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Queensland).— Ahl, Arch. Naturg., vol. 89, abth. A, Heft 5, 1923, p. 153 

 (Indian Ocean, Ralum, New Guinea, Matupi, German New Guinea, New 

 Pomerania, South Sea, Samoa, French Islands, Amboina, East Indies, 

 Mauritius, Takao). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1923, 

 p. 42 (Madagascar); Bishop Mas. Bull., No. 22, 1925, p. 33 (Samoa).— 

 Fowler and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 71, 1927, p. 8 (Poeloe 

 Toekus Island, Sumatra). — Herre and Montalban, Philippine Journ. 

 Sci., vol. 34, No. 1, Sep. 1927, p. 32, pi. 5, fig. 2 (Curimao, Balaoan, Iba, 

 Mariveles, Aloneros, Calapan, Gigantangan, Tagbilaran, Clarendon Bay, 

 Zamboanga, Pearl Bank, Basbas, Bungau, Bilatan, Sibutu, Sitanki). — 

 Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, Oct. 1927, p. 611 

 (Natal, Zululand, Delagoa Baj^, Mozambique). 



Chetodon vagabundus Bonnaterre, Tabl. Ichth., 1788, p. 89 (India). 



Teiragonoptrus (Linophora) vagabundus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., 

 vol. 7, 1877, p. 48, pi. (16) 378, fig. 1 (Sumatra, Batu, Nias, Java, Bawean, 

 Celebes, Sangi, Sumbawa, Timor, Ternate, Batjan, Buru, Ceram, Amboina, 

 Harucu, Goram, Banda, Aru). 



Chaetodon pictus Forskal, Descr. Animal., 1775, pp. xiii, 65. Mochha, Red 

 Sea.— Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, pt. 3, 1789, p. 1269 (Arabia). — 

 Walbaum, Arted. Pise, vol. 3, 1792, p. 422 (on Forskal). — Schneider, 

 Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1802, pp. 457, 484 (Arabia, Mauritius).— Gun- 

 THER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1860, p. 24 (Madras). — Kaup, Arch. 

 Naturg., vol. 26, abth. 1, 1860, p. 154 (Africa, Asia, Moluccas, Tahiti). — 

 Klunzinger, Verb. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, 1870, p. 781 (Koseir, 

 Red Sea).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 105, pi. 26, fig. 2 

 (Andamans). 



Chaetodon {Anisochaetodon) vagabundus var. pictus Klunzinger, Fische Roth. 

 Meer., 1884, p. 56. 



Chaetodon speciosus (Parkinson) Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, 

 p. 52. Tahiti. 



Chaetodon decussatus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, p. 54. Pon- 

 dichery.— Ahl, Arch. Naturg., vol. 89, abth. A, Heft 5, 1923, p. 152 (no 

 locality). 



Chaetodon vagabundus var. jordani Ahl, Arch. Naturg., vol. 89, abth. A, 

 Heft 5, 1923, p. 181 (on Jordan and Starrs). 



Depth 13^ to 1%; head 2% to 3^, width 23/g to 2%. Snout 2% 

 to 2^ in head; eye 33^ to 3%, 13^ to 1% in snout, greater than 

 interorbital in young to \y^ in interorbital with age; maxillary J^ 

 to % in snout, 3^ to 43<^ in head; interorbital 3 to 3^, broadly 

 convex. Gill rakers 4 + 11, short points, 4)4. in gill filaments, which 

 1% in eye. 



Scales 29 or 30 between gill opening and caudal base; tubes 31 to 

 34 in lateral line; 7 or 8 scales above lateral line, 14 or 15 below. 

 Scales with 10 to 24 basal radiating striae, and 1 to 3 incomplete 

 auxiliaries; apical denticles 103 to 162, with 6 to 8 series of basal 

 elements transversely; circuli fine. 



D. XII or XIII, 23, i or 24, i, last spine 2yo to 2% in head, thir- 

 teenth ray 1% to \%; A. Ill, 20, i, third spine 1% to 2, tenth ray, 

 \y^ to \yi; least depth of caudal peduncle 3 to 3^/8; caudal 13^ to 

 1^-5, hind edge convex; pectoral \Y^ to 13^; ventral 13^ to \%. 



