8 POMACENXKIDiE. 



10. Amphiprion bicinctus. 



Riipp. AtL Fische, p. 139. taf. 35. fig. 1 ; Ckiv. Sf Val. ix. p. 505. 



B. 5. D. f^. A. ^. L. lat. 58. L. transv. 8/20. 



Brown, with two white cross-bands, one across the head and neck, 

 the other across the middle of the body ; the soft dorsal is greenish, 

 the others yeUow, the ventral having the outer margin brown. 

 Caudal fin emarginate, sometimes with the upper lobe produced. 

 Dorsal fin scarcely notched, with the spines of moderate strength and 

 length. The height of the body is one-half or a little more than 

 one-half of the total length (the caudal fin not included) . 



Red Sea. 



a, b-c. Adult. Red Sea. Collected and presented by Dr. E. Riippell. 



11. Amphiprion chrysopterus. 

 Cuv.^- hal. V. p. 401. 



Black, with two pearl-coloured cross-bands ; anterior part of the 

 head, thorax and fins orange-coloured ; the caiidal fin alone is red- 

 dish-grey and has the lobes somewhat prolonged. 



Hab. ? 



This fish is known from a figure only, and is closely alUed to A. bi- 

 cinctus. 



12. Amphiprion melanopus. 



Bleeker, Amboina, ii. p. 561. 



D. 12. A. :^. L. lat. 48-50. L. transv. 5/18. 



Brownish-black, lighter anteriorly, with a pearl- coloiu-ed band 

 from the neck to the opercles ; tail yellow posteriorly ; ventral and 

 anal fins black ; dorsal, caudal and pectoral fins yeUow. Dorsal 

 spines moderately strong. The height of the body is one-half of the 

 total length (the caudal fin not included). 



Sea of Ambopia. 



a-b. Fine specimens. Amboyna. Piu-chascd of Mr. Frank. 



13. Amphiprion tricolor. 



^- 1^- ^- n^n- ^- ^^^- ^^- ^- transv. 7/19. 

 Blackish-brown : thorax, all the lower parts and the free portion 

 of the tail duU-orange-coloured ; a pearl-coloured band, edged with 

 black, from the nape of the neck across the opercles. Ventral, 

 anal and caudal dull-orange-coloured, the two former edged with 

 black — the ventral exteriorly, the anal inferiorly. Prseorbital and 

 pra^operculum strongly serrated. The dorsal fin is nearly even, the 

 middle and posterior spines having about the same length. Caudal 



