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240. Cheetodon unimaculatus Blocli. 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 3342; length 4 in.), Tliis s|)i'cimi'n has a dusky wedge-sliaped area 

 extending down from t!ie bUicli spot. 



Chxtodon unimaculatus Bloch, Ichth., pi. en, flg. 1, East Indies; Giinthor, Cat., ii, 11. 

 Tctragonoplrus {Lepidochxtodon) uuimnt uhiius, Bh-ckor, Alius, i.x, 45, pi. lll'l.wv, fig. 5. 



241. Taurichthys varius Cuvicr & Valenciennes 



One large specimen from Bacon (no. 333G; length 5.5(i in.). 



Taurichthijs i-arius Cuviei- i VaU'iicienncs, Hist. Nat Poiss., vii. 111 (148), pi. 181, 1831, no locality given. 

 Ihuiovhus larius, Giinther Cat., n. 41 (Molucca Sea; Amboyna). 



242. Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus). Pampavon. 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 3437; length 4.2.") in.), and 3 \'oung f rom San Fabian (no. 3771; length 2 in.). 



Chsetodon acuminatus Linnanis, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 272, 17.58, Indies. 



Chstodon macrolepidotus Linna-iis, Syst. Nat., ed. -v, 274, 175S; after .Vrtcdi. 



Heniochus macrotepidolus, Cunther, Cat , ll, 39 (Ceylon; .Vmboyna; Port Essington; .\iistralial. 



Taurichthi/s macrolcpidoius. Sleeker, .Vtlas, ix, 2!i, pi. ccCLxyn, flg. 1. (Misprinted microlepidalus on plate.) 



Heniochus acuminatus, Jordan ct Evennaim, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., xxni, pt. 1, 1903 (1905), 376, pi. Lv (Honolulu). 



Family PL.\T,\CIl).Ji. 



243. Platax orbicularis (Forskal). Kiting. 



Two fine adults from .lolo (no. 4158 and 41.59; length 6 and 6.5 in.). Anterior dorsal and anal rays 

 greatly produced, those of dorsal exceeding total length of lish; ventrals very long, equaling length of fish tn 

 base of caudal. 



Chietodon orbicularis ForskM, Descr. .\nim., 59, 1779, Red Sea. 

 Clizlodon vcspiTlilio Bloch, lohth.. vi, 49, pi. cxcix, flg. 2, 17<,i7. 

 Platax vesperlilio. Day. Fishes India, 2;!ii, pi. li, flg. 5. Bleeker, .Vtlas, ix, 74, pi. rrcLxxix, flg. 1, and pi. ccclxxx, flgs. 2 



and 3. 

 Piatai orbicularis, Giinther, Cat., n, 490 (Port Essingtoni. 



Family EPHlPPlD.i-:. 



244. Ephippus argus (Gmelin) . Pint/ao (young) ; Saramolhtn. 



Three specimens from Bacon (no. 40S7 to 4().s'.l: length 5.5 to (i.75 in.), and 7 young from San Fabian 



(no. 3988; length 2 to 2..55 in.). 



Chxtodon argus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 124S, 1788, Indies. 



ScatopM^us argus, Giinther, Cat., ii, 58 many localities; Day, Fishes India, 114. pi. xxix, flg. 3. 



Family ACAXTHURID.C. 

 245. Hepatus celebicus (Bleeker). 

 One specimen from Bulan (no. 4122; length 6.75 in.). White ring obsolete. 

 Acanthurus celebicus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Incl., m, l.s.'',2, 761, Celebes; Cunther, Cat., m, 339. 

 246. Ctenochaetus striatus (Quny & Gaimard). Sali.ao. 

 Two specimens from Zamboanga (no. 4120 and 4121; length s.2 and 9.5 in.). 



Acanthurus striatus Quoy & Gaimard, X'oy. Uran.e, Zool. :173. pi. <.,. flg. 3, J^f ' f^^^'^f^^'/^^jf^^^j^J'^^f^'^^. ^^^^.. 

 aenocha:tus strmtus, Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., xxm, pt. 1, 1903 (1905), 308 (Hilo, Honolulu, Kailua). 



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