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6OLDEN CH^TODON. 



Chaetodon Aureus. C. luteus, corpore onato, pinna dorsali ana- 

 lique magnis, falcato*elongatis, apice viridibus. 



Gold-yellow Chaetodon, with ovate body, and large, elongated, 

 and falcated dorsal and anal fin green towards the extremi* 

 ties. 



Chaetodon aureus. Bloch. t. IpS./. 1. 



CONSIDERABLY allied in point of habit to the Angel 

 Chaetodon, having a great breadth of body, with 

 far-extended, falciform dorsal and anal fin, reach- 

 ing considerably beyond the tail : colour of the 

 body bright gold-yellow, shaded with orange on 

 the upper parts : fins and tail yellow, at the base, 

 gradually changing into green towards the ex- 

 tremities : at the bottom of the gill-covers a very 

 strong spine : body and bases of the fins covered 

 with middle-sized scales : lateral line curving in 

 the direction of the back. Native of the American 

 seas, growing to the length of a foot or more. 



ASFUR CH.ETODON. 



Chaetodon Asfur. C. niger, fascia transversa lunari~cuneata 



flam. Forsk. F. Arab. p. 1267. 



Black Chaetodon, with transverse, lunar-cuneated, yellow band. 

 Chaetodon Asfur. Lin. Gmel. p. (jl. 



OBSERVED, and slightly described by Forskal : 

 trunk oval ; teeth numerous, filiform, and flexile : 

 anterior opercula furnished with a strong spine : 



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