1. AMl-niPKION. 9 



rounded. The height of the body is one-half of the total Icngtli (the 

 caudal fin not included). 



Total length 3^ inches. 



Port Essington. 



a-g. Port Essington. From the Haslar Collection. 

 7*. Port Essington. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 

 ?. South Australia. 



This fish is, perhaps, identical with a very imperfectly known 

 Japanese species ; it has been called Amphiprlon frenatm. A 

 thoroughly incorrect figure may bo seen in the ' Narrative of an Expedi- 

 tion of an American Squadron to the China Seas and to Japan,' pi. 6. 

 fig. 4, where (p. 2(J3) the colours are stated to be a rich dark-violet, 

 pale-red below ; an ultramarine-blue stripe from the base of the first 

 dorsal spine, obhquely forwards below the eye and over the pra3- 

 opercle, terminating near the throat ; dorsal spines twelve. 



Mr. Gill mentions this A. fmiutus in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 

 18G0, p. 148. The coloui- of the preserved specimens was tawny; 

 the oblique band behind the eye purplish-white, edged with black. 

 Dorsal spines nine. 



14. AmpMprion rosenbergii. 



Bkeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. vi. Niemo-Guinea, p. 10. 

 D 1^ A ^ 



Body and fins yeUomsh-orange-coloured ; a broad white band 

 round the whole head, behind the eye. Prajoperculum slightly, 

 praeorbital not denticidated. The middle dorsal spines are the 

 longest; caudal obtusely rounded. The height of the body is 

 rather less than one-half of the total length (the caudal fin not in- 

 cluded). 



Coast of Doreh (New Guinea). 



15. Amphiprion perideraion. 



Bkeker, Groot Oby, p. 437. 



D.i^. A.^. L.lat.55. 



Orange-coloured, each scale with a bluish dot ; a blue line com- 

 mences on the middle of the forehead and runs along the base of 

 the dorsal fin to the back of the tail ; a narrow vertical pearl-co- 

 loured band on the opercles, edged with brown. Dorsal fin Avith a 

 distinct notch and with the spines of moderate lengtli and strength, 

 the third, fourth and fifth being the longest ; caudal fin subtrun- 

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

 caudal fin not included). 



Seas of Groot Oby and Amboyna. 



rt. Fine specimen. Amboyna. Pui'chased of Mr. Frank. 



