Analysis of Species 
Arrhamphus. Scales before pectoral base small and crowded; 
ventral inserted midmy between snout tip and caudal base; 
vertical fins without black tips,————-sclerolepis. 
Melapedalion, new subgenus. Scales before pectoral not es¬ 
pecially small or crowded; ventral inserted midway between 
hind eye edge and caudal base; vertical fins with black 
tips, 
Subgenus Arrhamphus Gflnther 
Arrhamphus sclerolepis Gfinther 
Arrhamphus sclerolepis GffNTHER, Cat, Fish, Brit, Mus,, 
vol, 6, p, 277, 1866 (type locality: New Zealand?), 
—KLTJNZINGSR, Sitz, Ber, Akad, Wiss, Wien, Math,- 
Natumsr, Kl., vol. 80 heft 1, p, 414, 1879 (Port Darwin; 
Port Denison), — GtJNTHER-, Introd, Study Fish,, p. 621, 
1880 (name); Rep, Voyi, Challenger, vol, 1, p5, 6, p, 33, 
1880 (•i'^ary River, Tiare, Australia),-- MCLEAY, Proc. Linn, 
Soc, New South Wales, vol. 5, pt, 2, p, 184, 1881 (Port 
Darwin; Brisbane); vol, 6, pt, 2, p, 248, 188 » — SAVILLE- 
KENT, Great Barrier Reef, pp, 299, 370, 1893 (Moreton Bay), 
— STEAD, Fish, Australia, p, 64, fig, 26, 1907 (New South 
1fife.les; Queensland), — ROUGHLEY, Fishes of Australia, p. 31 
1916 (New South Wales; Queensland). -- MCCULLOCH, Fishes 
New South Wales, ed. 2, p, 31, pi, 10, fig. 110a, 1927 
(Richmond and Clarence estuaries); Austral, Mus, Mem,, 
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no, 5, pt. 1, p. 104, June 29, 1929 (compiled). 
