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BANDED CYCHLA. 



CycJda fasciata. 



PLATE IV. 



No Number or Notes accompany this drawing. 

 The colour of the entire fish, together with the fins, 

 is of a dull blackish blue, paler beneath, and on the 

 first part of the dorsal fin, the body being trans- 

 versely banded with numerous dark bands ; in the 

 drawing they amount to thirty. The iris is coloured 

 bright orange-red, and appears very conspicuous in 

 the dark fish. The first and second rays of the 

 pectoral fin are of a pale yellowish brown, and ap- 

 pear strong, almost spines. 



The next fish, of a similar form, will present a 

 striking contrast in its brilliant colouring 



