PSEUDOCHROMIDAE, 
Pseudochromis mélanotaenia Bleeker, 
Head 3 1/5; depth 4; D, III, 21; A. II, 12; scales 20 in 
flat upper section of lateral line, 6 in lower horizontal seec- 
tion to caudal base and 2 more on jatter; snout 4 1/5 in head 
from upper jaw tip; eye 3g; maxillary 3; interorbital 2 in eye; 
head width 2 2/5 in its total length. Snout conte, length 2/3 
its width Eye much greater than snout, impinging on upper pro- 
file of head, Maxillary to eye center. Each of 6 forward teeth 
in jaws little enlarged. No hind canines. Interorbite] convex, 
Rakers 2 10, lanceolate, weak, little less than filaments, which 
« in eye. Scales with 8 to 10 radiating basal Striae; apical dene 
ticles about OO. Color in alcohol dark brown. Dorsalg blackish- 
brown basally, contrasted with entire broad whitish margins of 
both fins, Caudal pale to whitish, with oblique blackish-brown 
Streak from beginning of each lobe, Sloping little medially 
behind to leave rather broad whitish borders at corners, Length 
o6 mm, Balabae Passage, 
