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ANNULAR CHJETODOtf. 



Chsetodon Annularis. C. luteus, corpore rotundo-ovato, fastiis 



sex obliquis longitudinatibus curvatis annuloque postoculari cce- 



ruleis. 

 Deep yellow Chaetodon, with round-ovate body, marked by 



six longitudinal curved blue stripes and a blue ring behind 



the eye. 

 Chaetodon annularis. Lin. Gmd.p. 1262. Bloch. t. 215. 



SHAPE round-oval : colour yellow or pale fulvous, 

 with six oblique, longitudinal, curved, bright-blue 

 lines or narrow stripes, of which the four superior are 

 continued into the dorsal fin, at the hind part of 

 which they meet in an angle: the two lower stripes 

 run along the bottom of the abdomen : the dorsal 

 fin is broad at its hind-part, and projects above 

 the tail into an angular form : the anal fin is round- 

 ed at the hind-part : oa each side the body, beyond 

 the eye, is a bright-blue circle, and at the bottom 

 of the gill-covers is a strong spine. Native of the 

 Indian seas : length about a foot. 



