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dorsal spine A. zanthurus ^* Cuvier and Valenciennes 



11&. First two pale bars narrow, second usually narrower than first, 

 the latter 3 to 4.5 scales wide and the first 3 to 6 scales wide 

 at level of lateral line; caudal peduncle blackish, without 

 third pale bar on adults, sometimes pale bar is present on 

 young; dark color of caudal peduncle gradually fading into 

 pale color of caudal fin; spiny dorsal pale to dusky, soft 

 dorsal pale; anal fin pale; pectoral pale; pelvics pale, except 

 anterior edge black; second from last dorsal spine contained 

 from 1.0 to 1.2 times in longest dorsal spine. 



A. bicinctus Riippell 

 10b. First pale bar usually present on head, about 4 to 6 scales wide at 

 level of lateral line; second pale bar lacking, except sometimes 

 on small young specimens. 

 12a. Anal fin pale or partly pale; pelvics with some pale area. 



13o. Anal fin pale, except distally edged with fine black line; pelvics 

 pale, except anterior edge black; breast pale; dorsal 

 spines X, soft dorsal rays usually 17; plate SO,A,C. 



A. ephippium 25 (Bloch) 

 136. Anal fin pale or distally pale with basal half (or less) dusky 

 to blackish; pelvics pale distally and blackish ventrally, 

 or inner rays pale and outer rays broadly blackish, except 

 distal tips, which are pale; dorsal spines IX or X (more 

 often IX than X), soft dorsal rays usually 17 or 18. 



A. f renatus ^^ Brevoort 

 126. Anal and pelvic fins black, no pale areas anywhere; dorsal 

 spines X, soft dorsal rays usually 17. 



A. melanopus Bleeker 



'* Amphiprion lanthriTus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire natiirelle des poissons, vol. 5, p. 402, 1830 

 (■type locality, He de France).— Sehultz, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 103, p. 198, pi. 9,0, 19i53. 

 Amphiprion darckii Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 9, p. 504, 1833 (amended 



spelling on Bennett). 

 Anthias darkii Bennett, Fishes found upon the Coast of Ceylon. Ed. 2, p. 29. pi. 29, 1834 (type locality 



Ceylon). 

 Spams milii Bory de St. Vincent, Dlctionnalre classique d'histoire naturelle, vol. 17, p. 130, pi. 113, fig. 2, 



1831 (type locality, China Sea). 

 Prochilus polymnus (non Linnaeus) Bleeker, Atlas ichthyologlque . . ., vol. 9, pi. 400, figs. 7, 8, 1878. 

 Anthias polymna (non Linnaeus) Bloch, Naturgeschlchte der auslandlschen Fische, vol. 9, p. 89, pi. 31fi, 



fig. 1, 1792. 

 Amphiprion bicindus (non Riippell) Aoyagi, Coral fishes, Tokyo, pi. 37, fig. 1, 1943 (Kumanoml); Biogeog- 



raphica. Trans. Biogeogr. Soc. Japan, vol. 4, No. 1, p. 169, pi. 9, fig. 1, 1941 (Japan). 

 Amphiprion polymnus (non Linnaeus) Okada and Ikeda, Biogeographica, Trans. Biogeogr. Soc. Japan, 



vol. 3, No. 2, p. 204, fig. 30, 1939 (Riu Kiu Islands).— Montalban, Bur. Sci. Manila Monog. 24, p. 10, 



pi. 1, fig. 1, 1928 (Philippine Islands). 

 Amphiprion chrysopterus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hlstoiie naturelle des poissons, vol. 5, p. 401, 1830 (no 



locality given). 

 Amphiprion japonicus Temmlnck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Pisces, p. 66, 1843 (type locality, Japan). 

 Amphiprion chrysargyrus Richardson, Rep. Fifteenth Meet. British Assoc. Adv. Sci., vol. 15, p. 254, 1846 



(type locality. Seas of China and Japan). 

 Amphiprion boholensis Cartier, Verb. Phys.-Med. Ges. Wiirzburg, new ser., vol. 5, p. 96, 1874 (type locality, 



Bohol). 

 Amphiprion melanostolus Richardson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 9, p. 390, 1842 (type locality, Depuch 



Island) . 

 Amphiprion snyderi Ishikawa, Proc. Nat. Hist. Dep. Tokyo Imp. Mus., vol. 1, No. 1, p. 11, pi. 5, 1904 (type 



locality, Benin Island). 



