I have to correct myself. The location was based on my own interpretation of this...
http://web.archive.org/web/200608191...aldon/mela.htm
...and it appears to be the coral sea type as best I can tell.
According to Fautin & Allen, "In the normal coloration, the black pelvic and anal fins easily distinguish A. melanopus from other single-barred red-finned species, A frenatus (South China Sea to japan) and A. rubrocinctus (northwestern Australia). However, Fijian and and southeastern Polynesian specimens are readily confused with the red males of A. frenatus. The best means of separation is the pronounced black border on the margins (particularly the rear one) of the white head bar in A. frenatus, which is lacking in A. melanopus."
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