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Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., ser. 2, vol. 12, 1904, p. 544 



(Padang, Sumatra). 

 Chaclodipterus orbis Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, Oct. 



1927, p. 604, pi. 26, fig. 5 (Natal). 

 Ephippus melanopiis Bleeker, Nat. Geneesk. Arch, Nederland. Ind. 



(Topog. Batavia), vol. 2, 1845, p. 520. Batavia. 



Depth IM; head 3H to 3K, width 1^. Snout 2^ to 2]^ in 

 head; eye 2^ to 2*/^, equals snout, sHghtly greater or equal to inter- 

 orbital; maxillary not quite reaching opposite front of eye, 3^ in 

 head; interorbital 2% to 2J4, broadly convex. Gill rakers 2 + 8, 

 short points, about }/s of gill filaments, which 13^ in eye. 



Scales 37 or 38 in lateral line to caudal base; 7 scales above lat- 

 eral line, 16 below. Cheek with 4 or 5 rows of scales to preopercle 

 ridge. Scales with 5 to 11 basal, radiating striae; apically 6 or 7 

 parallel submarginal striae, but not spinulose though irregularly 

 segmented; circuli fine. 



D. VIII, 19, 1, second spine 2 to 2)^ in combined head and bodj^, 

 third ray 1^ to IJ^ in head; A. Ill, 15, i, third spine 33^, second ray 

 1% to 1^; least depth of caudal peduncle 23^ to 2}/^; caudal 1 to 

 l}4, hind edge slightly double concave; pectoral 1^^ to 1%; 

 ventral 1. 



Pale brown, sides and below with pale leaden silvery tinge. Fins 

 all pale. Iris pale. 



Natal, India, Andamans, Ceylon, East Indies, Formosa. Accord- 

 ing to Day it reaches 155 mm. He describes the back and head 

 grayish-green, sides and abdomen silvery shot with pink. Fin mem- 

 branes diaphanous finely dotted with black, especially terminally and 

 rays bluish- white. He also notes the young have a dark gray orbital 

 band, another over the nape, 2 over the body and fins edged gray. We 

 have received but few specimens. 



5127 and 17909. Sandakan market, Borneo. March 4, 1908. Length 120 to 

 125 mm. 



Genus DREPANE Cuvier 



Drepane Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, p. 129. Type Chaetodon 



pundatus Linnaeus, designated by Jordan and Evermann, Genera of 



Fishes, pt. 1, 1917, p. 136. 

 Drepardchthys Bonaparte, Isis, 1838, p. 1207. Tyjje Chaetodon punctatus 



Linnaeus, virtually (as Drepanichthys Bonaparte proposed to replace 



Drepane Cuvier). 

 Enixe Gistel, Naturg. Thierr., 1848, p. ix. Type Chaetodon punctatus 



LinnaeuS; virtually (as Enixe Gistel proposed to replace Drepane 



Cuvier). 

 Harpochirus Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (Cat. Malay Fish.), vol. 18, 



pt. 2, 1849, p. 1144. Type Chaetodon pundatus Linnaeus, monotypic. 

 Cryptosmilia Cope, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc, ser. 2, vol. 13, 1866 (1869), 



p. 401. Type Cryptosmilia luna Cope, monotypic. 



