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'Exp. Ost-Asien, 1876, p. 388 (Ainboina). — Gunther, Philos. Trans. Roy. 

 Soc. London, vol. 168, 1879, p. 470 (Rodriguez). — Meyeu, An. Soc. Espa- 

 nola, Hist. Nat. Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 17 (Manada, Celebes; Sioa, 

 Sangi). — Vaillant, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, vol. 3, ser. 3, 1893, p. 57 

 (Palawan). — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filipin., vol. 1, 1895, p. 485 (Luzon, 

 Cavite, Santa Cruz). — IsHiKAWAand Matsuura, Prelim. Cat. Fish. Mus. 

 Tokyo, 1895, p. 53. — Jatzow and Lentz, Abh. Senckenb., Naturf. Ges., 

 vol. 21, Heft 1, 1897, p. 502 (Zanzibar). — Jordan and Fowler, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, 1902, p. 531 (Nafa, Okinawa).— Jordan and 

 Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fish., vol. 27, 1907 (1908), p. 269 (Cagayancillo).— 

 Regan, Ann. Durban Mus., 1908, p. 245 (Kosi Bay). — Gilchrist and 

 Thompson, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 6, pt. 2, 1908, p. 159 (Natal). — 

 Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 442 (Tanegashima). p. 

 510 (Okinawa). — Pellegrin, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 39, 1914, p. 

 227 (Mahambo, Madagascar). — McCulloch, Australian Zoologist, vol. 

 2, pt. 3, February 10, 1922, p. 91 (Iluka, New South Wales); Rec. Aus- 

 tral. Mus., vol. 14, pt. 1, 1923, p. 3 (Clarence River and Port Dennison, 

 Queensland). — Fov/ler, Bishop Mus. Bull., No. 22, 1925, p. 11 (Guam), 

 p. 27 (Honolulu), p. 33 (Samoa). — Fowler and Ball, Bishop Mus. Bull., 

 No. 26, 1925 (1926), p. 17 (Johnston Island, French Frigate Shoals, Wake 

 Island).— McCuLLocH, Rec. Austral. Mus., vol. 15, No. 1, 1926, p. 35 (Pearl 

 Reef, Holbourne Island, Iluka, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Samoa, 

 Friendly Islands, Funafuti, Papua). — Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., 

 vol. 21, pt. 2, Oct. 1927, p. 609, pi. 26, fig. 6 (Natal, Zululand, Mozambique). 



Chaetodon auriga var. setifer Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 106, pi. 

 27, fig. 3 (Nicobars). 



Pomacentrus filameniosus Lacep6de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1803, p. 511 

 (on Bloch). 



Chaetodon nesogaUicus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, p. 63. Mauri- 

 tius.— Kaup, Arch. Naturg., vol. 26, abth. 1, 1860, p. 154 (Bourbon).— 

 Guichenot, Notes I. Reunion, vol. 2, 1862, p. 26. — Bleeker, Nederl. 

 Tijds. Dierk., vol. 4, 1874, p. 117 (China). — Martens, Preuss. Exp. 

 Ost-Asien, 1876, p. 388(Amboina). — Gunther, Rep. Voy. Challenger, vol. 

 1, 1880, p. 27 (Botany Bay).— Elera, Cat. Fauna Filipin., vol. 1, 1895, 

 p. 485 (Luzon, Manila, Navotas). 



Chaetodon sebayius Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, p. 74. East 

 Indies, Timor, Guam, Tonga, Mauritius, Batavia. 



Chaetodon lunaris Gray, Cat. Fish. Gronow, vol. 2, 1854, p. 70. India. 



Depth 1% to 1%; head 2i^ to 3, width 22.5 to 23^. Snout 2}i to 

 2% in head; eye 3 to 43^, 1}/q to 1^ in snout, little greater than 

 interorbital to 1}/^ with age; maxillary ^ to % in snout, 3% to 3^^ 

 in head; interorbital 3% to 4, broadly convex. Gill rakers 4 + 14, 

 short points }4 of 8"il^ filaments, which 1% in eye. 



Scales 29 or 30 between gill opening and caudal base; tubes 26 to 

 30 in lateral line; 6 to 8 scales above lateral line and 15 to 18 below. 

 Scales with 14 to 21 basal radiating striae, more parallel and marginal 

 with age, and 1 to 7 incomplete auxiliaries; apical denticles 113 to 

 322, with 10 to 15 transverse series of basal elements; circuli very fine. 



D. XII or XIII, 23, i or 24, i, last spine 1^ to 2i^ in head, filament 

 13^ in young to Ij/^ in combined head and body with age; A. Ill, 20, i 

 or 21,1, third spine 1% to 2, ninth ray 13^ to 1%; least depth of caudal 

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