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FASCIATED CHAETODON. 



Chaetodon Fasciatus. C. corpore oblovgo-ovato albido, 

 pluribus transversis cceruleis. 



Chaetodon with oblong ovate body, marked by several trans- 

 verse blue bands. 



Chaetodon fasciatus. Eloch. t. lp5; 



Chaetodon Dux. Lin. Gmel. p. 1255. 



A BEAUTIFUL species: shape oblong-ovate; colour 

 white with a slight silvery cast, and a dusky tinge 

 on the upper parts : body most elegantly banded 

 by several broad, transverse, deep blue bands with, 

 brown edges : dorsal and anal fin moderately broad, 

 but obtuse at their extremities, and not extending 

 to the end of the tail : at the gill-covers a very- 

 strong spine. Native of the Indian seas. 



SURAT CRffiTODON. 



Chaetodon Suratensis. C. corpore subrotundo*ovata subargenteo f 

 fasciis transrersisfuscis, maculaque utrinque pectorali nigra. 



Silvery-grey Chaetodon with roundish-ovate body banded with 

 brown, and marked on each side by a black pectoral spot. 



Chaetodon Suratensis* Block. 



SHAPE roundish-oval : colour silvery grey, darker 

 on the back and fins : body marked by six or 

 seven moderately broad, transverse, brown bands, 

 and at the base of the pectoral fins by a semi- 

 lunar black spot : dorsal and anal fin broadish at 

 the extremities, but obtuse, and not reaching to 



