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continued or interrupted dark brown band, or light brown with dark 

 edges ; from the first dorsal spine to the pectoral more or less distinct 

 traces of a second band ; on different parts of the body some scattered 

 pearl-coloured spots, with dark brown edges and of irregular shape ; 

 base of dorsal and anal of the ground-colour of the body ; rest of their 

 membranes bluish white dotted with black ; their margins blackish ; 

 rays light greyish ; base of the caudal of the ground-colour of the 

 body with a vertical, forwards arched, dark brown band ; rest of the fin 

 pale yellow ; ventrals blackish ; the fifth ray and its membrane whitish, 

 minutely dotted with brown ; pectorals yellowish white. Iris pale 

 chocolate coloured, with a narrow golden ring, vertically intersected by 

 the ocular band. 



Total Length : If to 3f inch. 



In individuals of the given dimensions, the greatest height equals 

 the length of the body to the centre of the dark band on the caudal 

 fin, or it is about f less than the total. The elongation of the anterior 

 dorsal anal and ventral rays is liable to individual variations, the 

 maximum of the two former fins not exceeding f of the greatest height 

 of the body. The ventrals never exceed § of the greatest height. 

 On each side of the lower jaw appear three minute distant pores. In 

 the early age the teeth of the two or three external series are trilobate, 

 but they become blunter with age. At Pinang young individuals with 

 pearl-coloured spots, appear to be of rarer occurrence than the others. 



The intestinal canal is nearly twice the length of the fish ; of the 

 five csecopyloric appendages the three larger are of nearly equal length ; 

 the other two are very minute; the air-vessel is lanceolate, very 

 thin, pearl coloured. In individuals of all ages the stomach contained 

 remains of fishes and Crustacea. Dr. Ruppell adds Platax gaijmardi, 

 Cuv. and Val. (VII. 216) to the synonymes of the present species. 

 Platax teira, (Forskal). 



Chsetodon pinnatus, Chinens. Lagerstr. No. 25? 



Chsetodon teira, Forskal, 60 No. 82, Tab. XXII. 



Chsetodon teira, Bloch, Tab. 199 Fig. 1. 



Chsetodon teira, Linnc, Syst. 1265. 



Chsetodon teira, Shaw, IV. 345, PI. 48. 



Platax teira, Cuv. R. A. II. 193 (•). 



