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CH^TODONTID^. 



CH^rODOX SETIFER, Bl [No. 19234]. 



Chcetodon sctifer, Bloch, Naturg. ausliiud. Fiscbe. 1797, pi. 426, 1. — Bloch, Syst. 

 Ichtb., ed. SCHN., 1801, 225.— Cuv. & Val„ Hist. Nat. des Poiss., vii, 1831, 

 7C.— GCnther, Cat. Fisb., ii, 1860, 6; Jour. Mus. Godeff., ii, 1874, Fiscbe der 

 Sudsee, i, 36, pi. 26, f. B. 



Pomaeenirus Jilamcniosus, Lackp., Hist, des Poiss., iv, 1803, 506, 511. 



Chcetodon sihauus, Cuv. & Val., op. cit., 74. 



Chcetodon auriga, var. Euppell, N. W. Fiscbe, 1837, 28. 



Chcetodon lunaris, Gronov., Syst. (1780), ed. Gray, 1854, 70. 



Chcetodon auriga, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., y, 1853, Celebes, iv, 164. 



Locality : Fanning Islands. 



CAUA^GIDM. 



CAEANGUS ASCENSIONIS, [Forst.) Streets [No. 19235]. 



Soomher ascensionis, Forster, Descr. Anim., ed. LiciiT., 1844, 412. — Bloch, Syst. 



Icbtb., ed. ScHN., 1801, 33. 

 Caranx ascensionis, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. des Poiss., ix, 1833, 102, pi. 249.— Guntiier, 



Cat. Fisb., ii, 1860, 432 ; Jour. Mus. Godeff., 1876, part xi, Fiscbe der Sudsee, 



part V, 132, pi. 85. 



D 82V A. 2Jy. L. lat. (plates) 30. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length (without cau- 

 dal ); head higher than long ; its length is contained 3^ times in the total 

 length (without caudal) ; diameter of the eye is two-thirds of the length 

 of the snout, and is contained 4J times in the length of the head. Upper 

 maxillary extends to the vertical from the center of the eye. Occipital 

 crest much elevated ; forehead in front of the eyes concave. Teeth en- 

 larged in the upper jaw anteriorly. The arched portion of the lateral 

 line equals the length of the head, and is about two-thirds of the length 

 of the straight portion. The line becomes straight below the third ray 

 of the second dorsal fjn. Pectoral fin scythe shaped ; the upper rays 

 much produced, and extending beyond the origiu of the anal. Color (in 

 spirit) uniform brownish; vertical fins somewhat darker, and purplish. 



Total length, 15.50 inches. 



Locality : Fanning Islands. 



