34 SUUAIIIPINNES. 



B. Species witli ten dorsal spines or less. 

 63. Chsetodon chrysozonus. 



Chsetodon chrysozonus, (Kithl is- v. Hass.) Cur. ^- Val. vii. p. 82 ; 



Cuv. Eigne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 38. f. 2 ; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. 



Genootsch. xxiii. Clicetoclont. p. 17. 



labiatus, (KM Sf v. Hass.) Cui\ Sj Val. vii. p. 83. 



melauopus, Cuv. ^ Val. vii. p. 84. 



guttatus, GroHov. Sj/st. ed. Gray, p. 71. 



D. 1^. A. ^. L. lat. 45. L. transv. 10-23. 



The snout is very little produced, and equal in length to the dia- 

 meter of the eye ; pr£eoperculuni minutely denticulated ; the dorsal 

 and anal fins rounded ; the ventrals reach to the third anal ray. 

 Snout blackish ; the ociilar band prolonged backwards, nearly to the 

 base of the ventrals ; body with two very broad cross-bands ; a round 

 black spot, edged with white, in the middle of the soft dorsal ; a 

 black band rotind the base of the caudal ; dorsal and anal with a 

 bluish Hne, parallel to, and near the margin ; venti'al deep black. 



Molucca Sea ; Sea of China. 



a. Erae specimen. Amboyna. Ptirchased of Mr. Frank. 



h. Adult : not good state. China. From the Haslar Collection. 



c. Adidt : skin. From Gronov's Collection. 



d. Half-grown : skin. From Gronov's Collection. 



64. ChaBtodon oligacanthus. 



Bleeker, Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. Chestodont. p. 16. 

 D.A A.|. L. lat. 46. 



The anterior part of the dorsal fin elevated, the sixth spine the 

 longest. Yellowish, with five brownish vertical bands : the first 

 throtigh the eye, the second across the opercle, the thii-d and foui'th 

 to the anal fin, the fifth on the tail ; the foirrth with a roiuid black 

 spot at the base of the dorsal fin, the fifth edged with yellow ; a red 

 band from the snout to the forehead. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



c. Adult. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



b, c. Half-grown : not good state. Singapore. 



d. Half-grown. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



e. Adult : not good state. 



f. Young. From the Haslar Collection. 



U. Scales small, in sixty or more transverse series. 

 65. Chsetodon strigatus. 



Chsetodon stiigatus, {Langsd.) Cuv. Sf Val. vii. p. 25. pi. 120 ; Faun. 

 Japan. Poiss. p. 80. pi. 41. f. 1 ; Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. 

 xxvi. Japan, p. 94. 



D.H A.-^. L. lat. 60. L. transv. 10/21. 



The snout is scarcely produced, and equal to, or rather shorter 



