BENGAL CILETODON. 363 



the form of three obscure bands or clouds : fins 

 and tail, pale brown : dorsal and anal of moderate 

 breadth, and scaled at the base : gill-covers smooth, 

 or \vithout spines : tail moderately forked or di- 

 vided : native of the American seas, where it often 

 grows to a considerable size, and is esteemed as 

 an edible fish. 



BENGAL CH^ETODON. 



Chaetodon Bengalensis. C. corpore subrotundato-ovato grisea, 



fasciis transversisfusco-Jla'Qescentibus. 

 Grey Chaetodon, with roundish-ovate body marked by 



yellowish-brown transverse bands. 

 Chaetodon Bengalensis. Block, t. 



IN shape resembling the preceding, but not 

 quite so broad or deep : colour grey, with five or 

 six yellowish brown l>ars across the body : scales 

 rather large, like those of a carp : dorsal and anal 

 fin of moderate breadth, scaled at the base, and 

 pointed at the tips : gill-covers smooth : tail of 

 moderate size, and rather deeply, but not sharply 

 forked : native of the Indian seas : length about 

 six inches, 



