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the third of which is elongate; anal spines three, small, the sec- 

 ond the longest; ventral with a large accessory scale. Pyloric 

 caeca four to six. American; distinguished from the Asiatic 

 genus Ephippus by the very much smaller scales. 



291 Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet) 



SpadefisJi; Triple-tail j Angel fish; Moon fish 



Chaetodon faber Bkoussonet, Ichth. Decas. 1, V, pi. 4, 1782, Jamaica; Caro- 

 lina. 

 Chaetodon omformis Mitciiill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y. I, 247, pi. V, 



fig. 4, 1815, New York; Am. Month. Mag. II, 247, February, 1818. 

 Ephippus gigas Cuvier, R^gne Anim. ed. 2, vol. 2, 191, 1829, America; 



De Kay, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 99, pi. 23, fig. 71, 1842, New York; 



HOLBROOK, Ichth.. S. 0. ed. 1, 105, pi. 15, fig. 2, 1856; Gunthee, Cat. 

 ^ Fish. Brit. Mus. II, 61, 1860. 

 Eplivppus faber De Kay, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 97, pi. 23, fig. 68; Holbeook, 



Ichth. S. C. ed. 1, 108, pi. 15, fig. 1, 1856; Gunthee, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. 



II, 61, 1860. 

 Chaetodipterus faber Joedan & Gilbeet, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus. 613, 1883; 



Bean, 19ith Rep. Comm. Fish. N. Y. 253, pi. VI, fig. 8, 1890; H. M. 



Smith, Bull. U. S. F. C. 1897, 102, 1898; Joedan «& Eveemann, Bull. 47, 



U. S. Nat. Mus. 1668, pi. OCXDVII, fig. 619, 1900. 



Body oblong-ovate, its greatest depth equal to the distance 

 from the eye to the end of the dorsal base or anal base; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle one half length of head. Head short, 

 two sevenths of total length without caudal; snout two fifths 

 as long as the head; preorbital deep, equal to diameter of eye, 

 which is three tenths as long as the head ; mouth moderate, 

 nearly horizontal, the maxilla reaching to below front of eye ; 

 chin with a row of pores; dorsal and ventral outlines similar, 

 greatly convex. First dorsal spine minute; second very short, 

 one half as long as the eye; third spine longest, as long as the 

 head without the snout; fourth spine one third as long as the 

 head; the remaining spines rapidly diminishing in size to the 

 last wMch is one third as long as the eye. The soft dorsal is 

 separated from the spinous by a deep notch ; the anterior part 

 of the fin is greatly elevated, the longest ray being three sev- 

 enths of total length without caudal; the fin is falcate, the last 

 rays being short. .Caudal crescentic with the outer rays pro- 

 duced, and about as long as the head. Anal similar in shape 



