1. AMPHIPRION. 7 



Lutjanus percula, Lac^. iv. pp. 239, 248. 



Ampliiprion percula, Ctiv. <§" Val, v. p. 397 ; Bleek. Amh. 8f Ce>\ p. 287 ; 



Schley. Overz. Amphipr. ^c, in Verhand. Nat. Gcsch. Nederl, Overz. 



Bezitt. p. 19 ; Steindachner, Verhandl. Zuol. Bot. Geselkch, Wien, 



18G1, p. 78. 

 tumcatus, Cuv. 8f Val. v. p. 399. pi. 132. fig. 2 ; Less, Toy. Coqu. 



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



ocellaris, Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 399. 



melanurus, Cuv. Sf Val, v. p. 400. 



D.n 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 doisal 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-colour 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. 



Rafiles. 



Var. /3. Ground-colour brown ; the vertical fins are of the same 

 colour as the body, within the black edge. (A, melanurus, C. <fe V. ; 

 A. ocellaris, C. & V.) 



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



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

 — Type of ^. melanurus. 



Ic. Half-grown. Sumatra. From the Collection of Sir T. S. Rafiles. 

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

 of which Cuvier, relying on the examination of Valenciennes, 

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

 chemical action of some fluid, and visible only on one side of 

 the fin, 



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

 blackish-brown : A. iunicatus. 



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

 bands and fins being rather indistinct. 



I, m-jt). Adult, half-grown, and young. 



