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THE CHILODACTYLE. 



ARCHER FlSH.-Toxotes Jaculator. 



chaetodon. So powerful indeed is the projectile force, and so marvellously accurate is 

 the aim, that it will strike a fly with certainty at a distance of three or even four feet. 

 In general appearance there is little to attract attention about this fish, the only re- 

 markable point in its form being the greatly elongated lower jaw, which may possibly 

 aid it in directing the liquid missile on which it partially depends for its subsistence 

 as does a hunter on the accuracy of his rifle. The general color of the Archer Fish 

 is greenish, and the short wide bands acoss the back are dark brown with a shade of 

 green. Two species of this genus are known. 



BANDED Ctt\LODACTYLE.-ChiIwlactylus zonatus. 



As an example of the next family, the Cirrhitidae, we take the BANDED CHILODAC- 

 TYLE. The family to which this fish belongs is a very small one, containing only 



