34 SQUAMIPINNKS. 



B. Species with ten dorsal spines or less. 

 63. Chaetodon chrysozonus. 

 Chsetodon chrysozonus, {Kuhl S;- v. Hass.) Cur. ^- Val vii. p. 82; 

 Cuv. Rbgne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 38. f. 2 ; BUek. ViThand. Batav. 

 Genootsch. xxiii. ChcEtodont. p. 17. 



labiatus, {Kuhl Sf i\ Ifass.) Cuv. ^ Val. vii. p. 88. 



melanopus, Cuv. (^- Val. \'ii. p. 84. 



guttatus, Ch-otiov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 71. 



-D- 2Wo- ^- h ^- ^^^- 45- L. transv. 10-23. 



The snout is very little produced, and equal in length to the dia- 

 meter of the eye ; prseoperculum minutely denticulated ; the dorsal 

 and anal fins rounded ; the ventrals reach to the third anal ray. 

 Snout blackish ; the ocular band prolonged backwards, nearly to the 

 base of the ventrals ; body with two very broad cross-bands ; a round 

 black spot, edged with white, in the middle of the soft dorsal ; a 

 black band round the base of the caudal ; dorsal and anal witli » 

 bluish line, parallel to, and near the margin ; ventral deep black. 



Molucca Sea ; Sea of China. 



a. Fine specimen. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



h. Adult: not good state. China. From the Haslar Collection. 



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



d. Half- grown : skin. From Gi'onov's Collection. 



64. Chsetodon oligacanthus. 



Bleeker, Verhund. Batav. Goiootscli. xxiii. Chcetodont. p. 16. 

 D.|;. A.l. L.lat.46. 



The anterior part of the dorsal fin elevated, the sixth spine the 

 longest. Yellowish, -ndth five brownish vertical bands : the first 

 through the eye, the second across the opercle, the third and fourth 

 to the anal fin, the fifth on the tail ; the fourth mth a round black 

 spot at the base of the dorsal fin, the fifth edged \vith yellow ; a red 

 band from the snout to the forehead. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



a. Adult. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



6, c. Half-grown : not good state. Singapore. 



(I. Half-grown. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



e. Adult : not good state. 



/. Young. From the Haslar Collection. 



II. Scales small, in sixty or more transverse series. 

 65. Chaetodon strigatus. 



Chsetodon strigatus, {Lanri^d.) Citr.S)- Val. vii. p. 25.pl. 120; Fau7i. 

 Japan. Poiss. p. 80. pi. 41. f. 1 ; Bleek. Verhaud. Batav. Genootsch. 

 xxvi. Japan, p. 94. 



D.ll. A.JL. L. lat. 60. ].. transv. 10/21. 

 The snout is scarcely produced, and equal to, or rather shorter 



