1. AMPHIPKION. 5 



duced superiorly towards the hinder angle of the soft dorsal fin ; the 

 free portion of the tail and the caudal yeUow ; muzzle light-brownish ; 

 pectoral blackish, the other fins black ; anal edged with white. The 

 dorsal fin is deeply notched and has its spines stout and short. The 

 height of the body is rather less than one-half of the total length 

 (the caudal fin not included). 

 Seas of Batavia and Sumatra. 



a. Fine specimen. Sumatra. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



5. Ampliiprion clarkii. 



Anthias clarkii, Benn. Fish. Ceyl. pi. 29. 



Amphiprion clarkii, Cui\ Sf Val, ix. p. 504 ; Peters in Wiegnif. Arch. 



1855, p. 265. 



japonicus, Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 66. 



chrysargurus, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 254. 



xanthurus, BleeJc. Amboina, ii. p.. 560 (not Cuv. 8f Val.). 



? Amphiprion polymnus, Steindachner, Verhandl. Zool. Bot. GeseUsch. 



Wien, 1861, p. 79. 



B. 5. D. }J. A. ^. L. lat. 55. L. transv. 6/19. 



Ground-colour brown or black, with three pearl-coloured cross- 

 bands, the last round the tail ; thorax and chin, pectoral, ventrtil and 

 caudal fins yeUow; dorsal fin black. The dorsal fin is scarcHy 

 notched and has the spines stout and short. The height of the body 

 is rather less than one-half of the total length (caudal not included) ; 

 the caudal fin is emarginate. 



From the coast of Mozambique to China. 



Var. a. Anal fin yellowish, with blackish margin. 



a, h. Fine specimens. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



c. Fine specimen. Singapore. 



d. Half-grown. Mozambique. From Prof. Peters's Collection. ' 



e. Adult. China. Presented by F. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 /. Adult. China. 



g, h, i, Jc. Adult, half-grown, and young. 



\ ar. /3. Anal fin black. 



I. Adult. China. Presented by F. R. Reeves, Esq. 

 m. Adult : stufied. China. Presented by F. R. Reeves, Esq. — Type 

 of A. chrysargyrus. 



6. Amphiprion xanthurus. 



Cuv. ^ Val. V. p. 402; Bleek. Batav. p. 480 (not Amboina, ii. p. 500). 

 D, J^. A. ,4. L. lat. 50. 



IS 14 



Scarcely different from A. clarkii. 



Black, with three broad pearl-coloured cross-bands, the middle of 

 which is not produced on to the upper margin of the soft dorsal. 



