5. CHILODACTYLtJS. 81 



6. Chilodactylus brachydactylus. 

 Cuv. 4" Val. V. p. 361. 



D. -^. A. |. L. lat. 50. L. transv. 6/13. 



The simp] 3 rays of the pectoral short, one-fifth longer than the 

 branched ones. The spinous doi-sal low ; the sixth spine, which is 

 the longest, 3^ in the length of the head. Uniform brown. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



a. Adult : not good state. Cape of Good Hope. Purchased of Mr. 



Frank as Ch. gronovii. 



b. Adult : stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. Purchased of Sir A. Smith. 



c. Half-grown. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



7. Chilodactylus monodactylus. 



Chaetodon monodactylus, Carmich. Trans. Linn. Soc, xii. p. 300. pi. 21. 



Chilodactylus carmichaelis, Cuv. 8f Val. v. p. 360, ix. p. 489 ; Gai/y 



Hist. Chil. Zool. ii. p. 197; Cuv. RegneAnim. III. Poiss. pi. 31. f. 2. 



B. 6. D. i^. A. ^. L. lat. 45. 



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The six lower pectoral rays simple, the longest reaching to the 

 second anal spine. The second anal spine very strong. Body with 

 some indistinct vertical bands ; a blackish blotch on the shoulder and 

 below the eye. 



Coasts of Chile. 



8. Chilodactylus fasciatus. 



Cynaedus, Gronov. Zoophyl. p. 64. no. 221. pi. 10. f. 1. 

 CheUodactylus fasciatus, Zacep. v. p. 6. pi. 1. f. 1; Cuv. <§• Val. v. p. 367. 

 Trichopterus indicus, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 162. 



B. 5. D. g. A. If. L. lat. 75. Vert. 14/20. 



Five rays of the pectoral simple, the length of the longest being 

 one-fouilh of the total. Dorsal fin scarcely notched ; the spinous 

 portion little elevated and nearly even. Brown (in a dried state), 

 with six or seven vertical bands ; on each caudal lobe five transverse 

 bands. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



a. Adult : stuffed : not good state. 



6. Adixlt : stuffed : not good state. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



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



9. Chilodactylus variegatus. 



Cheilodactylus variegatus, Cuv, 8f Val. ix. p. 494 ; Gay, Hist. Chil. 

 Zool. ii. p. 199. 



tschudii, MUU. ^ Trosch. Hor. Ichth. iii. p. 25. 



cinctus, Tschudi, Faun, Per. Ichthyol. p. 15. taf. 2. 



B. 6. D. 



16 A 3 



Six or seven simple pectoral rays, none of which are elongate. 



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