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CIRRHITIDAE 
Cirrhitus alternatus Gill 
1 spec., 72 mm., 1951; 1 spec., 119 mm., 
Brock, 1948. As Cirrhitus maculatus, Fowler 
and Ball, 1925, 1 spec. 
These specimens are dealt with in section 2. 
Paracirrhites bimacula (Jenkins) 
13 specs., 28-60 mm., 1951. 
CARANGIDAE 
Carangoides ferdau jordani Nichols 
1 spec., 318 mm., 1951. Halstead and 
Bunker, 1954, 5 specs. 
Teeth in bands in both jaws; breast naked; 
depth of body about 2.8 in standard length; 
anal soft rays 25; 20 gill rakers on lower 
portion of first arch (cf., Woods, in Schultz, 
etal ., 1953: 505). 
*Caranx ascensionis (Osbeck) 
Fowler and Ball, 1925, 4 specs. 
*Caranx dasson Jordan and Snyder 
Fowler and Ball, 1925, 1 spec. 
*Caranx gymnostethoides (Bleeker) 
Smith and Swain, 1882, 1 spec. 
*Caranx lugubris Poey 
Halstead and Bunker, 1954, 5 specs. 
*Caranx melampygus Cuvier 
Halstead and Bunker, 1954, 4 specs. 
*Scomberoides sancti-petri (Cuvier) 
Smith and Swain, 1882, 1 spec.; Fowler and 
Ball, 1925, 2 specs. 
Trachurops crumenophthalmus (Bloch) 
1 spec., 286 mm., 1951; 4 specs., 121-128 
mm., Francis, 1948; 2 specs., 173 and 177 
mm., Schaefer, 1948. 
Shoulder girdle deeply furrowed. 
POMACENTRIDAE 
Abudefduf imparipennis (Vaillant and 
Sauvage) 
20 specs., 33-50 mm., 1951. Fowler and 
Ball, 1925,- 4 specs. 
Preopercle smooth; teeth flattened at tips; 
dorsal XII, 15; color plain yellowish green; 
upper base of pectoral pale. 
Abudefduf phoenixensis Schultz 
2 specs., 50-51 mm., 1951. As Abudefduf 
alhofasciatus , Fowler and Ball, 1925, 2 specs. 
Preopercle smooth; teeth somewhat flat- 
tened at tips; dorsal XII, 18; anal II, 13; 
caudal peduncle encircled by a black band, 
followed abruptly by white on the remainder 
of the caudal peduncle and tail; a round black 
spot on the soft dorsal. 
*Abudefduf sordidus (Forskal) 
Fowler and Ball, 1925, 8 specs.; Halstead 
and Bunker, 1954, 7 specs. 
Chromis leucurus Gilbert 
2 specs., 61 and 65 mm., 1951; 1 spec., 68 
mm., Brock, 1948. As Chromis dimidiatus , 
Fowler and Ball, 1925, 1 spec., 64 mm., this 
specimen reexamined. 
This species is described herewith. 
After much vacillation, these plain brown- 
bodied specimens with a black blotch at the 
pectoral base are here identified as a color 
TABLE 2 
Certain Counts for Two Forms of Chromis leucurus 
FORM 
LATERAL 
LINE 
SCALES 
TOTAL 
GILL RAKERS 
SOFT 
DORSAL 
RAYS 
SOFT ANAL 
RAYS 
PECTORAL 
RAYS 
15 
16 
17 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
12 
13 
14 
12 
13 
14 
16 
17 
18 
Black and white 
2 
3 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 
14 
2 
2 
12 
4 
1 
4 
Plain brown 
3 
2 
1 
1 
2 
2 
8 
1 
7 
1 
2 
2 
