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than the diameter of the eye ; prteoperciiluin very distinctly den- 

 ticulated ; the soft dorsal not higher than the spinous, the height 

 of which equals the distance between the posterior margin of the eye 

 and the extremity of the muzzle. Body with five or six brown lon- 

 gitudinal bands, the fii'st and second of which are continued on the 

 soft dorsal, the foiu'th and fifth on the anal. 

 Seas of China and Japan. 



a. Adult ; stufi'ed. China. Presented by J. R. Beeves, Esq. 



b. Adult : stuffed : not good state. Japan. 



c. Half-grown : bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



66. ChaBtodon polylepis. 



Bheker, Act. Soc. Imlo-Nederl. ii. Amboina, p. 54. 

 ^■l- ^-iko- L-lat. 60-65. 



The snout is slightly produced, pointed, and rather shorter than 

 the eye ; prteoperculum denticulated at the angle ; dorsal and anal 

 fins rounded posteriorly. Head yeUowish-brown ; body with two very 

 broad oblique yellow bands : the anterior triangular, from between 

 the third and ninth dorsal spines to the scapulary region, tapering 

 to a point ; the posterior convex, from the last thi'ee or four dorsal 

 spines to the back of the taU, not extending below the lateral line. 



Sea of Amboyna. 



a, b. Adult : not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 

 67. ChsBtodon sexfasciatus. 



Richardson, Ann. 4" Mag. Nat. Hist. x. 1842, p. 26. 



The snout is very shghtly produced, its length being about equal 

 to that of the diameter of the eye ; prasoperculum very distinctly 

 serrated ; the dorsal and anal fins are rounded posteriorly. Six 

 brown vertical bands, the anterior of which goes through the eye 

 from the nape of the neck to the root of the ventrals. 



Coast of Western Australia. 



a. Adult : stuffed. W. Austi'alia. From Mr. Gould's Collection. — 



Type of the species. 

 6. Adiilt : skin : not good state. Purchased of Mr. Leadbeater. 



2. CHELMO. 



Chelmon, Ciiv. Rbgne Anim. ; Ctiv. ^- T'al. \ai. p. 86. 



Body much compressed and elevated. One dorsal, with nine and 

 more spines, none of which are elongate. Muzzle produced into a 

 long cyHndrical tube, with a small anterior cleft of the mouth. No 

 teeth on the palate ; prseoperculum without spine. Scales moderate 

 or rather small. 



Indian Seas. West coast of Australia. Polynesia. 



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