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MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
Eupomacentrus nigricans (Lacepede) var. subniger (De Vis). 
Holocentrus nigricans Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss. iv, 1802, pp. 332 & 367. No locality. Ex “Aspro 
totus atratus &c. Commerson, MS. Probably from Mauritius. 
Pomacentrus scolopseus Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Uranie & Physic., Zool., 1825, p. 398. Mauritius. 
Pomacentrus tamiops Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. v, July 1830, p. 423. Mauritius. 
Pomacentrus scolopsis Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. iv, 1862, p. 28. Emend, pro P. scolopseus 
Q. & G. Id. Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeff. xv (Fischo Sudsee vii), 1881, p. 227, pi. cxxv, 
fig. A (Samoa) ; copied by Lydekker, Boy. Nat. Hist, v, 1896, p. 418 & fig. 
? Pomacentrus scolopsis Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales ii, 1878, p. 361 (Port Darwin). 
Pomacentrus subniger De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales ix, 4, March 4, 1885, p. 873. Cardwell, 
Queensland. Holotype in Qld. Mus. examined. 
Pomacentrus nigricans Jordan & Seale, Bull. XT. S. Bur. Fish, xxv, 1906, p. 281. Id. McCulloch 
& Whitley, Mem. Qld. Mus. viii, 1925, p. 166. Ex De Vis. Id. Fowler & Bean, XT. S. 
Nat. Mus. Bull. 100, vol. vii, 1928, p. 118. 
R e-description of Pomacentrus subniger De Vis. 
D.xii/16; A.ii/13 ; P.17; V.i/5 ; C.15. Sc.26 (De Vis’ ££ Lat. 34” is 
evidently an error). L.tr. 3/1/8 ; 19 tubes on L.lat. plus about 8 punctured scales 
on caudal peduncle. 
Head (29 mm.) 3-2 in length to hypural joint (93). Depth of body (45) 2*06, 
and depth of caudal peduncle (15) 6*18 in same. Eye (9) 3-2, interorbital (8) 3*6, 
preorbital (6) 4-8 in head. 
Head scaly except for chin, mouth, and anterior part of preorbital. Two 
and a-half rows of scales on cheeks. No preorbital notch. Suborbital and 
preoperculum strongly and regularly denticulated, other opercles entire. A 
concealed opercular spine. Interorbital slightly convex. Maxillary almost reaching 
vertical of anterior margin of eye. A single series of compressed incisors in 
each jaw. 
Body compressed, covered with large scales which extend onto all the fins 
except the ventrals. Lateral line scales with notched margins and small tubes. 
Dorsal originating immediately over the ventral spines and terminating slightly 
behind the anal. The spines are long, but not so high as the longest rays of the soft 
portion of the fin. Anal spines strong, soft portion of fin apparently similar to that 
of dorsal, but with a shorter base. Pectorals rounded, upper rays longest. Ventrals 
reaching vent when adpressed. Caudal bilobed. 
Colour, after long preservation in formalin, fairly uniform olive brownish ; 
fins lighter ; a small spot at end of soft dorsal. De Vis stated ££ Colour murky black. 
Scales with some obscure pearly markings.” 
Described from the holotype of Pomacentrus subniger De Vis, a specimen 
93 mm. long from snout to hypural joint. (Qld. Mus. Regd. No. I. 11/80.) 
Locality. — Cardwell, North Queensland ; collected by Kendall Broadbent. 
Remarks. — In July 1917, the late A. R. McCulloch made the following MS. 
note : — ££ The type of P. subniger De Vis is preserved in the Qld. Mus. . . . Ogilby 
identifies it with P. nigricans Lacep., of which P. scolopsis as figured by Gunther, 
