EQUES. KNIGHT-FISH. 



Generic Character. 



Dentium ordines plurimL II Teeth in several rows. 

 Corpus fasciatum. || Body banded. 



AMERICAN KNIGHT-FISH. 



Eques corpore oblongo jlavcscente, fasdis tribus nigris, oculari, 



pectorali, longitudinalique. 

 Yellowish oblong-bodied Knight-Fish, with three black bands, 



the first across the eyes, the second across the thorax, and 



the third along the body. 

 Chaetodon lanceolatus. Lin. Eques Americanus. Block, t. 347. 



A HIS fish, which by Linnaeus was associated 

 with the Chaetodons, has been formed into a di- 

 stinct genus by Dr. Bloch on account of its teeth, 

 which, instead of being arranged in a single row, 

 as in those animals, are disposed into several con- 

 centric ranges. It is a native of the American 

 seas, and is found of the length of near twelve 

 inches. 



