12 SQUAMIPINNES. 



17. Chaetodon beiinetti. 



Ch?etodon beinietti, Citv. 4" ?'«^- vii. p. 84 ; Bkek. Bcifav. p. 467. 

 vinctus, Benn. Voy. Beech, p. (52. pi. 17. f. 1 (faulty). 



^■Tf ^-liVe- L-lat.40. 



The snout is obtuse, nearly eqiial in length to the diameter of the 

 eye ; pntopcrculum iudistinctly denticulated at the angle ; anal and 

 dorsal fins abounded posteriorly. The ocular band is narrower than 

 the orbit, reaches fi'om the nape of the neck to the lower margin of 

 the intcropercidum. and is edged with silvery-white. A large round, 

 black, white-edged spot on each side of the back, below the posterior 

 dorsal spines ; two obHque pearl-coloui'ed bands descend from the 

 operculum towards the anal fin, one above the root of the pectoral, 

 the other below ; the soft dorsal and anal and the caudal with a broad 

 blackish margin. 



Molucca Sea. 



a. Fine specimen. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



The figm-e quoted represents erroneously nine dorsal spines, and 

 has seiwed for the description given by Cuvier. 



IS. Chaetodon speculum. 



Chfetodon specidum, (^KuhlSivan Hass.) Cuv. Sf Val. vii. p. 73 ; Bleek. 



Banda, i. p. 242. 

 ? Chffitodon spilopleura, (Beinw.) Cuv. <§• Val. vii. p. 74. 



D. {^. A. ^. L. lat. 40. 



The dorsal and anal fins are rounded posteriorly. The ocular 

 band is continued over the chest. An ovate black spot of the size 

 of the head, on the back, below the middle of the dorsal fin ; caudal 

 edged with brown. 



Molucca Sea. 



19. Chaetodon capistratus. 



St'ba, iii. 25. 10, ? iii. 26. 35. 



Clijetodon capistratus, L. Mus. Ad. Fried, tab. 33. f . 4 ; L. Syst. Nat. 



p. 405 ; L. Gm. p. 1252 ; Bl. t. 205 ; Bl. Schn. p. 222 ; Risso, Eur. 



Merid. iii. p. 432; Cuv. Sf Val. vii. p. 64; Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 67. 

 Tetragonopterus, sp., Klein, Hiss. iv. p. 37. no. 2. t. 11. f. 5. 

 Diihamel, Peckes, ii. sect. 4. pi. 13. f. 2. 



D.H^. A.;^. L. lat. 42. L. transv. 6/17. Ctec. pylor. 8. 



The snout is very slightly produced, and nearly equal in length to 

 the diameter of the eye ; prajoperculum very indistinctly serrated. 

 The soft dorsal and anal angular posteriorly. The black ocular band 

 is wliite-edged, much narrower thtm the ej'e, and extends over the 

 interoperculum, not over the chest. A round black, white-edged spot 

 immediatelj' before the angle made by the dorsal fin and the back 

 of the tan ; blackish oblique streaks along the series of scales, those 

 of the upper half of the body descending forwards, those of the lower 

 ascending forwards. A greyish band edged with black across the 



