8 saUAMIPINNES. 



The anal with a triangular V)lack band at the base ; caudal with 

 bright yellow margins. {Bl.) 

 Sea of Kokos. 



b. None of the dorsal rays elongate. 

 aa. A round black spot on the dorsal fin. 



9. ChsBtodon striatus. 



Sebu, ill. 25. 9 ; Klem, Miss. iv. pi. 10. f. 4, pi. 11. f. 4 ; Duhamel, 



_Peches, iv; pi. 13. f. .3. . 

 Chajtodon striatus, L. Mies. Ad. Fried, i. pi. 33. f 7 ; L. Si/st. Nut. i. 



p. 464 ; L. Gm. i. p. 1249 ; Bl. taf. 20.5. f. 1 ; Bl. ISchn. p. 222 ; 



Cuv. 6f Val. vii. p. 10 ; Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. (38 ; Cuv. Reytie 



Anim. III. Poiss. pL 37. f. 1 ; Casteln. Anini. uouv. ou rares Amer. 



Sud, Poiss. p. 19 (not Rosenthnl). 

 Chaetodon, sp., Gronov. Zoophyl. no. 285. 



D. 'ISLII, A. ^. L. lat. 38-42. L. transv. 8/16. Cfec. pylor. 8. 

 Vert. 10/14. 



The snout is slightly produced, and very little longer than the 

 diameter of the eye ; the vertical fins rounded posteriorly ; the fourth 

 and fifth dorsal spines are the longest, their length being equal to the 

 distance between the extremity of the snout and the praeopercular 

 margin. Five blackish-brown cross-bars : the first through, - and 

 narrower than, the eye ; the second from the second, third and.fourth 

 dorsal spines ; the third from the posterior five dorsal spines ; the 

 fourth superiorly confluent with the third, to the root of the caudal ; 

 the fifth across the middle of the caudal, continued on the soft dorsal 

 and anal fins, and yellow-edged at the convex (posterior) margin ; 

 ventrals black. 



Young specimens with a distinct, round, black, white-edged spot 

 near the upper extremity of the fourth band. 



Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



a. Adult. Puerto Cabello. From Mr. Brandt's Collection. 



6. Adult : not good state. Venezuela. From Mr. Dyson's Col- 

 lection. 



c. Fine specimen. St. Domingo. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



d-p. Adult and half-grown : skins. Jamaica. From Dr. Parnell's 

 Collection. 



q. Adult. West Indies. From Mr. Sciivoncr's Collection. 



r. Adidt : bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



s. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



t. Adult. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



u. Adult. 



V. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



w. Adult. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



.V. Adult. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



y. Adult: stuffed. 



z. Half-grown. Old Collection. 



a, ft. Young. Old Collection. 



