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tbose on the dorsal. A blackish transverse streak across the posterior 

 part of the pectoral fin, and a black spot above on the base. 



Length, 9 inches. 



Locality: Fanning Islands. 



Allied to G. varius, the principal difference between them being 

 the markings on the vertical fins. 



POMACENTPJDiE. 



GLYPHLDODON SEPTEMFASCIATUS, (C. & V.) Gthr. [No. 19229]. 



Glyphisodon se-ptemfasciatus, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. des Poisa., v, 1830, 463.— Bleeker, 



Nat. Tyds. Ned. lad., iii, 1852, Sumatra, i, 582. 

 GlypMdodon septemfasciatus, Gunther, Cat. Fish., iv, 1862, 40. 



D. -iA_. A. — — L. lat. 29. L. trans. j\. 

 12-13 12-13 ^^ 



Scales between the eyes do not reach as far forward as the anterior 

 border of the orbit. Seven transverse bands on the side of the body, 

 broader than the spaces between them ; the first and second band situated 

 in front of the commencement of the spinous dorsal fin 5 third, fourth, 

 and fifth bands under the spinous dorsal,- sixth under the soft dorsal ; 

 seventh on the caudal peduncle behind the dorsal and anal fins. Upper 

 half of the spinous dorsal blackish ; caudal lobes tipped with black. 



Locality : Palmyra Island. 



GLYPHIDODON SORDIDUS, {Forst) Gthr. [No. 19230]. 



Chcciodon sordidus, Forst., Descr. Anim., 1775, 62, no. 87.— Bloch, Syst. Ichth., ed, 



SCHN., 1801,230. 

 Pomacanihus sordidus, Lacep., Hist, des Poiss., iv, 1803, 519. 

 Glyphisodon sordidus, Euppell, Atl. Fische, 1828,34, pi. 8, f. 1.— Cuv. & Val., Hist. 



Nat. des Poiss., v, 1830, 4CC.— Bleeker, Yerh. Bat. Gen., xxi, 1846, Xair., Cten., 



16. 

 Ghqihidodon sordidus, Gunther, Cdt. Fish., iv, 1862,41. 



Scales between the eyes extend forward to the anterior border of the 

 orbit. Six cross-bands on the body. A large round black spot above 

 on the caudal peduncle, behind the dorsal fin. 



Locality: Palmyra Island. Found in company with G. septemfas- 

 ciatus. 



