18 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



ANALYSIS OF THE SPKCIES 



a' Front profile obtusely angular, angle formed at tip of mandible; scales 

 large, less than 70; soft dorsal and anal rather rounded pinnatus 



a2 Front profile evenly convex; scales small, 75 or more; soft dorsal and anal 

 with elevated points anteriorly orbicularis 



PLATAX PINNATUS (Linnaeus) 



Chaetodon pinnatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 272. East 

 Indies; Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 461.— Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Lmn., 

 vol. 1, pt. 3, 1789, p. 1241 (India).— Walbatjm, Arted. Pise, vol. 3, 1792, p. 

 425 (on Linnaeus).— FoRSTER, Fauna Indica, 1795, p. 14.— Schneider, 

 Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 230 (India). 

 Platax pinnatus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., vol. 9, 1877, p. 75, pi. (18) 380, 

 fig. 1, pi, 382 (20), fig. 2 (Singapore, Java, Madura, Celebes, Batjan). 

 Chaetodon teira Forskal, Descr. Animal., 1775, pp. xii, 60. Lohaja.— 

 Block, Naturg. Ausl. Fische, vol. 3, 1787, p. 65, pi. 199 (Arabian and 

 East Indian Seas).— Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, pt. 3, 1789, p. 125 

 (Arabia and East Indies).— Walbaum, Arted. Pise, vol. 3, 1792, p. 417 

 (on FoRSKAL).— FoRSTER, Fauua Indica, 1795, p. 15.— Schneider, Syst. 

 Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 222 (Arabia and Tranquebar).— Lacepede, Hist. 

 Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1802, pp. 460, 494 (Arabia).— Shaw and NoDDer, Nat. 

 Miscellany, vol. 19, 1807, pi. 800 (Indian Seas). 

 Platax teira Cuvier, Regne Animal, vol. 2, 1817, p. 334.— RtJPPELL, Atlas 

 Reise Nordl. Afrika, Fische, 1828, p. 68 (Djedda).— Cuvier, Hist. Nat. 

 Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, p. 226 (Malabar).— Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 

 (Cat. Malay Fish.), vol. IS, pt. 2, 1849, p. 1150 (Pinang, Malay Peninsula, 

 Singapore).— Peters, Arch. Naturg., 1855, p. 247 (Mozambique).— GiJN- 

 THER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1860, p. 492 (Moluccas, Borneo, Ceram, 

 China, Bribe's Point, Pinang).- Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, pt. 2, 1865, 

 p. 166 (no locality).— Bleeker, Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 2, J 865, 

 p. 31 (Manila Bay).— Day, Fishes of Malabar, 1865, p. 101.— Playfair, 

 Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 65 (Aden and Zanzibar).— Klunzingek, 

 Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, 1870, p. 791 (Koseir).— Day, Fishes of 

 India, pt. 2, 1876, p. 235, pi. 51B, fig. 4.— GtJNTHER, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, 

 vol. 11, Heft 5, 1876, p. 141 (Pelew Islands).— Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., vol. 

 7, 1877, p. 73, pi. (17) 379, fig. 2 (Sumatra, Batu, Nias, Pinang, Singa- 

 pore, Bintang, Banka, Cocos, Java, Madura, Bawean, Borneo, Celebes, 

 Sumbawa. Timor, Ternate, Batjan, Ceram, Amboina, New Guinea).— 

 Klunzinger, Fische Roth. Meer., 1884, p. 118.— Meyer. An. Soc. Espa- 

 iiola, Hist. Nat. Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 25 (Kordo, Mysore).— Boul- 

 ENGER, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1SS7, p. 661 (Muscat).— Day, Fauna 

 Brit. India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 182, fig. 63.— Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagas- 

 car, Poiss., 1S91, p. 280.- Kent, Great Barrier Reef, 1893, p. 290 (Cairns, 

 Queensland).— Elera, Cat. Faun. Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 515 (Luzon, Man- 

 ila, Cebu).— IsHiKAWA and Matsuura, Prelim. Cat. Fish. Mus. Tokyo, 

 1897, p. 41.— Jordan and Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, 1902, 

 p. 356 (Hokoto, Formosa; Rikuzen).— Jordan and Fowler, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., vol. 25, 1902, p. 526 (Mijako, Tokyo, Kagoshima, Bonin Islands, 

 Okinawa, Kezeu, Formosa).— Duncker, Mitt. Nat. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 

 21, 1903 (1904), p. 157 (Singapore).— Steindachner, Denkschr. Akad. 

 Wiss. Wien, Math. -Naturw. Kl., vol. 71, Heft 1, 1907, p. 145 (Scheich 0th- 

 man. South Arabia).— Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann South Afric. Mus., 

 vol. 6,pt. 2, 1908, p. 188 (Natal).— Bean and Weed, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 42, 1912, p. 598 (Batavia).— Zugmayer, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., 



