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MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
“ Choetodon meter olepidotus,*’ &c., Seba, Thesaur. iii, 1758, p. 71, No. 29, pi. xxvi, fig. 29 (fide Bloch, 
1797). Non-binomial. 
Perea sp. Tyson, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. lxi, 1771, p. 247, pi. vii, fig. 8 ; ibid, (abridged ed.) 
xiii, 1809, p. 136, pi. iii, fig. 10. South Seas. 
“ Der glatte F Hinder aff ” Klein, Neuer Schaupl. Natur. iii, 1776, p. 153, No. 5 (fide Bloch, 1797). 
Anthias polymnus var. Bloch, Nat. Ausl. Fische vi, 1792, p. 105 ; Ichthylogie ix, 1797, p. 91, pi. 
eccxvi, fig. 3. East. Indies. Not Perea polymna Linn. 
Amphiprion polymnus var. Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, p. 203. 
Lutj anus polymna var, Lacepede, Hist. Nat, Poiss. iv, 1802, p. 224. Ex Bloch. 
Lutjanus percula Lacepede, Hist . Nat. Poiss. iv, 1802, pp. 194 & 239. Port Praslin, New Britain ; 
collected by Commerson, July 1768. 
Amphiprion polymnus Cloquet, Diet. Sci. Nat., ed. 2, ii, Oct. 1816, suppl. p. 25, pi. [xlv], fig. 2. 
Moluccas & Coromandel. Not Perea polymna Linn. 
Amphiprion tunicatus Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss. v, July 1830, p. 399, id. cxxxii, 
fig. 2. Vanikoro. Idem. Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool. ii, 1831, p. 192, pi. xxv, fig. 3. New 
Guinea specimen figured. Name mis-spelt A. punicatus by Swainson, Nat. Hist. Class. 
Fish. Amph. Rept. ii, 1839, p. 217, 
Amphiprion percula Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss. v, July 1830, p. 397. Idem. Bleeker, Nat. 
Tijdschr. Ned. Tnd. iii, 1852, p. 287. Idem. Schmeltz, Mus. Godef. Cat. v, 1869, p. xviii 
(Pelew Is.). Idem. Alley ne & Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S, Wales i, March 1877, p. 
342 ( Darn ley I., Q.). Idem. Saville-Kent, Gt. Barrier Reef. Austr.. 1893, pp. 33 & 145, 
chromo-pl. i. Idem. Cockerell, Mem. Qld. Mus. iii, 1915, p. 42 (scales). Idem. McCulloch 
& Whitley, Mem. Qld. Mus. viii, 1925, p. 165. Idem. Whitley, Ree. Austr. Mus. xvi, 1, 
1927, p. 24 (not Port Darwin record). 
Amphiprion ocellaris Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss. v, July 1830, p. 399. Sumatra. Type in 
British Museum. 
Amphijjrion melanurus Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss. v, July 1830, p. 400. Sumatra. Type in 
British Museum. 
Prochilus percula Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Dierk. i, 1863, p. 241. Obi (fide Fowler & Bean, 1928). 
Trachichthys (Amphiprion) tunicatus Sluiter, Zool. Anzeiger xi, 1888, pp. 240-243 (habits). Bay 
of Batavia. 
Amphiprion ( Actinicola ) percula Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. (2) xii, 4, 1904, p. 533. 
Idem. Fowler & Bean, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 100, vii, 1928, p. 11 (q.v. for refs, to literature 
not repeated here). 
Variation. — Actinicola percula is well represented in the Australian Museum, 
collection by numerous specimens from Queensland and Indo-Pacific localities 
An examination of these shows the following variation ; — T).x/ 15-1 8 (normally 16) • 
A.ii/12 (rarely 13) ; 29-38 l.lat. tubes. The number of serrations on the opercles 
is too variable to be of diagnostic value. The number of transverse rows of body- 
scales is also variable but is generally less than 60. The areas between the black- 
edged white bands are mostly light in tone ; the ventrals are light, with dark edges, 
and most of the caudal is light. 
Included in the series were some specimens from Port Darwin, North 
Australia, with 11 dorsal spines, dark breast and pectorals, areas between white 
bands dark, and most of caudal dark. These I regard as specifically separable from 
A. percula and are identified as A. bicolor Castelnau : vide infra. A large specimen 
also confused with A. percula has D.xi/17 ; A.ii/12 ; l.lat. with 42 tubes ; more than 
60 transverse rows of body-scales. This evidently represents a new species of 
Actinicola but I refrain from naming it as the specimen is without locality or data. 
