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Chromis scotochilopterus Fowler. 
Ohromis scotochilopterus Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. lxx, 1, 1918, p. 61, fig. 24. Philippine 
Is. Spelt C. xotochilopterus in Zool. Rec. 
Range. — Queensland ; extralimital. 
Genus HOPLOCHROMIS Fowler. 
Hoplochromis Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. lxx, 1, 1918, p. 66. Orthotype, Heliases 
cceruleus Cuv. & Val. 
Hoplochromis cseruleus (Cuv. & Val.). 
Heliases cceruleus Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss. v, July 1830, p. 497. New Guinea & Ulea. 
Heliases lepisurus Cuv. <fe Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss. v, July 1830, p. 498. New Guinea. 
Heliases fremitus Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss. v, July 1830, p. 498. Guam. 
Heliastes lepidurus Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. iv, 1862, p. 63. Emendation. 
Glyphisodon bandanensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Jnd. ii, 1851, p. 248. Neira, Banda. 
Range. — Queensland ; extralimital. 
Genus TETRADRACHMUM Cantor. 
Dascyllus Cuvier, Regn. Anim. ed. 2, ii, April 1829, p. 179. Haplotype, Chcetodon aruanns Linnaeus. 
Preoccupied by Dascillus Latre.il le, 1796, and Borthold, 1827, a genus of Coleoptera, 
emended to Dascylus by Agassiz 1846 {vide S her born. Index Aniuiab'um), Idem , Gerbe, 
Diet. univ. d’ 1 1 ist. Nat. iv, 1 844 (reissue, 1861 ), p. 608 : * c Cuvier aurait du 6crire DascillcN 
Pirene Gistel, Naturg. d. Thierr. hoi) ere Schulen, J848, p. ix. Now name for Dascyllus Cuv. & 
Val., 1830 ( = Cuvier 1829), preocc., but itself preoccupied by Pyrene Bolton, Mus. Bolten. 
(2), 1798, p. 134, a genus of molluscs. Type, Ckatfodon aruanns Linn. 
Tetradrach/mum Cantor, Jourru Roy. Asiat. Soc. Bengal xviii, 2, 1849, p. 1222 ; Cat. Malay. Fish. 
1850, p. 240. Substitute for Dascyllus Cuv., preocc. Virtual haplotype, Chcetodon 
aruanns Linnaeus. 
Dascillus Gray, Cat. Fish. coll. Gronow Brit. Mus., 1854, p. 171, spelt DasceUus in index, p. 196. 
Species not named — Chadodon aruanus Linnaeus, haplotype. Dascilus Gray, a slightly 
earlier variant, was given by Fowler & Bean (Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 100, vii, 1928, p. 13) 
but I have not been able to confirm this. 
Tetradrachmum aruanum (Linnaeus). 
Chcetodon aruanus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, p. 275: ed. 12, 1766, p. 464. Based on 
“ Mus. Ad. Fr. i, p. 63, t. 33, f. 8,” which I have not seen. “ Habitat in Indus” [= Aru 
Islands]. Not in Balk, Museum Adolpho-Fridericianum, 1746. 
Chcetodon arcuanns Grnelin, Syst. Nat. (Linnaeus), ed. 13, i, 3 (before Nov. 20) 1789, p. 1250. 
Revival of a name used by Linnaeus before 1758. 
“ Pimelept ere ? simunad, ” Thiol! iore, Ichth. in Montrouzier, Ann. Soc. Imp. d’Agric., Lyons, viii. 
1856 (Faune lie Woodlark, 1857), p. 199. Ex Montrouzier MS., vernacular. Woodlark 
Island. 
Dascyllus blochii CasteJnau, Viet. Offic. Rec. Philad. Exhib. (Res. Fish. Austr.), 1875, p. 34. 
Queensland. 
Range. — Queensland : extralimital. 
Note. — Fowler (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1907 (1908), p. 433) has wrongly 
recorded this species from Victoria but his specimen came from Fiji. 
