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RED-STRIPED CHJETODON. 



Chaetodon Setifer. C. jlcnescem rubro-striatus, ocello setaqtte 



ad pinnam dorsi. 

 Yellowish Chaetodon, with numerous red stripes on the body, 



and an eye-shaped spot and bristle on the dorsal fin. 

 Chaetodon setifer. Block, t. 446. f. 1. 



A HIGHLY beautiful species : shape of the body 

 round-ovate, but with the head slightly produced ; 

 colour pale yellow, with a strong tinge of crimson 

 towards the back, and beautifully marked in differ- 

 ent directions, with numerous crimson stripes, some 

 running obliquely across the sides, and others in 

 an opposite direction across the fore part of the 

 back : scales very large : across the head a broad, 

 black band, passing through the eyes : on the 

 hinder or rounded part of the dorsal fin a large 

 round black spot, bordered with white; over which 

 passes a long setiform single ray, reaching beyond 

 the tip of the tail, which is terminated by a black 

 edge, as are likewise the rounded part of the dorsal 

 and anal fin. Native of the Indian seas : length 

 about six inches* 



