The Butterfly- Fishes 



Indies and north to the Bermudas, but it has not been found in 

 the United States. Elegant specimens were obtained by us at 

 Arroyo and Isabel Segunda, Porto Rico, where it is not rare. 

 It reaches a foot or more in length and is used as food. 



Colour in life, caudal, pectoral and ventral fins and anterior 

 third of body rich orange-yellow; rest of body black; lips pale 

 blue; soft dorsal and anal fins black, tipped with orange and 

 bordered in front by red; spinous part of dorsal orange in front, 

 then black, the border red. 



Holacanthus ciliaris is the blue angel-fish and is found 

 throughout the West Indies and north to Key West where it is 

 called the "yellow angel," which is justified by the broad yellow 

 margins of the scales. It reaches a foot to 18 inches in length 

 and is a very beautiful fish. It is a fair food-fish, usually taken 

 in traps, though it sometimes takes the baited hook. 



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