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Amphiprion papuensis Macleay, Proc. Linnean Soc. New South Wales, vol. 8, 

 no. 2, p. 271, 18S3 (type locality, New Guinea). — Whitley, Mem. Queens- 

 land Mus., vol. 9, pt. 3, p. 210, pi. 27, fig. 1, 1929 (on holotype). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Arno Atoll: 1 lot, 1 specimen, 16 mm. in standard length. 



Description. — See table 84 for fin ray counts. 



Color in alcohol. — This species is close to A. xanihurus but differs 

 in having the second white bar continue to the distal edge of the 

 dorsal fin, whereas in A. xanthurus the second white bar is interrupted 

 by a blackish or brownish distal edge on the dorsal fin. 



Remarks. As a result of his study of additional specimens of 

 Amphiprion, and his study of the figui-e of A. papuensis by Whitley 

 (1929), Schultz removes that species from the synonymy of A. 

 bicinctus and now places it as a synonym of A. sebae. 



In addition to those listed in his review the following were examined 

 in the British Museum: BM 1844.2.21.54, Sumatra; BM 

 1887.11.11.265, Muscat, Ai-a,bia; BM 1888.11.6.34-35, East Coast of 

 Madras; BM 1901.12.31.80, Maldives. 



AMPHIPRION BICINCTUS RiippeU 



Plate 79, C 



Amphiprion bicinctus RtJppELL, Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Afrika . . . 

 Fische des Rothen Meers, p. 139, pi. 3.5, fig. 1, 1828 (type locahty. Red 

 Sea; 3 types examined BM 1845.10.29.89; and BM 1860.11.9.78-9).— 

 Schultz, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 103, p. 199, pi. 10,A, 1953. 



Amphiprion arion Db Vis, Proc. Linnean Soc. New South Wales, vol. 8, p. 450, 

 1884 (type locality, South Seas). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 

 Bikini Atoll: 4 stations, 4 specimens, 25 to 99 mm. in standard length. 



Description. — Dorsal fin rays X,16 or 17; anal 11,14; pectoral ii,16 

 to 18; scale rows from upper edge of gill opening to base of middle 

 caudal rays 52 to 55, with 6 or 7 between dorsal base and lateral line, 

 17 to 23 between lateral line and origin of anal; gill rakers on first 

 arch, 7 + 1 + 13, total 21. 



Depth of body 1.83 to 1.94; head 2.84 to 3.36; both in standard 

 length. Snout 3.18 to 3.6; eye 2.81 to 3.43; preorbital width 6.57 

 to 10; length of upper jaw 2.68 to 3.21; postorbital part of head 2.09 

 to 2.88; interorbital width 2.58 to 3.21; depth of caudal pedimcle 

 1.8 to 2.0; length of pectoral fin 1.1 to 1.17, of pelvic fin 1.1 to 1.3, 

 of third dorsal spine 1.97 to 2.42, of upper caudal rays 0.78 to 0.96; 

 all in length of head (tip of snout to tip of longest opercular spines). 



