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LAMARK'S CH^ITODON. 



Chaetodon Lamarkii. C. luteus, striis tribus longitudinalibus 



fuscis. 



Gold-yellow Chaetodon, with three longitudinal dusky stripes. 

 Chaetodon Lamarck. Cepede. 4. p. 526. 



GENERAL colour gold-yellow, with three longi- 

 tudinal dusky stripes on each side the body : lower 

 jaw longer than the upper: scales rounded, striated, 

 and denticulated : fifteen spiny rays and sixteen 

 soft ones in the dorsal fin : three spiny and twenty 

 soft ones in the anal : gill-covers armed with a 

 very long spine. Described by Cepede from a 

 specimen in the Prince of Orange's museum. 



With two dorsal Jins. 

 PLUMIER'S CH/ETODON. 



Chaetodon Plumieri. C. subflavus, subtus subargenteus, corpore 

 fasciis sex virentibus, pinna dorsali analiquefalcatis. 



Yellowish Chaetodon, subargenteous beneath, with six greenish 

 bands across jhe body, and dorsal and anal fin falcated. 



Chaetodon Plumieri. Block. . 21 1 . 



SHAPE rhombic-ovate, in habit resembling the 

 angel, rhomboid, and ciliated Chaetodons. Colour 

 dull yellow above, silvery beneath : across the body 

 six greenish stripes : first spines of the back con- 

 nected by a membrane, so as to form a small separate 

 fin: second dorsal and caudal, large, long, and 

 falcated, so as to extend beyond the tail, which is 



