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CHAETODON RAINFORDI McCnlloch 



Chaetodon rainfordi McCulloch, Rec. Austral. Mus., vol. 14, No. 1, 1923, 

 p. 4, pi. 2, fig. 1. Holbourne Island, off Port Denison, Queensland. 



According to McCulloch differs from Chaetodon aureofasciatus in 

 the presence of 3 broad, dark bands transversely on the body, besides 

 2 anteriorly. Length 118 mm, 



CHAETODON OCTOFASCIATUS Bloch 



Chaetodon octofasciatus Bloch, Naturg. Ausl. Fische, vol. 3, 1787, p. 113, 

 pi. 215, fig. 1. East Indies. — Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, pt. 3, 1789, 

 p. 1262 (India).— Walbaum, Arted. Pise, vol. 3, 1792, p. 403 (on 

 Bloch). — Forster, Fauna Indica, 1795, p. 15. — Schneider, Syst. Ichth. 

 Bloch, 1801, p. 223 (India).— Lacep^de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1802, 

 pp. 460, 491 (East Indies).— Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, p. 17 

 (no locality). — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1860, p. 17 

 (Singapore). — Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, 1865, p. 98 (Java). — GtJN- 

 ther. Cruise of Curagao, Brenchley, 1873, p. 410 (Misol, Moluccas). — 

 Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 108. — Karoli, Termesz. Fiizetek, 

 Budapest, vol. 5, 1881, p. 155 (Singapore, Sarawak). — Meyer, An. Soc. 

 Espaiiola, Hist. Nat. Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 17 (Rubi, New Guinea). — 

 Day, Fauna Brit. India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 9. — Pellegrin, Bull. Soc. Zool. 

 France, vol. 30, 1905, p. 84 (Baie d'Along, Tonkin). — Evermann and 

 Seale, Bull. Bur. Fish., vol. 26, 1906 (1907), p. 96 (Bacon).— Cockerell, 

 Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 3, 1915, p. 44 (Queensland). — Ahl, Arch. 

 Naturg., vol. 89, abth. A, Heft 5, 1923,p. 84 (East Indies, New Guinea, 

 Indian Ocean, Mysol, Zanzibar, Matschin on Bougainville Island, Talassia 

 on New Pomerania). — Herre and Moxtalban, Philippine Journ. Sci., 

 vol. 34, No. 1, September 1927, p. 39 (Sisiman, Estancia, Basbas Island). 



Chetodon octofasciatus Bonnaterre, Tabl. Ichth., 1788, p. 85, pi. 55, fig. 211 

 (East Indies). 



Citharoedus octofasciatus Kaup, Arch. Naturg., vol. 26, abth. 1, 1860, p. 142. 



Tetragonoptrus {Tetragonoptrus) octofasciatus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. 

 Neerland., vol. 9, 1877, p. 38, pi. (14) 376, fig. 3 (Singapore, Banka, Java, 

 Duizend Islands, Bawean, Sumbawa, Celebes, Amboina, Ceram). 



Chaetodon octolineatus Gray, Cat. Fish. Gronow, vol. 2, 1854, p. 69. Indian 

 Ocean. 



Depth 1% to 13^; head 2 3^ to 3, width V/s to 2. Snout 3 to 

 3Kj 6ye 2% to 2%, greater than snout in young to equal to its length 

 with age, likewise interorbital; maxillary reaches opposite hind nos- 

 tril, 3^ to 4 in head; interorbital 33^ to 33<C, broadly convex. Gill 

 rakers 5 + 9, short slender points, }i of gill filaments, which 1% 

 in eye. 



Scales 42 or 43 between gill opening and caudal base; tubes 32 or 

 33 in lateral line; 9 to 11 scales above lateral line, 22 or 23 below. 

 Scales with 8 or 9 basal radiating striae; apical denticles 43 to 85, 

 with 2 to 5 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. X or XI, 19, I or 20, i, last spine 1% to 1% in head, fifth ray 

 1}4 to l}i; A. Ill, 16, I or 17, i, second spine 1% to 1^, fifth ray, 



