AMPHIPRION 17 



Dorsal X, 16 ; anal II, 12 to 14 ; scales in lateral series 45 to 

 47; with tubules 35 to 37; between lateral line and origin of 

 dorsal 7 or 8 ; between lateral line and vent 20 to 22. 



Dorsal outline of head almost straight ; body oblong, its depth 



2.2 to 2.4 in length; head 3.2 to 3.3; depth of caudal peduncle 



5.3 to 6.5. Interorbital space slightly convex, nearly as wide 

 as length of snout, which is contained 3 to 3.3 in length of head ; 

 eye 3.3 to 3.6 in head. Mouth small, strongly oblique, the lower 

 jaw slightly projecting; maxillary 2.5 to 3 in head, extending 

 posteriorly to below anterior edge of orbit. Teeth conical, in 

 a single series. Suborbital provided with a large, strong spine 

 on anterior part, which is followed by a row of shorter ones; 

 posterior limb of preopercle bluntly serrated. Subopercular, 

 interopercular, and opercular bones with radiating ridges ter- 

 minating in sharp spines. 



Snout, orbital ring, and chin naked; dorsal fin with a low 

 notch superiorly: fourth dorsal spine highest. Rayed dorsal 

 and anal fins slightly angular; the other fins rounded; ventral 

 shorter than pectoral and ending at anterior margin of anus. 



Yellowish orange in alcohol, an indistinct light dot on the 

 center of each scale; a pearl white longitudinal band running 

 along the median of head and continued backward along base 

 of dorsal fin to back of caudal peduncle ; all the fins yellowish. 



The six specimens above described were collected at Calapan, 

 Mindoro, and range in length from 34 to 55 millimeters. 



Three living specimens in the Bureau of Science aquarium, 

 obtained at Calapan, Mindoro, are orange yellow, with a bright, 

 pearl white line along the back from over the head, through 

 base of dorsal fin to top of caudal peduncle, and with a vertical 

 band of like color across the opercles. The light spot on each 

 scale is hardly visible. 



This species, which has not been previously listed from the 

 Philippines, is found in the East Indies, Amboina, and the Palau 

 Islands. 



AMPHIPRION AKALLOPISOS Blecker 



Amphiprwn akallopisos BLEEKER, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. 4 (1853) 281. 

 Amphiprion akallopisus GtJNTHER, Cat. Fishes 4 (1862) 10; DAY, 



Fishes of India (1878) 380. 

 ProchUus akallopisus BLEEKER, Nat. Verh. Holl. Maats. Wet. 2 (1877) 



35; Atlas Ichth. 9 (1878) pi. 400, fig. 3. 



Dorsal X, 16; anal II, 12; scales in lateral series 56; with 

 tubules 34 ; between lateral line and origin of dorsal 7 ; between 

 lateral line and vent 19. 



