bands are indicated more backward and in different arrange- 
ment from those of our largest example: , 
Abudefduf septemfasciatus (Cuvier). Pay 27 / ; 
V 
Head 2 2/3 to 3; depth 1 7/8 to 1 9/10; D. ALLL, TGs 
A. II, 12 or 13; 20 or 21 tunes in upper arch of lateral line, 
and 6 to 8 poresiin horizontal siehide <6 caudal base; 3 or 4 
scales above lateral line to spinous dorsal Origin, 3 to soft 
dorsal origin, 12 below to spinous anal origin; 15 or 16 pre- 
dorsal scales; snout 3 to 3 1/2 in head; eye 2 3/4 to 3 7/83 
maxillary 3; interorbital 2 2/3 to 3, 
Body rather elongately ovoid, compressed; caudal peduncle 
langth 2 to 2 1/2 its least depth and latter <2 in head. Head 
width 1 3/5 to 2 in its length, Snout convex, width 3/4 to 
4/5 its length. Eye with hind edge nearly midway in head 
length, slightly backward in rieune: Mouth small, jaws about 
even or lower slightly shorter, Maxillary to or slightly 
beyond nostril, but only in young reaches eye; expansion 2 in 
eye, 3 in young, Teeth uniserial, compressed incisors, in 
medium examples bifid and in young trifid. Lips moderate, 
larger with ace. Nostril at last fifth in snout, slightly 
more advanced in young. Interorbital convex. Preopercle | 
and preorbital edges entire, 
Rakers 5 to 8T13 to 15, ii, lanceolate, 7/8 of filaménts, 
