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its beauty elicits. Colored plates are necessary to give any ade- 
quate idea of the wealth of coloring with which it is endowed, 
The body is short and high. The dorsal and anal fins are very 
large, protruding at the anterior parts, and thick at the base and 
corners with scales, so that they seem to bea continuation of the 
body. The scales are large and delicate, of a brown color, with 
a shade of olive green, and each of them is edged with a lighter 
tint. The chin, nape, upper eyelid, base of the pectoral and 
neutral fins, and the margin of the dorsal and anal fins are a 
bright cobalt blue, with lines of the same color extending over 
the operculum. The caudal fin, and the continuation or append- 
age of the longest spines of the dorsal and anal fins are bright 
yellow. The motions of this, as of all the other angel fish, are 
slow, and it is usually to be seen about the docks, reefs, and old 
wrecks. Its flesh is not much prized. 
The Black Angel fish isof a much larger size than the preced- 
ing, and is of an uniform black color. The inner surfaces of the 
pectoral fins and the margin of the tail are of a bright yellow. 
The Spanish Angel fish is one of the most beautiful of fishes. 
The anterior part of the body is a jet black, while the posterior 
and tail are a light yellow. The edges of the gills, and margin 
of the tail are a salmon red color. It is seldom over five inches 
in length, and is caught in nets and traps, its mouth being too 
small and delicate for the hook. 
Catesby truthfully says, that this fish is “gorgeous, and may 
be called the butterfly of the sea, it is so beautiful.” 
The Moon or Cresent Angel fish has a body much compressed 
and elevated. It has six dark vertical bands. The third dorsal 
spine is elongated, and the anterior portion of the dorsal and anal 
fins are protruding. The four cresent-shaped marks on the body 
are of a bright yellow; the margin of the tail is edged with the 
same tint. It sometimes is found eighteen inches long. 
