286 
G.R. Allen, A. Rajasuriya 
width to the white area of the caudal peduncle. 
There is also a difference in the colour of the pelvic 
fins. These fins are mainly white with only a small 
amount of duskiness on the innermost portion of 
C. kniteri, but are mainly black with a white 
anterior margin in C. tricincta. There also appears 
to be a difference in number of total gill rakers on 
the first arch, although more specimens of both 
species are required before this can be 
substantiated. The gill arches are missing in one of 
the specimens of C. kuiteri, but the other two have 
counts of 20 and 22. Counts for C. tricincta range 
from 23 to 26. 
The habitat of both C. kuiteri and C. tricincta 
consists of flat or sloping sand bottoms with sparse 
coral outcrops in a depth range of about 15-30 m. 
These areas are subjected to strong currents and 
underwater visibility is generally good (to 20-30 
m). C. kuiteri is usually encountered alone or in 
pairs and hovers a short distance above the 
substratum. Presumably it feeds on zooplankton. 
The species is uncommon at both Bali and Sri 
Lanka. Fewer than five fish were sighted at Bali. In 
addition to the northwestern site on Sri Lanka, it 
was also sighted at Trincomalee and Batticoloa on 
the central east coast. 
It is named kuiteri in honour of Mr. Rudie H. 
Kuiter of Melbourne, Australia who collected the 
holotype. The name also acknowledges Mr. 
Kuiter's many valuable contributions to our 
knowledge of tropical reef fishes of the Australian- 
Indonesian region. 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
We thank Mr. Rudie H. Kuiter for collecting the 
holotype of this species and allowing us to describe 
it. He also provided valuable underwater photo¬ 
graphs. We also thank the Swedish Agency for Re¬ 
search Cooperation with Developing Countries 
(SAREC) for helping to fund the second author's 
field work in Sri Lanka. 
REFERENCES 
Allen, G.R. (1972). Anemonefishes, their classification and 
biology. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune, New 
Jersey. 
Allen, G.R. (1991). Damselfishes of the world. Mergus 
Publishers, Melle, Germany. 
Allen, G.R. (1992). A new species of damselfish (genus 
Pomacentrus) from north-western Australia. Records 
of the Western Australian Museum 15:691-695. 
Allen, G.R. (1993). Two new species of damselfishes 
( Pomacentrus ), with comments on the validity of two 
additional pomacentrid fishes. Revue Prancaise 
d'Aquariologie, 20: 21-26. 
Allen, G.R. (1994). Two new species of damselfishes 
(Pomacentridae) from Indonesian Seas. Revue 
Prancaise d'Aquariologie, 21:86-90. 
Allen, G.R. and Adrim, M. (1992). A new species of 
damselfish ( Chrysiptera: Pomacentridae) from Irian 
Jaya, Indonesia. Records of the Western Australian 
Museum 16:103-108. 
Allen, G.R. and Smith, K.N. (1992). A new species of 
damselfish (Pomacentridae: Stegastes) from 
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean. Records of the 
Western Australian Museum 16:113-117. 
Manuscript received 28 September 1994; accepted 16 May 
1995. 
