32 SQ-pAMiriNNES. 



angularly bent, with the angle pointing forwards. Head red, -with a 

 black, white-edged ocular band. The posterior part of the body, 

 including the soft dorsal and anal and the caudal fins, is black, the 

 extremity of the caudal whitish ; sometimes a wliite-edgcd spot of a 

 deeper black at the root of the caudal, 

 lied bca. 



56. Chaetodon tau-nigrum. 



Cut. ^- Veil. \-ii. p. 38. 



D. i^. A. A. 



21* 20 



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

 the eye. Body with blackish longitudinal streaks. Ocular baud 

 nan'ow ; a black vertical streak between the extremities of the dorsal 

 and anal fins, to which is joined a black triangle, the whole forming 

 a mark like a T. Fins pale. (CW.) 



Sea of Guam. 



57. Chaetodon blackburni. 



Eenarcl f. 22. n. 121 (bad). 



Chffltodon blackburni, Dexjard. Compf. Hold. Soc. Hist. Nat. Ik de 

 France ; Cur. Rk/nc Anim. III. Potss. pi. 37. f. 3. 



D. 1-6. A. ^. L. lat. 43. L. transv. 7/18. 



•22 10 ' 



The snout is slightly produced, and longer than the diameter of 

 the eye ; praeoperculum indistinctly denticulated. The anterior 

 dorsal sprues are rather low, the length of the third being equal to 

 that of the snout ; the dorsal and anal fins posteriorly with an obtuse 

 angle. The anterior portion of the body is light-coloured, with a 

 brownish-black ocular band, narrower than the eye ; the soft dorsal 

 and anal fins, and the tail between, are brownish-black, the colour 

 becoming deeper posteriorly. Six nari'ow dark stripes descend 

 obliquely forwards towards the head and belly ,' pectoral, ventral, and 

 caudal fins colouidess (in spiiits). 



Sea of He de France. 



a. Adult. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



58. Chaetodon nigripinnis. 

 Peters in Wiegm. Arcliiv, 1855, p. 246. 



The snout is pointed, prominent. Yellow, with a black ocular 

 band and seven or eight black transverse stripes ; the soft dorsal 

 and anal, and the tail between, black ; dorsal and anal with a yellow- 

 ish margin. {Pet.) 



Mozambique. 



