FISHES OF THE PHnjIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 81 



We have been unable to locate the original publication of the 

 description of the present species. The above reference is simply- 

 quoted from Valenciennes, as evidently the case with Giinther and 

 Ahl. 



CHAETODON LEUCOPLEURA Playfair 



Chaetodon leucopleura Playfair, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 35, pi. 6, fig. 

 3. Zanzibar. 



Depth 13^; head S}4- Snout 3 in head from snout tip; eye 33^, 1}4 

 in snout; maxillary 4 in head. Preopercle entire. Scales 27 in lat- 

 eral line, 5 above, 13 below. D. XII, 23 or 24; A. Ill, 26; soft 

 dorsal and anal obtusely angular behind; caudal slightly emarginate. 

 Dark ocular band little narrower than orbit, extends from dorsal 

 origin down to chest. Muzzle blackish, with several yellowish lines 

 across interorbital and 2 yellow circular marks on neck. Hind oper- 

 cle edge yellow. Back and belly brown, shaded to white or yellowish 

 at middle of sides. On belly 5 or 6 longitudinal yellow stripes, high- 

 est back from pectoral axil. Vertical fins yellow, with gray submar- 

 ginal line on soft fin. Caudal yellow, with broad gray edge. Pecto- 

 ral white. Ventral yellow. Length 191 mm. (Playfair.) 



CHAETODON LEUCOPYGUS Ahl 



Chaetodon leucopygus Ahl, Arch. Naturg., vol. 89, abth. A, Heft .5, 1923, p. 

 72, pi. 2 fig. 12. Daressalam. 



Snout 134 to 13^ in eye, which 3 in head. Scales 31, in lateral 

 line, 5 above, 13 below. D. XII, 22 or 23; A. Ill, 18; soft dorsal 

 and anal each forming right angle; caudal truncate. Whitish. Broad 

 dark ocular bar. Dull band extends from above caudal peduncle 

 down toward anal front basally. Narrow dark lines within scale rows 

 along body below. Vertical fins yellowish white, edges white and 

 with submarginal dark line; dorsal from seventeenth ray dark brown. 

 Caudal posteriorly with milk-white crescentic edge, before it clear 

 brown and still anterior milk-white band. Paired fins whitish. 

 Length 109 mm. (Ahl.) 



CHAETODON HOWENSIS Waite 



Chaetodon h'owensis Waite, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 5, 1903, p. 33, fig. 2. 

 Lord Howe Island. 



D. XII, 25; A. Ill, 18. Scales 48. White, with 5 broad black 

 bands, all wider than interspaces, first ocular, second from front of 

 spinous dorsal, third widest and from middle of spinous dorsal, fourth 

 at front of soft dorsal to anal and fifth at caudal base. Fin spines 

 yellow. Length 157 mm. (Waite.) 



