520 SEALE. 



of eve ; mandible ending under anterini- margin of eye, the lower jaw 

 slightly the longest. Teetli rather strraig, in two series, the second 

 nlteriiating with those of fii'st series. 



(iill openings wide, carried foi-\\ard to l)clou' anterior margin of orbit, 

 gill rakeis sharp-poinicd. rather long, about 18 on lower limh. 



Body entirely covered willi ctenoid scale-. .Ml the fins cvcejjt ventrals 

 moi-e or less scaled. Large scaly sheaths at dorsal and anal, three rows 

 of scales on prcoporcle. 



Origin of dorsal fin midway l)el\\i'cn tip of snout and base of last 

 dorsal spine, the median doi-sal spines ;ire longesl, being 2 in head. 

 Longest dorsal ray about equal to longest anal ray, being l..")0 in head; 

 dorsal, anal, and caudal sharp-poinled, caudal scarcely emarginate. 

 Origin of anal under l)asc of eleventh dorsal spine, [icing nearer origin nL' 

 ventrals than to base of caudal. Origiji of \entrals midway between 

 anal and a vertical line with anterior margin of pupil. Caudal equal 

 to length of head. 



Color in life yellowish white, with two reddish brown vertical areas, one 

 occuping tbe (>ntirc head, its posterior border from origin of dorsal to 

 origin of Yentrals, tbe second is from sixth dorsal spine to base of sixth 

 soft dorsal ray down on sides to anterior half of anal fin. A large black 

 yellow-edged ocellus on the last four spines, ] emainder of soft dorsal and 

 caudal are yellowish white, the anal is bright yellow, some purplish on its 

 anterior part. A'entrals white with some purplish anterioiiv; no spot in 

 axil of pectoral or at origin of lateral line. 



Color in alcohol similar to above, but the purplish on anal more 

 distinct, forming a dusky anterior boril(>r to fin. 



Type is Xo. 4(;sii. Secured by the writei- and (' Canonizado at the 

 Island of Sitanki, Jolo Archipelago, L? July, 1!J0S. Length 35.5 milli- 

 meters. 



This species IS related to P iwtaphthalmus Bleeker but differs con- 

 siderably in tbe color markings and in having preorbital strongly serrated, 

 the anal fin sbarp-pointed and the black spot above operculum absent. 



Abudefduf coracinus Scale, sp. nov. Plate XIII. 



Head o.tiO; depth 2; dorsal XIII, 14; anal II, 13; scales 27; 18 pores 

 in lateral line which ends under middle of soft dorsal, 14 scales in vertical 

 series; eye 3.50; snout 3.10; interorbital space 2.."ii); maxillary 3.2.5; 

 mandible 3; pectorals 1.10; ventrals longer than head, 3.15 in length, 

 caudal peduncle 1.60 in head. 



Body is oblong compressed, its depth is about the same at origin of 

 ventrals as at origin of anal, depth of caudal peduncle is slightly greater 

 than its length. 



Head is evenly rounded. The jaws when closed are equal. The 

 gieatest width of head is 1.75 in its greatest depth, the profile both from 



