1. AMPniPRION. 7 



Lutjanus percula, Lac&p. iv. pp. 239, 248, 



Amphipriou percula, Cuv. 4- Val. v. p. 397 ; Bleek. Amb, Sf Cer. p. 287 ; 



Schleg. Overz. Amphipr, ^-c. in Verhand. Nat. Gcsch. Nederl. Overs. 



Bezitt. p. 19 ; Steindachner, Verhandl, Zool, Bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 



1801, p. 78. 

 tunicatus, Cue. l^- Val. v. p. 399. pi. 132. fig. 2 : Less. Voy. Cuou. 



Zool. Poks. p. 192. pi. 25. fig. 3. 



ocellaris, Cin: 4' Val. v. p. 399. 



melanurus, Cm: 4'" Val. v. p. 400. 



D. 1^. A. ^. L. lat. 55. L. transv. 7/23. 



Ground-colour light-brown or brown, with three broad white cross- 

 bands, edged with black : the anterior is curved and encircles com- 

 pletely the hind part of the head, its convexity being directed back- 

 wards ; the middle descends from the notch of the dorsal fin to the 

 vent, and is angularly produced on the middle of the side ; the pos- 

 terior round the free part of the tail : fins with a black and white 

 margin. The dorsal spines are moderately strong and long ; the 

 posterior ones, however, are much shorter than those on the middle, 

 there being a deep notch between the spinous and the soft dorsal fin. 

 The height of the body is two-fifths of the total length (the caudal 

 not included). 



From the seas of China to those of Australia. 



Var. a. Ground-coloui" light-brown ; the fins are nearly white 

 within the black edges. (^A. polymnus, var., Bl.) 



Or-h. Fine specimens. China Sea. Presented by Vice-Admiral Sir 



E. Belcher, C.B. 

 c-f. Fine specimens. Sumatra. From the Collection of Sir T. S. 



Raffles. 



Var. j3. Ground- coloiu" brown ; the vertical fins are of the same 

 colour as the body, within the black edge. {A. melanurus, C. & V. ; 

 A. ocdlaris, C. & V.) 



g-h. Fine specimens. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



i. Half-grown. Sumatra. From the Collection of Sir T. S. Raffles, 

 — Tji^e of A. melanurus. 



k. Half-gro\vn. Sumatra, From the Collection of Sir T. S. Raffles, 

 — Type of A. oceUaris. — The large whitish ocellus, on account 

 of which Cuvier, relj-ing on the examination of Valenciennes, 

 has created this nominal species, is a mark produced by the 

 chemical action of some fluid, and %'isible only on one side of 

 the fin. 



Var. y. Ground-colour brown ; between the two anterior bands 

 blackish-brown : A. iunicaius. 



Var, S. Ground-colom- dark-brown, the black edges of the cross- 

 bands and fins being rather indistinct. 



?, m-p. Adult, half-grown, and young. 



