52 SQUAMIPINNES. 



II. Species with small sealen. 

 A. Body with longitudinal bands. 



26. Holacanthus septentrionalis. 



Tenun. 4" Schleg. Faun. Japon. Pom. p. 82. pi. 44; Richardson, Ichth. 

 China, p. 246. 



D.l^ A.i-. 



18 18 



Scales verj' small. The prseopercular .spine reaches to the vertical 

 from the posteiior margin of the operciilum ; dorsal and anal fins 

 rounded posteriorly. Head, body, dorsal and anal fins with about 

 twelve bine longitudinal bands : caudal yellow. 



Sea of Japan. 



a, b. Adult: stuffed, 



27. Holacanthus imperator. 



Citharsedus, ./Elian, Animal, xi. cap. 23. 



Valent. iii. p. 362. f. 51, p. 462. f. 370, p. 479. f. 418 ; Ruysch, CoU. 



Pise. Amb. p. 37. tab. 19. f, 1 ; Renard, i. 16. 93, ii. 56. 238. 

 Chaetodon imperator, Bloch, iii. p. 51. t. 194 ; L. Gm. p. 1255 ; Bl. 



Schn. p. 217. 

 Holacanthus imperator, Lacep. iv. pp. 527, 534. pi. 12. f. 3 ; Cuv.SfVal. 



vii. p. 180; Bleeker, Celebes, iii. p. 758, and Act. Soc. Nederland, i. 



Manado en Makassar, p. 49. 



22 30 



Scales small. The proeopercular spine reaches to the base of the 

 pectoral. Head, chest, and anal fin with bluish lines. An oblong 

 black spot between the shoulder, the operculum, and the root of the 

 pectoral ; body with many orange-coloured, slightly waved streaks ; 

 caudal yellow. 



Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



a. Fourteen inches long : skin. Ceylon, Collected by E. F. Kelaart, 



M.D. 

 h. Adult. AmbojTia, Purchased of Mr, Frank. 



c. Thirteen inches long, 



d. Thirteen inches long : stuffed. 



B, Body with white or bluish transverse lines, alternately broader 



and nan'ower. 



28. Holacanthus nicobariensis. 



Renard, i. pi. 5. f. 34. 



Chajtodon nicobariensis, Bl. Schn. p. 219. t. 50. 



Holacanthus geometricus, LarSp. iv. pp. 528, 537. pi. 13. f. 1 ; Cin\ ^■ 



Vol vii, p. 189. 

 nicobariensis, Bh-pher, Amboina, vi. p. 413 



Scales small. The anal and dorsal fins rounded ])osteriorly. Black, 



