490 CAKANGIDJi. 



b. Four inches long. From the Haslar Collection. 

 0. Four inches long : skin. 



d. Young. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



e. Half-grown. Singapore. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 /. Young. Singapore. 



g. Young. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



h-l. Adult, half-grown, and young : skins. From Dr. Cantor's Col- 

 lection. 



m. Young. Philippines. Purchased of Mr. Cuming. 



n. Young. China. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 



o-r. Half-grown and young : skins. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. 

 Cantor's Collection {Platax guttulatus). 



2. Platax orbicularis. 



Cliaetodon orbicularis, Forsk. p. 59. 



pentacantbus, Lacep. iv. p. 454. pi. 9. f. 2. 



Platax orbicularis, Cuv. ^- Val. vii. p. 232 ; Rilpp. AH. p. 67. 1. 18. f. 3; 



Bleeker, Sumatra, iv. p. 81. 

 pentacantbus, Cuv. Hf Val. vii. p. 2.35. 



D. ii5. A. -^. L. lat. 55-60. 



36-37 26-27 



The height of the body is less than its length (without fins) ; the 

 snoiit is prominent, the prseorbital a little narrower than the orbit. 

 The dorsal and anal fins moderately elevated, rounded : the ventrals 

 do not reach to the anal ; they are black at the base and at the ex- 

 tremity. A more or less distinct ocular band. 



Eed Sea ; East Indian Archipelago ; N.W. coast of Australia. 



Probably founded on old specimens of Platax vespertUio. 

 ft. Eighteen inches long : stuffed. Port Essington. From Mr. Gould's 



Collection. 

 h. Twelve inches long : stuffed. 



3. Platax boersii. 



Bleeker, Celebes, iii. p. 758. 



D.±. A.A .L.lat.45. 



The height of the body is more than its length (without fins) ; the 

 snout is not prominent, the prEEorbital more than twice as low as the 

 orbit (above the angle of the mouth) ; the dorsal, anal, and ventrals 

 are much produced, the latter reaching to the caudal fin. An ocular 

 band; ventrals black, caudal yellow-edged. {Bl.) 



Sea of Macassar. 



4. Platax raynaldi, 



Cuv. df Val. vii. p. 219. 



D ^ A ^ 



32-33" ■ 23-24" 



The height of the body is one-fifth less than the total length 

 snout entirely obtuse, not prominent. Dorsal and anal fins clc- 



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