BIMACULATED CHJETODON. 



Chsetodon Bimaculatus. C. albidus, corpore subratundo-ovato, 



capitc clongato, fascia transvcrsa nigra, pinna dorsafi macula 



nigra alteraque dinndiata. 

 Whitish Chaetodon, with roundish-ovate body, elongated head 



crossed by a black bar, and dorsal fin marked by a black 



spot and a second dimidiated one. 

 Chsetodon bimaculatus. Block, t. 21 p./. 1. 



SHAPE of the body roundish-ovate, but the head 

 considerably lengthened, so as to form a kind of 

 snout in front : colour white, with a slight cast of 

 brown on the upper part and fins : scales very large : 

 head marked on each side by a black or deep-brown 

 stripe, beginning at the origin of the dorsal fin, and 

 passing through the eyes downwards, under the 

 throat : pectoral and ventral fins pale red : 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 half-spot of similar 

 colours : native of the seas about Japan. 



