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SPECKLED CII&TODON. 



Chsetodon Guttatus. C. griseo-albidus, corpore ollongo, maculis 



creberrimis rotundatis rufis. 

 Whitish-grey Chsetodon, with oblong body sprinkled with very 



numerous round rufous spots. 

 Chsetodon guttatus. Block, t. igQ. 



SHAPE oblong, or resembling that of the gene- 

 rality of fishes : length about ten or twelve inches : 

 colour grey, with a dusky tinge on the upper parts, 

 and every where speckled, except on the head, 

 pectoral, ventral, dorsal, and anal fins, with numer- 

 ous, small, round, rufous spots : scales small : none 

 at the bases of the fins ; gill-covers smooth : dorsal 

 and anal fin of moderate breadth : tail slightly in- 

 clining to a forked or rather lunated shape, and 

 speckled like the body : native of Java. 



This species is supposed by Dr. Bloch and Cepede 

 to be the Teuthis javus of Linnaeus (the genus 

 Teuthis being now very properly absorbed in those 

 of Chcetodon and Acantkurus). The description 

 however given by Linnaeus of his Teuthis javus 

 does not agree in the disposition of its colours with 

 those of the present fish ; being expressly said to 

 be marked with longitudinal streaks : in this state 

 it is also figured in the work of Gronovius. The 

 Gronovian variety (if such it be) occurs in the 

 British Museum, and perfectly corresponds with 

 that author's figure, being marked by numerous 

 Abrupt or short longitudinal streaks. 



