378 ACANTHOPTERTGII. 



5. Amflufirion joercula, D. ifrH, A. —''r^, L. 1. 60-60, L. tr. 7-8/21-23. Yellow, with three white, 

 black-edgod cross bands. Pectoral and caudal j'ellow, with a white edge having a black base. Seas of India 

 to the Malay Arcliipelago and beyond. 



6. Amphiprioti hifaseiatum, D. y-j-Vs", A. Tir^Ta-, L. 1. 50-5.5, L. tr. 6/19. Dark, with two milk-white cross 

 bands. Caudal with a white upper and lower edge. Andamans to the ilalay Archipelago and beyond. 



7. Ampliq^wn akalhqnsus, D. -j^f-Vg-, A. t/t*'' ^- ■'• ^*^' ^- *'"• 6/24. Orange, with a blue band from the 

 snout to the dorsal fin : scales on body with a light spot. Andamans to the Malay Archipelago. 



1. Amphiprion ephippium, Plate LXXX, fig. 1. 



Lutjanus eijMppitmi, Bl. iv, p. 121, t. 201, fig. 2 ; Lacep. iv, pp. 229, 230. 



Amphijm'rm ephippium, Bl. Schn. p. 200 ; Cuv. and Val. v, p. 386 ; Schleg. Overz. Amp. &c. Verh. Nat. 

 Gen. Overz. Bezitt. p. 18; Bleeker, Batoe, p. 321 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 10 ; Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 695. 



C'oracinus insignitus, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 57. 



B. V, D. ia:H, P- 19, V. 1/5, A. t^'^^, C. 15, L, 1. 50-55, L. tr. 7/18, Ckc. pyl. 2. 



Length of head ?A to 3J, of caudal 5^ to 5^, height of body 2^ to 25 in the total length. Eyes— 

 diameter l/-i of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, and \\ apart. The maxilla reaches to below the 

 first third of the eye. Preopercle serrated, suborbital ring of bones, opercle and sub-o])ercle denticulated. 

 Fins — dorsal spines of moderate strength, and nearly as high as the rays, there being no notch between the 

 two portions : caudal more rounded in the immature than in the adult. Lateral-line — the tubular portion ceases 

 after passing along about 36 scales, reappearing some rows lower down in the form of a round hole in each 

 scale. Colours — of a dull yellow, with a dark blotch on the side which runs into the general colour, the outer 

 edge of the ventral brown. 



Habitat. — Andamans and Nicobars, to the Malay Archipelago and Australia. The specimen, figured 

 life-size, was brought from the Nicobars by the late Dr. Stoliczka. 



2. Amphiprion frenatus, Plate LXXX, fig. 2. 



Brevoort, Amer. Exp. to China and Japan, p. 2G3, pi. vi, f. 4 ; GUI, Proc. Acad. Xat. Sc. Phil. 1800, 

 p. 148. 



Ampltipn-ion tricolor, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 8; CasteLaau, P, Z. S. Yict. ii, p. 92. 



B. V, D. \%IW, P. 19, V. 1/5, A. i^^T^, C. 15, L. 1. 50-55, L. tr. 7/18. 



The proportions are as in the last species (A. epliippimn). Colours — of a brownish orange hue, 

 becoming lightest on the abdomen and free portion of the tail : a blackish blotch descends from below the last 

 five dorsal spines and first few rays to the middle of the sides. A pearl coloured or bluish band of varying 

 width passes from the nape over the oporcles : ventrals externally blackish. 



Although I have placed this fish as distinct from A. ephppium, it seems not unlikely that it is 

 merely a variety. Amongst the fishes I took at the Andamans were several of the young having the white 

 ocular band, whilst all the adults were without it, being A. epliippium. Since then I have seen several adults 

 with the light band, but I am not sure whether such may not be the livery of the immature retained 

 in the adult stage. 



Uahitat. — Madagascar, Andamans, to the Malay Archipelago, Australia, &c. 



3. Amphiprion Sebae, Plate LXXX, fig. 3. 



Seba, iii, p. 70, t. 26, f. 24. 



Arnphiprion Sebw, Bleeker, Batav. p. 478 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 4. 



B. V, D. if-.H, P- 20, V. 1/5, A. T^\^, C. 15, L. 1. 50-55, L. tr. 6/18. 



Length of head 4 to 4i, of caudal 5^, height of body 2f to 3 in the total length. Eyes — diameter 3^ 

 in length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, and also apart. The maxilla reaches to below the 

 front third of the eye. Suborbital ring of bones and preopercle serrated : opercle and sub-opercle denticulated. 

 Fins — dorsal spines of moderate strength, increasing in length to the fourth, which equals about 1/3 of 

 the length of the head, posteriorly they decrease so that the fin is deeply notched, soft dorsal 1/3 higher than 

 the spinous. Caudal cut square, or rather emarginate in the adult. Lateral-Hue — interrupted after about 

 the thirty-eighth scale. Colours — brownish-black, with two milk-white cross bands, the anterior goes 

 fi'om over the nape to the sub-opercle, touching the orbit anteriorly and covering most of the opercle posteriorly. 

 The second band goes from the three last dorsal spines and four first rays, ending inferiorly a little in 

 front of the vent, superiorly it covers the upper third of the soft dorsal fin : end of free portion of the tail and 

 caudal fin canary-yellow. A young specimen 3/4 of an inch in length had the snout, muzzle, and chest dull 

 yeUow, pectoral greenish, its base black. 



Hahitat. — Andamans to the Malay Archipelago. The specimen figured (life-size) was taken at the 

 Andamans ; both it and another of equal size captured at the same time had D. \\. 



4. Amphiprion Clarkii. 



? Antliias polymnns, Bloch. t. ccexvn, f. 1. ^ 



Aiithias Clarkii, Bennett, Fish. Ceylon, p. 29, pi. 29. 



