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streaks along the side, separated by black interspaces ; -vertical fins 

 black, edged with blue. 



Northern parts of the Eed Sea. 



a. Adult. Eed Sea. From Dr. RiippeU's Collection. 



15. Acanthurus undulatus. 

 Cuv. 4- Val X. p. 205. 



The height of the body is rather more than one-half of the total 

 length (the caudal fin included). Profile of the snout nearly straight. 

 Light brown, with twelve or thii-teen undulated whitish lines, as- 

 cending posteriorly ; dorsal and anal fins brownish. ( Val.) 



Indian Ocean. 



; 16. Acanthums dussumieri. 



Cuv. Sr Val X. p. 201. 



The height of the body is rather less than one-half of the total 

 length ; the anterior profile of the snout is slightly convex ; the length 

 of the head is contained twice and two-thirds in its height. Caudal 

 fin slightly emarginate. Dark brown, with very numerous, fine, 

 rather irregular bluish longitudinal lines, and with some spots of the 

 same colour on the thorax and the caudal fra ; base of the dorsal fin 

 with bluish and reddish longitudinal streaks ; a rose-coloured band 

 between the eyes. (Val.) 



Mauritius. 



17. Acanthurus grammoptilus. 

 Richards, in Ami. %■ Mag. Nat. Hist. 1842, xi. p. 176. 

 D -?- A ^ 



The height of the body is two-sevenths of the total length (the 

 caudal fin not included). The profile of the snout is rather convex. 

 Nine lobate teeth on each side of the upper jaw. Brown (iu a dried 

 state), with very numerous undulated and irregular bluish longitu- 

 dinal lines ; a whitish band across the basal portion of the caudal fin ; 

 posterior half of the pectoral yellowish ; dorsal fin with five dark 

 longitudinal Unes ; anal with a light line, along and within the mar- 

 gin ; dorsal and anal fins with a black spot posteriorly in the axil. 



Port Essington. 



a, h. Skins. Types of the species. 



18. Acanthurus bleekeri. 



Acanthurus niata, Bleek. Java, ii. p. 432; (not Cut: Si- Val.). 

 D.-8.. A. A. 



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The height of the body is nearly one-third of the total length (the 



