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IX. Defcriptions of Eight new Fijbes from Sumatra. 

 By Mr. Mungo Park y A. L» S. 



Read November 4, 1 794. 



THE following paper is the fruit of my leifure hours during 

 nine weeks ftay on the coaft of Sumatra: it contains a very 

 fmatl fpecimen of the ichthyological riches of that fhore, and,, being 

 my firft attempt, the defcriptions may in many places be inaccu- 

 rate. 



Chaetodon canaliculafus* 



C. fpinis omnibus canaliculars. 



B. 4. D. j£ P. 18. V. f A. i. C. 18. 



LC : A : : 66 : 26 LC : VI : : 66 : 22 



LC : DI : : 66 : 18 LC : VF : : 66 : 40 



LC : DF ;.: 66 : 60 LC : AI : : 66 : 35 



LC : PI ft 66 : 16 LC : AF: : 66 : 60 



LC : PF : : 66 : 27 LC : PC : : 66 : 82 



R. 5. P. 2. D. 2.3.4. V. 2. A. 3.4. C. 5. 



Habitat in Sumatra littore, fupra flavo-virefcens, fubtus albicans 

 guttis laevioribus adfperfus, fquamis minutis obovatis veftitus, 

 carne fapida. 



Vol. III. F Oculorum 



