PUNCTATED CH^ETODON. 365 



from the drawings and manuscripts of the celebrated 

 Prince John Maurice of Nassau-Sigen, under whose 

 conduct the Dutch, in the years 1637 and 1638, 

 became possessed of the richest part of Brasil, where 

 he afterwards resided some years in the character 

 of Governor. During his residence he amused his 

 hours of leisure in making drawings and composing 

 descriptions of the most remarkable animals of the 

 country : these drawings and manuscripts are pre- 

 served in the royal library at Berlin. 



PUNCTATED CHJETODON. 



Chaetodon Punctatus. C. argenteus, fusco-punctatus, spinis 

 pinna? dorsalis octo. pinnis pectoralibusfakatis. 



Silvery Chaetodon, speckled with dusky points, with eight ray 

 in the dorsal fin, and falcated pectoral fins. 



Chaetodon punctatus. C. spinis pinnce dorsalis octo, pinni? 

 pectoralibusfakatis. Lin. Gmel. p. 1243* 



SHAPE resembling that of a Carp : colour white 

 or silvery, scattered over with dusky points : eyes 

 red : lateral line curving upwards : the three first 

 rays of the anal fin distant : in the dorsal fin are 

 eight rays, in the caudal seventeen : native of the 

 Indian seas r 



