86 Storeys Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



uniform curve ; the snout projecting more or less, and sometimes a very fine 

 denticulation on the preoperculum. 



1. CbaUodon striatus, Lin. 



Roundish ovate. Whitish, tinged with yellowish brown, with five vertical dark-brown 

 bands. Several narrow, longitudinal, dusky streaks between the rows of scales. 

 B.6. D 12-20. P. 15. V. 1-5. A. 3-16. C. 17. Length, 5 inches. 

 Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 

 Called " Zebre," or " Onagre," at Guadaloupe. 



Chaetodon striatus, Lin., Gmel., 1249. 



" " Bloch, vi. p. 66, pi. 205, fig. 1. 



" " " Striped ChaHodon, Shaw's Gen. Zocil., iv. p. 334. 



Le Chetodon barre, ChaHodon slriatus, Lin., Cuv. et Val., vii. p. 10. 



2. Chstodon capistratus, Lin. 



Ovate. Violet-colored when fresh, with oblique brown lines directed forwards. A large, 

 round, black spot, surrounded with a white margin, at the posterior part of the body. A 

 brown and a whitish line parallel to their borders, upon the dorsal and anal, and two sim- 

 ilar vertical bands upon the tail. 



D. 13-19. P.(?). V (.')■ A. 3-17. C 17. Length, 34 inches. 



Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called " Striped Angel-fish," at Jamaica; "Demoiselle," at Martinique ; "Young 



Girl," at St. Thomas. 



Chaetodon capistratus, Lin., Mus. Acad. Fred., pi. 33, fig. 4. 



" •' Bloch, vi. p. 6S, pi. 205, fig. 2. 



Le Chetodon bride, Chaetodon capistratus, Lin., Cuv. et Val , vii. p. 64. 



3. Chstodon bimaculatus, Bloch. 



Roundish ovate. White, fins yellow. The dorsal marked at the base of the hind part by 

 a large, round, black spot, bordered with white, and at its extreme edge by a much smaller 

 spot, of similar colors- 



D. 12-21. P. 15. V. 1-5. A. 3 -17. C. 17. Length, (>). 



Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called " Catalineta," at Havana; " Mariquita," at Porto Rico. 



Chaetodon bimaculatus, Bloch, pi. 219? fig. 1? 



" " " Shaw's Gen. Zool., IV. p. 333. 



Le Chetodon Adeux laches, Chaetodon bimaculatus, Bl., Cuv. et Val., vii p. 67. 



GENUS II. EPHIPPUS, Cuv. 

 Dorsal deeply emarginated between the spinous and soft rays ; the spinous 



