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ARMED CHjETODO!?. 



Chaetodon Armatus. C. argenteus, fasciis septem tranwersis 

 nigris, capite elongato, pinnis dorsalibus duabus. 



Silvery Chaetodon, with seven transverse black bands, lengthened 

 head, and two dorsal fins. 



Chaetodon albescens, corpore fasciis septem nigris, spinis pinnae 

 dorsalis sex, tertia longissima. White journ. New South 

 Wales, p. 254. pL 39. Naturalist's Miscellany, vol. 2. pi. 57. 



LENGTH of the specimen described about four 

 inches : colour silvery white, darker and with a blue- 

 ish tinge on the back : head of a somewhat length- 

 ened form : across the body seven black bands : on 

 the back two distinct dorsal fins, of which the first 

 consists of very strong spiny rays, the third exceed- 

 ing the rest in length ; tail very slightly inclining 

 to a lunated form at the extremity. Native of the 

 Indian seas, and observed about the coast of New 

 Holland. 



