€4 SQUA1\IIPINN?:S, 



3:^. Holacanthus chrysurus. 



Cuv. tV Vul. vii. p. 188. 



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Dorsal fin slightly pointed. Brown : a bluish line from the neck 

 romid the eye towards the mouth, emitting three other lines to the 

 margin of the interoperciilum ; a vertical line on the operculum, ex- 

 tending before the pectoral to the base of the ventral ; a thii'd on the 

 chest ; body with six whitish curved lines, alternately broader and 

 naiTower, extending over the dorsal and anal ; there are several 

 other indistinct lines in the interspaces between those described ; 

 caudal yellow, with a fine black marginal line. {Cuv.) 



Hah. ? 



33. Holacanthus csenileus. 



Holacanthus cferuleus, {Ehre)ihg.) Cuv. Sf Val. vii. p. 194. 



Blue, with curved white transverse lines, alternately broader and 

 narrower ; caudal yellow ; dorsal and anal fins rounded. {Cuv.) 

 Eed Sea. 



C. Body without bands. 

 34. Holacanthus mesoleucus. 



Renard, i. 22, 121 ; Valmt. iii. p. 3G1. f. 48. 



Chffitodon mesoleucus, lil. tab. 216. f. 2 ; Bl. Schn. p. 227. 



mesomelas. Gin. i. p. 1263. 



Holacanthus mesoleucus, Lacep. iv. pp. 528, 537 ; Cuv. ^ Val. vii. 



p. 170; Bleeh. Verh. Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. Clicetod. p. 26. 

 Chaetodon atratus, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 72. 



Scales small. The prseopercular spine not grooved, reaching to the 

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

 fins rounded posteriorly. Head with the anterior part of the body 

 yeUow, which colour passes gradually into brown ; a broad brown 

 ociilar band from the neck, across the chest ; the brown part of the 

 body finely reticulated with white ; caudal white. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Fine specimen. Macassar. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



b. Adult : bad state. Moluccas. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



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



35. Holacanthus chrysocephalus. 



Bleckvr, Java, ii. p. 428. 



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 Scales small. The praeopercular spine is about as long as the eye; 



