1. CH^TODON. 23 



extremity of the ventral fins, and is nearly as wide as the orbit ; the 

 extremity of the snout and the margins of the soft dorsal, anal, and 

 caiidal fins blackish ; the remainder uniform yellowish (in spirits ; the 

 black colour of the ventral disappears sometimes in dried specimens). 

 Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



a, b. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 c, d. Adult : not good state. Purchased of Mr. Frank, 

 e. Young. Java. Pui'chased of Mr. Jamrach. 

 /. Adult. Mauritius. From the Collection of the Zoological So- 

 ciety. — Type of Cli. Jlavescois. 

 g, h. Adult : stufl'ed. 



36. Chaetodon reinwardtii 

 Chaetodon melanotus, {Reinw.) Cuv. 4" Val. vii. p. 71 (not Schneid.) 

 D. 1^. A. ^. 



25* 13* 



The snout is pointed. Uniform yellowish, with an ocular band, 

 two black spots on the caudal fin, black ventrals, and with the 

 dorsal and anal black-edged. {Cuv.) 



Molucca Sea. 



/3/3. Ventrals light-coloured, 



• Caudal with a black cross-band or crescent. 



37. Chaetodon vittatus. 



Renard, i. 20. 109 ; Valent. iii. p. 378. f. 93, p. 494. f. 450 ; Sehu, iii. 



29. 18. _ 



Chaetodon trifasciatus, [Mungo Park, Tram. Linn. Soc. iii. p. 34] ; 



Lacep. 10. p. 498. 

 vittatus, Bl. Schn. p. 227 ; Cuv. 8,- Val. vii. p. 34 ; Bleek. Verh. 



Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. CJicetod. p. 18. 

 austriacus, Riijjp. N. TV. Fische, p. 30. taf. 9. f. 2 (var.). 



D. i5. A. |. L. lat. 38. L. transv. 5/13. Vert. 10/14. 



The snout is short, obtuse, and equal in length to the diameter of 

 the eye ; prseopercidum very indistinctly serrated ; the dorsal and 

 anal fins with the posterior angle roimded. Body with parallel and 

 slightly oblique blackish streaks. Snout blackish, separated from 

 the ocidar band by a white streak ; the ocular band white-edged, 

 encircling the chest, much narrower than the orbit ; a very narrow, 

 blackish, anteriorly white-edged stripe behind, and parallel to the 

 ocular band, along the prseopercidar margin. A cimeiform, black, 

 yellow-edged band from the origin of the soft dorsal to the back of 

 the tail, Avhere it is broadest. A black, yeUow-edged band along 

 the base of the anal. The soft dorsal with an indistinct reddish band 

 along its middle. Caudal crossed in the middle by a black, yellow- 

 edged bar ; ventrals whitish. 



From the Red Sea to Polynesia. 



a. Adult. Ceram. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



b, c. Fine specimens. Amboyna. Pui'chased of Mr. Frank. 



