82 Direclor' s Annual Repoii. 



on the sub-opercle. Fius: \"eutrals and anal black. Pedlorals, 

 caudal peduncle and fin yellow. The spinous dorsal is dusky, the 

 soft dorsal is light yellow. The posterior of caudal and anal is 

 rounded; the posterior of dorsal forms an acute angle. The inter- 

 orbital space is about twice as wide as eye. The opercles are all 

 distincflly toothed and ridged on their posterior parts. Fovir speci- 

 mens, 3-4.50 inches in length, were secured inside the reef, Agafia, 

 Guam, June 14, 1900. Hob. vSea of Amboyna, Polynesia, Mari- 

 anas. 



119. Amphyprion bicinctus Riipp. 



Head 3.50; depth 2; eye 3 into length of head and less than 

 length of snout; D. x, 16; A. 11, 14. Scales about 7-44-20. Color: 

 Blackish brown, with two china-white cross bands — blue in life; 

 the first is of equal width with ej-e and extends over the neck verti- 

 cally down to lower edge of opercle, the other extends vertically 

 down from the eighth -ninth dorsal spine to the anal opening. 

 Anterior part of head, thorax and fins orange. Fins: Posterior of 

 anal and dorsal fins form acute angles. The caudal is emarginate, 

 the upper lobe produced. Pectorals long, reaching to second white 

 band. Teeth: In single series, small, conical. Opercle and pre- 

 orbital armed with teeth, those on the opercle and sub-opercle being 

 almost as long as width of pupil. One specimen secured at Agaiia, 

 Guam, July 14, 1900. Length 3 inches. Hah. Red Sea, Poly- 

 nesia. Marianas. 



Genus ABUDEFDUF Forskal. 

 120. Abudefduf septemfasciatus Cuv. & Val. 



Head 3.20; depth 1.86; eye 3.86; interorbital 2.50; D. xiii 12; 

 A. II 11; V.I 5. Scales 3-22-11. Body oblong, compres.sed and 

 elevated. Snout 2.50 into head. A small e3^elid on upper anterior 

 part of eye. Preoperculum not denticulate. Teeth fixed, com- 

 pressed, in a single series. Fins: Vertical fins scaled. The cau- 

 dal well forked, the upper lobe the longest. Length of longest 

 dorsal ra}' 1.20 into head, length of longest dorsal spine 1.66 into 

 head. Pedlorals equal to length of ventrals, slightly longer than 

 head. Anal rounded, the longest ray equal to longest ray of dorsal; 

 the base is 2.66 times into base of dorsal. A small flat spine from 

 posterior margin of opercle. Color in spirits: Ground color of 

 silvery gra3'ish , with seven brownish cross bands which are broader 

 than the interspaces; first, rather indistinct from occiput to pre- 

 operculum; second, from nape and anterior base of dorsal to pec- 

 toral; third, fourth, fifth and sixth extend from the dorsal fin; the 

 seventh from a band on the caudal peduncle direcftly behind the 

 dorsal and anal fins. Fins dusky, except the pecftorals which are 

 whiti.sh with a black spot on upper base. Upper part and sides of 



