1. CH.,ETODON, 23 



extremity of the ventral fins, and is nearly as wide as the Drhit ; the 

 extremity of the snout and the margins of the soft dorsal, anal, and 

 caudal fins blackish ; the remainder uniform yellowish (in spirits ; the 

 black colour of the ventral disappears sometimes in dried specimens). 

 Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



a,h. Adult. Amboyna, Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 c, d. Adult : not good state. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 e. Young. Java. Pxirchased of Mr. Jamrach. 

 /. Adult. Mauritius. From the Collection of the Zoological So- 

 ciety. — Type of Ch. Jlavescens. 

 g, h. Adult : stuffed. 



36. Chsetodon reinwardtii. 

 Chgetodon melanotus, (^Reinw.) Cuv. ^ Val. vii. p. 71 (not Schneid.) 

 D. 1^. A. i-. 



25 13 



The snout is pointed. Uniform yellowish, with an ocular band, 

 two black spots on the caudal fin, black ventrals, and with the 

 dorsal and anal blackrcdged. (Cuv.) 



Molucca Sea. 



0/3. Ventrals light-coloured. 



* Caudal with a black cross-band or crescent. 



37. ChsBtodon vittatus. 



Benard, i. 20. 109; Valent. iii. p. 378. f. 93, p. 494. f. 450, Seba, iii. 



29. 18 

 Chsetodon trifasciatus, [^Mungo Park, Tt'ans. Linn. Soc. iii. p. 34] ; 



Lacep. 10. p. 498. 

 vittatus, Bl. Schtt. p. 227 ; Cuv. ^ Val. vii. p. 34; Bleek. Verh. 



Batav. Genootsch. xxiii. Chcetod. p. 18. 

 austnacus, Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 30. taf. 9. f. 2 (var.). 



D. i5. A. ^. L. lat. 38. L. transv. 5/13. Vert. 10/14. 



The snout is short, obtuse, and equal iu length to the diameter of 

 the eye ; praeoperculum very indistinctly serrated ; the dorsal and 

 anal fins with the posterior angle rounded. Body with parallel and 

 slightly obUque blackish streaks. Snout blackish, separated from 

 the ocular band by a white streak ; the ocular band white-edged, 

 encircling the chest, much narrower than the orbit ; a very narrow, 

 blackish, anteriorly white-edged stripe behind, and parallel to the 

 ocular band, along the praopercular margin. A cnijeiform, black, 

 yellow-edged band from the origin of the soft dorsal to the back of 

 the tail, where it is broadest. A black, yellow-edged band along 

 the base of the anal. The soft dorsal with an indistinct reddish band 

 along its middle. Caudal crossed in the middle by a black, yeUow- 

 edged bar ; ventrals wmtish. 



From the Red Sea to Polynesia. 



a. Adult. Ceram. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



6, c. Fine specimens. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



