FISHES OF THE PHH^IPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 51 



CORADION MELANOPUS (Cuvier) 



Chaetodon melanopus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, p. 84. Moluccas 



Coradion melanopus Bleeker, Atlas Tchth. Ind. Neerland.,' vol. 9, 1877, p. 26 

 (Amboina, Ceram).— Ahl, Arch. Naturg., vol. 89, abth. A, Heft 5, 1923 p 

 42 (East Indies; Ralum). ' 



Chaetodon festivus Desjardin, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1833, p. 177. Mau- 

 ritius. 



Coradion chrysozonus (part) Kaup, Arch. Naturg., vol. 26, abth. 1, 1860, p. 146. 



Megaprotodon strigangulns (not Gmelin) Bleeker, Atlas Icht'h Ind Neer- 

 land., vol. 9, 1877, pi. (13) 375, fig. 4 (not 1). 



Differs from Coradion chrysozonus in dark ocellus on soft dorsal and 

 another on soft anal. 



CORADION DESMOTES Jordan and Fowler 



Coradion desmoies Jordan and Fowler, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, 1902, 

 p. 539, fig. 5. Nagasaki, Japan.— Smith and Pope, Proc. U S Nat 'mus ' 

 vol. 31, 1907, p. 480 (Urado). ' ' ' 



Greatly like Coradion chrysozonus which usually has the anterior 

 broad brown band on the body divided, at least above, by a pale inter- 

 secting parallel narrow band or Ime. The present species differs chiefly 

 in the pale, uniform caudal peduncle. 



59696 U.S.N.M. Urado, Japan. Dr. H. M. Smith. Length 133 mm. 

 87031 U.S.N.M. Foochow, China. Sowerby. Length 60 mm. 



Genus PARACHAETODON Bleeker 



Parachaetodon Bleeker, Arch. Neerland. Sci. Nat., vol. 11, 1876, p. 303. 

 Type Platax ocellatus Cuvier, monotypic. 



Dorsal spines graduated to last, which longest, all small. Soft dorsal 

 higher than spinous fin and anterior rays elevated, fin graduated low 

 posteriorly. Body deep and back elevated. 



PARACHAETODON OCELLATUS (Cuvier) 



Platax ocellatus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, p. 229. No localitv 

 (collection Zool. Soc. London). 



Parachaetodon ocellatus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 9, 1877 p 

 24, pi. (15) 377, fig. 4 (Pinang, Singapore, Bintang, Banka^ Java,' Celebes 

 halmahera, Ternate, Buru, Amboina, Ceram, Waigiu, Philippines) —Jor- 

 dan and Seale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., voh 28, 1905, p. 789 (Negros)- Bull 

 Bur. Fish., vol. 26, 1906 (1907), p. 33 (Cavite).-BEAUFORT, Bijd Dierk ' 

 Amsterdam, vol. 19, 1913, p. 125 (Amboina).-WEBER, SibogaExp , vol' 

 57, Fische 1913, p. 309 (Macassar, Saleyer).— McCulloch, Biol Res" 

 Endeavour, vol. 4, pt. 4, October 31, 1916, p. 190 (Batavia, Java; Manila: 

 t^ueensland, Sydney); Austral. Zoologist, vol. 2, ot. 3, February 10 1922 

 p. 92, pi. 27, fig. 237a (New South Wales).-AHL, Arch. Naturg vol 89' 

 abth. A, Heft 5, 1923, p. 18 (Amboina, Celebes, Singapore). -Herre and 

 MoNTALBAN, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 34, No. 1, September, 1927 

 p. 18 (Pohllo Island, Lucena, Calapan, Estancia, Buenavista, Calbayog 

 Tagbilaran). • *' 



Chaetodon ocellatus Day, Fauna Brit. India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 10. 



