SOME FISHES OF ORDER AMPHIPRIONIFORMES. — WHITLEY. 
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Re-description of Holotype. — D.x/16 ; A.ii/13 (under microscope) ; P.1S 
V j /5 ; C.13 ; Sc.50 ; L.tr.7/1/20 ; L.lat. 36 tubes. 
Head (20 mm.) 3*4 in length to hypural joint (69). Depth (34*5) 2 in same. 
Eye (6) 3-3, interorbital (7) 2*9, and longest pectoral ray (17) 11 in head. 
Profile of head unevenly rounded, fairly steep, gibbous before eyes. Dorsal 
profile more strongly arched than ventral. Head considerably higher than long 
and longer than broad. Preorbital notched with several small spines and one larger 
one pointing downward over the maxillary. Suborbital margin armed with spines 
of different sizes. Pr coper cular margin with 28 serrations. Operculum with three 
groups of large spines (5 + 8 + 14) ; suboperculum with a similar group of 9 spines. 
Front of head, mouth, and chin naked ; rest of head scaly. Irregular raised ridges 
on preorbital, suborbital, and on lower preopercular limb. About 21 predorsal 
scales. Interorbital broad, plano-convex. Jaws subequal. A single series of blunt, 
slightly curved, conical teeth in each jaw. Tongue fleshy, with a rounded margin. 
Palatal velum present. 
Body elevated, strongly compressed, widest anteriorly, entirely covered 
with small, regular, ctenoid scales, which extend a short way on to the membranes 
of all the fins except the ventrals. The lateral line rises sharply anteriorly, 
following the dorsal curvature to below the posterior portion of the soft dorsal, and 
bears 36 tubes. There are a few punctured scales on the sides and caudal peduncle. 
Dorsal originating slightly behind the vertical of the operculum. Spinous 
portion with a convex outline ; dorsal rays gradually increasing in height backwards 
to form a somewhat pointed lobe which does not reach the vertical of the hypural 
joint. Anal similar in form to soft dorsal but with a longer base and its lobe not 
reaching so far back as that of the dorsal. The anal terminates slightly in advance 
of the last dorsal ray. Pectorals and ventrals broad, rounded. Caudal margin 
concave ; the lobes were probably pointed, but the tips of the rays have been 
broken off. 
Colour . — After long preservation in alcohol, the general body-colour is 
chocolate brown (perhaps blackish in life), becoming much lighter on the breast 
and face. Caudal peduncle and fin yellowish (perhaps white in life). A broad pearly 
band extends from the occiput to the suborbital, crossing part of the preoperculum 
and operculum, and meeting its fellow on the other side on the nape. A similar 
but broader band crosses the body from the dorsal notch to the vent, missing the 
anal fin, but entirely encircling the fish, and not bent backwards to include the edge 
of the soft dorsal. Anal, spinous dorsal and ventrals, blackish brown. Soft dorsal, 
caudal, and pectorals yellowish. 
Described and figured from the holotype of Am phi prion papuensis Macleay, 
a specimen 69 mm. in standard length. Originally in the Macleay Museum, University 
of Sydney, and labelled “ Amphiprion Papuensis, n. sp.” in Macleay ’s handwriting, 
it was presented by the Committee of Management of the Macleay Museum to the 
Australian Museum in 1907 ; Begd. No. I. 9240. 
Variation . — In two Queensland specimens, the width of the body- band where 
it crosses the lateral line is equal to the distance from the posterior border of the 
3 ye to the tip of the snout. In the type, the band is narrower. The anal fin is black 
with white tips to the rays in one specimen, but has a tendency to become light 
brown posteriorly in the other. D.x-xj/16. 
