Pomacentrus albofasciatus Schlegel, 
Head 24 to 3; depth 2 to 2 1/5; D. XII, once XI, 15, 
often 16, seldom 15, 14: or 17; A. II, 12, often 13, rarely 14; 
scales 19 or 20 in upper arch of lateral line; pores 8 or 9 
in straight section; 3 scales above lateral lJine to spinous 
dorsal iy fel, 2 to soft dorsal origin; 9 below to spinous 
anal origin; 25 to 27 predorsal scales; snout 3 to 3¢ in head; 
eye 3 to 3 1/5; maxillary 3 1/3 to 3%; interorbital 33 to 32. 
Body elongately ovoid, compressed, front profile rather 
steep; caudal peduncle length 1 2/3 to 2 in last depth, 
latter 2 to 21/8 in head, Head width 1 2/3 to 1 4/5 its 
length, Snout conic, length 3/4 to 5/6 its width, Eye 
elevated, hind edge midway to jittle backwerd in head length, 
Mouth moderate, cleft horizontal, jaws about even, Maxillery 
to eye or pupil; expansion 2 to 3 in eye. Teeth uniserial, 
compressed incisors in jaws; inside upper teeth in vomerine 
region on front face of inner buccal fold cluster of small 
papillae about half size of pupil. Nostril small pore about 
last third in snout. Interorbital broadly convex, Hind pre- 
orbital and preopercle edges coarsely denticulate, 
Rakers 160+12, lanceolate, 1% in filaments, which 1 7/8 
in eye. Scales in longitudinal rows, upper parallel with 
lateral line, all converge behind; small scales over fins basally; 
mugzle, including maxillary, lips and preorbital, naked to 
nostrils; rows of scales on suborbitals and 3 rows on cheek 
