FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINES, 269 
Family SCORPIDA. 
MONODACTYLUS Lacépede. 
206. Monodactylus argenteus (Linnzus). 
One specimen from Aparri, one from Iloilo, and two from Calayan, 2 to 3 inches. 
Family CHATODONTIDA. 
GONOCHATODON Bleeker. 
207. Gonochzetodon triangulum Cuvier & Valenciennes. Culbangbang. 
One example from Cagayancillo, 3.50 inches long. 
CHAETODON (Artedi) Linnzus. 
208. Chetodon ephippium Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
One specimen from Cagayancillo, 5 inches long. 
209. Chetodon setifer Forskal. Culbangbang. 
Two specimens, 4 and 5 inches, from Cagayancillo. 
210. Cheetodon trifasciatus Park. 
Two specimens from Cagayancillo, 3.50 inches. Color in life chrome yellow, most intense about 
base of pectoral; each side crossed by 13 deep violet longitudinal stripes, which are strongest above and 
fade out below pectoral; about six narrow longitudinal lines of the same color on dorsal; head mostly 
dark brown; a vertical dark brown band through eye, bordered on each side with light lemon yellow; 
above the eye the yellow lines are narrow, below eye they are nearly as wide as the brown band, a 
narrow brown line across head behind eye; belly, including ventral, rich lemon yellow; anal marked 
with the following colors, beginning on the base: (1) blue gray; (2) lemon yellow, extending forward 
to belly; (3) black; (4) darker lemon, which joins the upper yellow line around posterior end of black 
line; (5) broad band of rich red brown; (6) narrow lines of black and lemon yellow; (7) in front of black 
band and extending a little in front of anus, a dark salmon area; dorsal spines white; pectoral clear; 
a dusky spot on isthmus; caudal white, marked at its middle by a wide vertical black band, broadly 
margined with lemon yellow; dorsal on its posterior part marked with oblique lines and: bands of black, 
brown, and lemon yellow. 
211. Chetodon kleini Bloch. 
One specimen, 3 inches long, from Cagayancillo. 
212. Chetodon citrinellus (Broussonet). 
One specimen, 2.75 inches long, from Cagayancillo. Color in life white with greenish wash, each 
scale with a violet spot; below line of pectoral the body white and scale spots pale yellow on caudal 
peduncle, base of caudal, and posterior margins of dorsal and anal; a black spot on snout; a dark brown 
band from predorsal region through eye to lower margin of gill cover, the band above the eye bordered 
on each side with pale green; membranes of spinous dorsal light blue at base, light yellow above; anal 
with terminal black band and subterminal light yellow band, these divided by a narrow pale blue line; 
caudal light golden yellow; ventral pale pea green, except the two shortest rays; pectorals clear. 
HOLACANTHUS Lacépéde. 
213. Holacanthus bicolor Bloch. Calit bobo. 
One example from Cagayancillo, 4 inches. Life colors: Anterior part of body, including first five 
dorsal spines and pectoral and ventral, rich orange chrome, bordered posteriorly with lemon yellow; 
caudal and tips of long dorsal rays rich chrome; caudal at base lemon yellow; posterior part of body, 
including most of dorsal and all of anal, solid black; a wide black band over frontal from eye to eye; 
head washed with dusky green; an orange submalar stripe; a spot of orange back of eye and a line of 
orange on margin of opercle; two indistinct orange lines at base of pectoral. 
Family ZANCLIDA. 
ZANCLUS (Commerson) Lacépéde. Culibagio. 
214. Zanclus cornutus (Linnzeus). 
One specimen from Cagayancillo and one from Fuga Island, 2.50 and 3 inches. 
