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secundd analique vittd prope basin, ventralibus maculis elongatis 

 inter radios exteriores, caudalisque marginibus, nigris. 

 D. 7, 1 + 9. A. 2 + 8. 



AcANTHURUS Desjardinii. Ac. pijiuis altissimis : capite pecto- 

 reque caruleo ? punctatissimis ; corpore reliquo lineis pliirimis {cce- 

 ruleis ? jlavis ?) inter se sapissime fascias nigras includentibus, 

 in pinnas verticales excurrentibus , ibique ad formam pinna ro- 

 tundatis ; pinnis anali dorsalique antice ad basin guttulatis ; cau- 

 dali pallide per series irregulares punctatd. 

 D. 3 + 29. A. 3 + 23. 



Dentes maxillae superioris serrati, elongato-trigoni, ad apicem sub- 

 rotundati ; inferioris crenati, serra intermedia elongata. 



The peculiarities of the colouring of this Fish, Mr. Bennett stated, 

 induced him to regard it as distinct from those figured under the 

 name of Ac. velifer by Bloch and by Dr. Riippell ; which also he 

 considered, on a comparison of the figures published by those au- 

 thors, to be specifically different from each other, and distinguishable 

 by the subjoined characters. 



AcANTHURUs RuppELii. Ac. pinnis altissimis : capite pectoreque 

 albido punctulatissimis ; corpore reliquo inferne flavo guttata, su- 

 perne flavo transversim lineato lineis inter se scepissime fascias 

 abbreviatas nigras includentibus ; pinnis dorsali analique lineis in- 

 curvis plurimis illuque antice guttis sparsis flavis notatis j caudali 

 punctulis albidis per series verticalibus dispositis. 



"D. 3 + 29. A. 2 + 23." 



Acanthurus velifer, Riipp., Zool. Atlas zu Nord-Afrik. Reise, 

 tab. XV. f. 2. 



Hab. "in Mari Rubro." 



Acanthurus Blochii. Ac. pinnis altissimis : capite flavo punctata ; 

 corpore toto lineis albescentibus fascias saturatiores inter se scb- 

 pissime includentibus transversim notato, lineis in pinnas verticales 

 excurrentibus ibique per series incurvas guttarum carulearum dis- 

 positis ; pinnd caudali fasciatd seriatimque punctulatd. 



"D. 3 + 28. A. 2 + 21." 



Acanthurus velifer, Bloch, Ichth., tab. 427./". 1. 



Dentes maxillae superioris serrati, acut& elongato-trigoni. 



Hab. " apud Tranquebariam." 



Labrus spilonotus. Lair, pinnd caudali sublunatd : maculd in 

 initio pinna dorsalis alterdque ad ejus finem, maxima, laterali, 

 caudam superne circumdante ^ pinnis dorsali analique ad basin 

 squamis corpori conformibus vittatim vestitis. 

 D. 12+10. A. 3 + 12. 



Labro rubro-lineato, Comm., ut videtur, maxim^ afHnis, et forsan 

 idem. Dentes antici validi in utraque maxilla quatuor : superioris 

 subsequales, distantes ; inferioris duo intermedii minores subapproxi«. 

 mati, inter intermedios maxillae superioris (ore clauso) recepti, late- 

 ralis utrinque major ante lateralem maxillae superioris (ore clauso) 

 recepto. 



