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than tlie diameter of the eye; i)raeoperculum very distinctly den- 

 ticulated ; the soft dorsal not higher than the spinous, the height 

 of which equals the distance between the posterior margin of the eye 

 and the extremity of the muzzle. Body with five or six brown lon- 

 gitudinal bands, the first and second of which are continued on the 

 soft dorsal, the fourth and fifth on the anal. 

 Seas of China and Japan. 



a. Adult : stuifed. Cliina. Presented by J. R. Peeves, Esq. 



h. Adult : stuffed : not good state. Japan. 



c. Half-grown : bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 



6G. Chsetodon polylepis. 

 Bleeker, Act. Soc. Indo-Nederl. ii. Ambuina, p. 54. 

 ^■'i- A-T^o- 1^- lat. 60-65. 

 The snout is slightly produced, pointed, and rather shoiter than 

 the eye ; praeoperculum denticulated at the angle ; dorsal and anal 

 fins rounded posteriorly. Head yellowish-brown ; body with two very 

 broad oblique yellow bands : the anterior triangular, from between 

 the thii'd and ninth dorsal spines to the scapulary region, tapering 

 to a point ; the posterior convex, from the last three or four dorsal 

 spines to the back of the tail, not extending below the lateral line. 

 Sea of Amboyna. 



a, h. Adult: not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 



67. Chaetodon sexfasciatus. 

 Richardson, Ann. <§- Mag. Nat. Hist. x. 1842, p. 2fi 



^■'i- A-.W L.lat.ca. 90. 



The snout is very shghtly produced, its length being about equal 

 to that of the diameter of the eye ; praeoperculum very -distinctly 

 serrated ; the dorsal and anal fins are rounded posteriorly. Six 

 brown vertical bands, the anterior of which goes through the eye 

 from the nape of the neck to the root of the ventrals. 



Coast of Western Australia, 



a. Adult: stuffed. W. Australia. From Mr. Gould's Collection.— 



Type of the species. 



b. Adult : skin : not good state. Purchased of Mr. Leadbeater. 



2. CHELMO. 



Clielmon, Cuv. R^gne Anim. ; C/n: >$• Vcd. vii. p. 86. 



Body much compressed and elevated. One dorsal, with nine and 

 more spines, none of which are elongate. Muzzle produced into a 

 long cylindrical tube, with a small anterior cleft of the mouth. No 

 teeth on the palate ; praeoperculum without spine. Scales moderate 

 or rather small. 



Indian Seas. West coast of Australia. Polynesia. 



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