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CHARIOTEER CH^TODON. 



Chaetodon Auriga. C. albidus, oblique fasciatus, radio pinnct 



dorsalis quinto injilum producto. 

 White Chaetodon, obliquely striped, with the fifth ray of the 



dorsal fin lengthened into a filament. 

 Chaetodon Auriga. Forsk. F. Arab. p. 60. Lin. Gmel. p. 



1266. 



BODY subrhomboidal, compressed, and about 

 five inches long : teeth in several rows : general 

 colour blueish white, with several oblique, parallel, 

 dusky streaks : the first six dorsal ones descend 

 forwards ; the remaining ten pass perpendicularly 

 backwards: hind part of the body, and tail fulvous: 

 head flattish above, and marked by four transverse 

 fulvous bands : dorsal fin edged with black at the 

 back part : anal fin striped with black and pale 

 yellow : tail marked with a fulvous crescent directed 

 backwards, and tipped with white. Native of the 

 Arabian seas : described by Forskal. 



ARUAN CH^lTODON. 



Chaetodon Aruanus.. C. argenteus, corpore ovato-oblongo,fasciis 



tribus nigris. 

 Silvery Chaetodon, with ovate-oblong body crossed by three 



black bars. 

 CJiaetodon Aruanus. Block, t. IQQ.f. 2. 



BODY ovate-oblong : colour white, with a brownish 

 rast on the upper parts ; and marked by three 



