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\ of the total. The scales of the body are rounded, higher than long, 

 ciliated ; those of the lateral line much smaller than the rest and nearly 

 triangular ; the line itself ascends backwards till opposite the 11th dor- 

 sal spine, from whence it descends, closely following the back to the 

 termination of the soft dorsal fin. The lateral line follows a similar 

 course in Chcetodon reticulatus, Cuv. and Val. Of the present species 

 two were observed at Pinang in May 1845, and in June eleven were 

 taken together in a fishing net, all nearly of equal size. The 

 fishermen asserted the fish to be an excellent article of food, but 

 of rare occurrence, and not to attain greater dimensions. Like other 

 species of this and the neighbouring genera, the present expires imme- 

 diately, when removed from its element. It appears to be allied to 

 C. reticulatus and C. lunula, Cuv. and Val. 



Gen. Chelmon, Cuvier 1817. 

 Muzzle excessively long, slender, formed by the horizontally elongat- 

 ed intermaxillary bone and the lower jaw, both of which have one 

 half or two thirds united by a membrane, so as to reduce the mouth to 

 a small horizontal cleft at the extremity of the cylinder ; teeth in both 

 jaws fine, velvety ; in other respects like Chcetodon. 



Chelmon rostratus, (Linne.) 



Seba. III. PI. 25, Fig. 17. 



Chsetodon rostratus, Lin. Mus. Ad. Fr. I. 61, Tab. 33, Fig. 2. 



Chsetodon rostratus, Linne, Syst. 1244. 



Jaculator, Schlosser : Phil. Transact, 1764, 39, PI. 9. 



Chsetodon rostratus, Bloch. PI. 102, Fig. 1. 



Chsetodon enceladus, Shaw : Nat. Misc. 2, PI. 67. 



Chsetodon rostratus, Shaw IV. 337, PI. 47. 



Chelmon rostratus, Cuv. R. A. II. 190. 



Chelmon rostratus, Bennett : Life of Raffles, 689. 



Chelmon rostratus, Cuv. and Val. VII. 87. 



Ground colour of body and fins silvery, with one frontal and five ver- 

 tical, lateral bands ; all, except the fifth, orange or brownish ochreous, 

 edged with blackish brown, outside of which with white ; the frontal 

 band along the profile of the head to the point of the elongated muzzle ; 

 the first lateral from the occiput through the iris to the throat ; the 

 second from between the first and second dorsal spine over the opercle 



