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ANGELICHTHYS CILIARIS." 626 1684 



Angel-fish ; 

 Isabelita. 



" Head 3*4 ', depth \i/% ; eye 4}4 in head ; snout 

 2y 2 . D. XIV, 21 ; A. Ill, 21. Body oblong, oval; 

 anterior profile straight, steep, sharply convex in front of dorsal ; an- 

 terior dorsal outline and ventral outline nearly parallel ; jaws projecting. 

 Length of head equal to its depth from anterior margin of blue ring in 

 front of dorsal; the preorbital j/3 broader than eye, with 1 or 2 indistinct 

 spines ; preopercle with a strong, grooved, slightly curved spine at 

 angle, about as long as orbit ; 5 or 6 short, blunt spines with inter- 

 mediate minute ones on upper limb, the longest of these spines 6 in 

 the spine at the angle ; 2 or 3 short, strong spines on lower limb ; 

 interopercle with 1 or 2 short spines ; premaxillary very thick, its 

 width above equal to orbit ; a furrow from front of eye below nostrils ; 

 interorbital greater than preorbital, equal to distance between eye 

 and upper end of gill opening. Soft dorsal and anal falcate, the fila- 

 mentous tips reaching much beyond the caudal ; pectoral broad, 

 obliquely rounded, If in head; ventrals long, the spine long, \yi 

 in head, the rays slightly filamentous, not quite reaching anal, equal 

 to head ; caudal rounded, equal to head behind premaxillary ; lateral 

 line ceasing before reaching end of dorsal, the scales below 



