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 THE COFFER FISH Oi< Int cukAL &t,AS. 



T},i''SfiifT^''''l'''''j''-'''^l ""^ '"?'*,^ '"'" coloured so di£ferently from the females that they were formerly taken for distinct species. 

 vJlI«« ^^i, .If^ £?"j ?"? ^""'^ , •"^'"■ant blue on a grass-green firound : but in the females the ground colour is flesh-tint or pale 

 jeiiow wiw tne Bands in brown. It is interesting to note that against the rich colouring of the coral animals these fishes are not at all 



conspicuous : really the reverse. 



