5. CniLODACTYLUS. 81 



6. Chilodactylus brachydactylus. 



Cm. ^- Val. V. p. 861. 



D. ^. A. |. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 6/13. 



The simple rays of the pectoral short, ouc-fifth longer than the 

 branched ones. The spinous dorsal low ; the sixth spine, which is 

 the longest, Sg in the length of the head. Unifoi-m brown. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



a. Adult : not good state. Cape of Good Hope. Purchased of Mr. 



Frank as Ch. gronovii. 

 h. Adult: stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. Purchased of Sir A. Smith. 

 c. Half-grown. Purchased of ;Mr. Frank. 



7. Chilodactylus monodactylus. 



Chfetodon monodactylus, Carmich. IVans. Linn. Soc. xii. p. 300. pi. 21. 



Chilodactylus carmichaelis, Cuv. ^ Val. v. p. 360, ix. p. 489 ; Gai/, 



Hist. CM. Zool. ii. p. 197; Cuv. RegneAnim. III. Poiss. pi. 31. f. 2. 



B. 6. D.l^. A.^. L. lat. 4.5. 



24 12 



The six lower pectoral rays simple, the longest reaching to the 

 second anal spine. The second anal spine veiy strong. Body with 

 some indistinct vertical bands ; a blackish blotch on the shoulder and 

 below the eye. 



Coasts of Chile. 



8. Chilodactylus fasciatus. 



Cj-nsedus, Gronov. Zonjjhi/l. p. 64. no. 221. pi. 10. f. 1. 

 Cheilodactylus fasciatus, Lacep. v. p. 6. pi. 1. f. 1 ; Cur. Sf Val. v. p. 367. 

 Trichopterus indicus, Gronov. Si/st. ed. Gray, p. 162. 



B. 5. D. |. A. If. L. lat. 75. Vert. 14/20. 



Five rays of the pectoral simple, the length of the longest being 

 one-foui'th of the total. Dorsal fin scarcely notched ; the spinous 

 portion little elevated and nearly even. Brown (in a dried state), 

 with six or seven vertical bands ; on each caiidal lobe five transverse 

 bands. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



a. Adult : stuffed : not good state. 



h. Adult : stuffed : not good state. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



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



9. Chilodactylus variegatus. 



Cheilodactylus variegatus, Cuv. iif Val. ix. p. 494; Gay, Hist. Cliil. 

 Zool. ii. p. 199. 



tschudii, Midi. ^- Trosch. Hor. Ichth. iii. p. 25. 



cinctus, Tschudi, Faun. Per. Ichthyol. p. 15. taf. 2. 



B.6. D.L5. A.l 



Six or seven simple pectoral rays, none of which are elongate. 



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