384 TELEOSTEl. ACANTHOPTEETGII. 



1230. (5.) Pomacentrus littoralis. 



Pomaceutrus littoralis (Kuhl Sf v. Hass.), Cuv. 8f Vol. H. N. Poiss. 

 v, p. 425 ; Day, Fish. India, p. 383 (see synon.). 



D. 13-14. P. 16. A. 2/14-15. C. 17. L. 1. 26-28. L.tr.3/9. 

 Length of head 3|, height of body 2| to 2| in the total length. 



Eyes diameter 2| in length of head, | to | diarn. from end of 

 snout, and f to 1 apart. Preorbital narrow, entire; suborbital 

 bones serrated in the adult, entire in the immature. Fins dorsal 

 spines increase in length behind ; caudal slightly emarginate. 

 Colour brownish, two narrow blue lines from back along forehead 

 converging on snout ; two more through eye to maxilla. A dark 

 blue mark on opercle; and a line of blue spots along cheeks ; each 

 scale with a blue spot ; a black white-edged ocellus at base of soft 

 dorsal, and sometimes another across back of tail behind base of 

 dorsal fin. Ventral nearly black. 



Hab. Andamans and Nicobars to the Malay Archipelago and 

 beyond. 



1231. (6.) Pomacentrus bankanensis. 



Poinacentrus bankanensi?, Sleeker, Batavia Nat. Tiidsch. v. p. 513 

 Day, Fish. India, p. 383. 



D. 13/14. P. 18. A. 2/14. C. 15 L. 1. 27. L. tr. 3|/9. 



Length of head 4|, height of body 2| in the total length. Eyes 

 diameter 3J in length of head, 1 diam. from end of snout and 

 also apart. Greatest depth of preorbital equals | diam. of eye. 

 Suborbital bones serrated, anterior denticulation the strongest. 

 Fins dorsal spines increase in length posteriorly ; caudal 

 with rounded lobes. Colour olive, with vertical or round bluish 

 spots on scales. A black spot at commencement of lateral line, 

 another at base of pectoral, and a third over free portion of tail. 



Hab. Andamans to the Malay Archipelago and Australia. 



1232. (7.) Pomacentrus prosopotamia. 



Pomacentrus prosopotsenia, Bleeker, Batavia Nat. Tiidsch. iii. p. 67: 



Day, Fish. India, Suppl. p. 801 (see synon.). 

 Pomacentrus albofasciatus, Day, Fish. India, p. 384, pi. Ixxx. fig. 9 



(not Schlegel). /^*f ft* 



D. 12-13/15. P. 17. A. 2/13-14. C. 17. L. 1. 26. L.tr.3/9. 



Length of head 4, height of body 3 1 in the total length. Eyes*- 



liameter 3 in length of head, 1 diam. from end of snout, 



1 5 apart. Preorbital entire, suborbital bones serrated. 



trreatest depth of preorbital nearly equals diameter of eye. Colour 



-dark olive, with bluish spots on cheeks ; a curved blue line below 



eye, and a broad vertical yellowish band underneath last dorsal 



