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121, 



Gh. alepidotus, Z/«. 460. tio. Scalsless. 



H. With a rhomboid body, without fcales : blueifli back : lateral 

 line parallel to the back, and dotted : dorfal and anal fins placed 

 -oppofite to each other, and filiform. - - 



Carolina, — Dodtor Garden. Place. 



Catejhj, ii. 31. — Ch, trioftegus, Lin. ^^6^. ill. AnceLo 



./^H. With a fmall projefting mouth : laminse above the gills armed 

 with fharp cserulean fpines: iridcs yellow : body as if cut off be- 

 hind, and waved. The whole deep and covered with , large green 

 fcales, and thofe in a Angular manner with very fmall ones : peftoral 

 and ventral fins yellow: dorfal and anal fins very long, and falci- 

 form, reaching far beyond the tail j their lower half green, the reft red ; 

 before each are three fliort ftrong fpines : tail orange, rounded at the 

 end, and as if ftuck into the body. Length from head to tail, one foot. 



Thefe fingular fifhes are common off Carolina, and the Bahama ifles^ Place* 



and efteemed for their delicacy. 



Perca nobHIs, Lin. 484.— Chstodon, Seb. Muf. p. 67. N" 12. tab. xxv. N» 12. tiz- Noble, 



/^H. With a projefting mouth : body white, furrounded by eight 

 black bands, which pafs over the dorfal and anal fins. Length 



one inch eight lines. 



Inhabits North America. — M. De Geer's Mufeum. Place, 



This is a genuine Chsetodon i but we muft allow good Linn^us his 



nap fometimes, - 



S Br. 



