230 PEECY SLADEN TEUST EXPEDITION, 



68. Pomacentrns punctatiis, Quoy & Gaiin, 



Maldives, Suvadiva, 43 fathoms, and Haddumati, 40 fathoms. 



69. Ampliiprion sehce, Blkr. 



Maldives, S. Nilandu, 30 fathoms, and N. Male, 35 fathoms. 



70. Amphiprion nigripes, sp. n. (Plate 24. fig. 2.) 



Depth of body 2j in the length, length of head 3^. Snout a little shorter than eye, 

 the diameter of which is 3f in the length of head and nearly equal to the interorbital 

 width. Maxillary scarcely reaching the vertical from anterior margin of eye. Cheek 

 with 5 series of scales. 12 gill-rakers on the lower part of anterior arch. 55 scales in 

 a longitudinal series. Dorsal X 17 ; third, fourth, and fifth spines the longest, a little 

 more than \ the length of head, considerably shorter than the longest soft rays. 

 Anal II 14. Caudal subtruncate. Pectoral nearly as long as the head ; ventrals shorter, 

 not reacliing the anal. Caudal peduncle as long as deep. Brownish; a faint narrow 

 whitish A^ertical stripe from nape to suboperculum, just behind the posterior edge of 

 prseoperculum ; dorsal, caudal, and pectorals pale ; ventrals and anal blackish. 



Maldives. 



A single specimen, 75 mm. in total length. 



Allied to A. melanopus, Blkr., and A. j)erideraion, Blkr., especially to the latter, 

 which differs markedly in coloration and has the eye smaller (diameter 3f in the length 

 of head and 1^ in the interorbital Avidth in specimens of 65 mm.) and the caudal 

 peduncle a little deeper than long. 



71. Gly2^hidodon ccelestinus, C. & V. 

 Seychelles Group, Praslin. 



72. Glyphidodon florulenttis, Gihx. 

 Seychelles Group, Coetivy. 



Labrid£e. 



73. Labroides dimidiatns, C. & V. 

 Maldives, Pelidvi, 34 fathoms. 



74. Pteragofjus operctilaris, Ptrs. 

 Cargados Carajos, 20 to 30 fathoms. 



75. Julis schioanefeldii, Blkr. 

 Maldives, Mulaku, 27 fathoms. 



76. Cheilimis ceramensis, Blkr. 

 Maldives ; Seychelles, 37 fathoms. 



