52 SaUAMlPINNES. 



II. Species with small scale?. 

 A. Body with longitudinal bands. 



26. Holacanthus septentrionalis. 



Temm. ^- Schleg. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 82. pi. 44 ; Richardson, Ichth. 

 China, p. 246. 



D.i5 A.i-. 



18 18' 



Scales very small. The prseopercular spiue reaches to the vertical 

 from the posterior margin of the operculum ; dorsal and anal fins 

 rounded posteriorly. Head, body, dorsal and anal fins with about 

 twelve blue longitudinal bands ; caudal yellow. 



Sea of Japan. 



a, h. Adult: stuifed. 



27. Holacanthus imperator. 



Citharsedus, ^lian, Animal, xi. cap. 2.3. 



Valent. iii. p. 362. f. 51, p. 462. f. 370, p. 479. f. 418 ; Ruysch, Coll. 



Pise. Amb. p. 37. tab. 19. f. 1 ; Renard, i. 16. 93, ii. 56. 238. 

 Chsetodon imperator, Bloch, iii. p. 51. t. 194 ; L. Om. p. 1255 ; Bl. 



Schn. p. 217. 

 Holacanthus imperator, Lacep. iv. pp. 527, 534. pi. 12. f. 3 ; Ciw. Sj- Vol. 



vii. p. 180; Bleeker, Celebes, iii. p. 758, and Act. Sac. Nedei-land. i. 



Manado en Makassar, p. 49. 



Scales small. The prseopercular spine reaches to the base of the 

 pectoral. Head, chest, and anal fin with bluish lines. An oblong 

 black spot between the shoulder, the operculum, and the root of the 

 pectoral ; body with many oi'ange-coloured, slightly waved streaks ; 

 caudal yellow. 



Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



a. Fourteen inches long: skin. Ceylon. Collected by E. F. Kelaart, 



M.D. 

 h. Adult. Ambo}Tia. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



c. Thirteen inches long. 



d. Thirteen inches long : stuffed. 



B. Body with white or bluish transverse lines, alternately broader 

 and narrower. 



28. Holacanthus nicobariensis. 



Renard, i. pi. 5. f. 34. 



Chsetodon nicobariensis, Bl. Schn. p. 219. t. 50. 



Holacanthus geometricus, LacSp. iv. pp. 528, 537. pi. 13. f. 1 ; Cuv. S( 



Val. vii. p. 189. 

 nicobariensis, Bleeker, Amhaina, vi. p. 413. 



Scales small. The anal and doi'sal fins rounded posteriorlj-. Black, 



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