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The greatest height* of the body is a little less than J of the total 

 length or equal the distance from the symphysis of the lower jaw to 

 the termination of the dorsal and anal fins. 

 Young. — Var. A. 

 Seba III. 25, Fig. 15? 



Chsetodon pinnatus, Linne : Mus. A. F. PI. 33, Fig. 6 ? 

 Chsetodon pinnatus, Linne, Syst. 1241 1 

 Chaetodon vespertilio, Bennett : Ceylon No. 5. 

 Platax ehrenbergii, Cuv. and Val. VII. 221. 

 Platax ehrenbergii, (Syn. vespertilio) Riippell : N. W. Fische, 33. 

 Platax ehrenbergii, Richardson, Report 1845, 245. 

 Head, body, dorsal and ventral fins light rust-coloured, or reddish 

 ochre, lighter on the sides and abdomen, minutely dotted with black ; 

 on the forehead above the centre of each orbit a brown dot ; from the 

 occiput through the iris to the ventral spine a more or less distinct, 

 often interrupted, blackish brown band ; traces of a second such from 

 the anterior dorsal spine to the pectoral fin ; in some a blackish spot 

 at the base of the anterior dorsal fin and a corresponding smaller at 

 the base of the anal ; a blackish spot at the termination of the base 

 of the dorsal and anal fins ; caudal pale reddish yellow with a vertical 

 reddish brown band at the base ; pectorals pale yellow, in some with a 

 brownish line along the base. Iris golden of the ground colour of the 

 body, vertically divided by the ocular band. 

 Total length from 1 \ to 4| inch. 



Young. — Var. B. 

 Vlaming No. 199, Cambing. 

 Valentyn No. 62. 

 Renard PI. 24, Fig. 129. 



Platax albipunctatus, Riippell : Atlas, 69, Tab. 18, Fig. 4. 

 Platax guttulatus, Cuv. R. A. II. 193 ('). 

 Platax guttulatus, Cuv. and Val. VII. 227 PI. 186. 

 Platax vespertilio, Riippell : Neue Wirbelth. Fische, 33. 

 Head and body pale silvery chocolate coloured ; cheeks, opercle, 

 throat and abdomen bluish white ; on the forehead above each orbit a 

 brown dot ; from the occiput through the iris to the ventrals, a 



* In the present and in the two succeeding species, it is calculated from the first 

 dorsal to the first anal spine. 



