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Acanthurns fasciahifi 



D. 4/27. A. 3/?,3. V. 1/G 



'' Tlie height of the body is contained twice in the 

 total length. Dorsal and anal fins elevated. In life 

 orange; a jet black band begins at the origin of the 

 dorsal fin, passes through the eye and curves backward 

 to the base of the ventral ; a second similar band be- 

 gins at the second dorsal spine, passes across the oper- 

 culum and curves backward, to and just behind the 

 ventral ; a third black band crosses the tail at the end 

 of the dorsal and anal fins, including the caudal spine 

 which is white ; between this band and those of the 

 head are six bluish-white, vertical bands extending 

 from the dorsal to the belly and anal fin. Posterior 

 margins of the dorsal and anal fins black ; a broad 

 brownish black band from the top of the dorsal to 

 near its posterior axil ; a black blotch on the middle 

 of the base of the anal ; all the fins orange excepting 

 the caudal which is colorless. The above description 

 is given from Col. Pike's colored drawing, no speci- 

 mens of this rare species having been sent to the Mu- 

 seum. 



Pomacenteus Agassizii 



D. 13/15. A. 2/15, L. lat. 2G, L. tr. 3/9 



The height of the body is 2i or 2|- in the total 

 length, the length of the head 4i in the same ; preor- 

 bital coarsely serrated, three fourths the width of the 

 eyo, which is three? fourths the width of the interorbi- 



