ven- 

 tral orange; pectoral blue; a dark stripe through eye and a median one on top of head; these and the 

 dorsal ocellus more distinct in the young. 



(2) From Apia. Deep sky-blue; belly abruptly greenish yellow; a black stripe from snout to 

 dorsal above; a black stripe from snout through eye to beginning of lateral line; spinous dorsal bril- 

 liant scarlet; soft dorsal pale brownish, with a large black spot at its base; caudal brownish; anal 

 orange-red, deeper before; ventral orange; pectoral purplish, rather dark. 



(3) From Pago Pago. Violet-blue, almost uniform above; belly abruptly orange-yellow; a black 

 median streak above head; black streak through eye and snout; black streaks and dots on side of head 

 and shoulder; first dorsal uniform scarlet; second dorsal duller, with large jet-black spot at base; cau- 

 dal bluish, slightly tinged with orange; ventral and anal orange-red; pectoral dusky; no axillary or 

 opercular spot; side with numerous fine yellow spots visible under lens. 



(4) From Pago Pago. Vivid deep blue, the belly and throat from chin abruptly yellow; a narrow 

 black streak through snout and eye up and back to shoulder; a large black spot at base of soft dorsal ; 

 spinous dorsal deep scarlet, the soft dorsal and caudal pale bluish; anal and ventrals scarlet; pectoral 

 plain; no spots on axil or opercle. 



(5) From Apia. Deepest azure blue, finely dotted with golden on sides; belly whitish; spinous 

 dorsal light vivid scarlet, dusky at base; soft dorsal pale blue, with a large black non-ocellated spot on 

 base, the anterior edge scarlet; caudal pale blue; pectoral same; ventral and anal scarlet. 



The specimen of Abude/duf azureus figured by Quoy & Gaimard, from Guam, probably belongs 

 to Abudefduf laupo. The original type of Abudefduf azureus, earlier called Abudefduf cyaneus by the 

 same writers, is from Timor. This species, Abudefduf cyaneus, is not yet known from the South Seas. 



This most beautiful little fish differs from A. uniocellalus in the scarlet spinous dorsal fin. About 

 eight specimens were taken at Apia and Pago Pago. 



In company with Pomacentms pavo, Abudefduf uniocellalus, and other dainty blue species, this fish 

 is known as taupo (damsel, village belle) at Samoa. 



The type specimen is no. 51741, U. S. National Museum, from Apia, length 2.50 inches. 



864. Abudefduf filholi (Sauvage). Fiji. 



Glyphisodon filholi Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philoni., 1S79, in, 207, Fiji. 



Fig. 51. — Abudtfduf mrlallicus Jordan & Scale, new species. Type. 



865. Abudefduf metallicus Jordan & Seale, new species. Pipi. Samoa. 



Head 3.50 in length; depth 2.50; eye 3.25 in head; interorbital 2. HO in head; snout equaling two- 

 thirds of eye; dorsal xm, 10; anal II, 11; scale 2-17-7. 



Body elongate, compressed, the profiles evenly curved; head rounded; preorbital narrow, about 

 one-half the width of pupil, and very short, ending under anterior third of eye; preopercle not 



