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PARU CMTODON* 



Chaetodon Para* C, nigricans, squamis aureo marginatis. 

 Blackish Chaetodon., with the scales bordered with a golden 

 gloss. 



Chaetodon Para. Lin. Syst, Nat, Gmel, p, 1256. Block, t. 

 197- 



A highly elegant species, though inferior in 

 beauty to the preceding : grows to about the same 

 size, and is of an oval shape, the dorsal and anal 

 fins extending at their tips far beyond the thicker 

 or scaly part of the fin : on the gill-covers a strong 

 spine : colour of the whole animal black, accom- 

 panied by a strong golden tinge, most conspicuous 

 toward the edges of the scales, which are large 

 and rounded : native of the South- American seas* 



ANGEL CH^TODON. 



Chaetodon Catesbeii. C. viridi-aureus, squamis squamulosis. 

 Gold-green Chaetodon, with the scales covered by smaller ones* 

 Angel-Fish. Catesb. carol. 2. t. 31. 



Described and figured by Catesby in his Natural 

 History of Carolina; who names it the Angel-Fish, 

 and represents it of a golden-green colour, with the 

 pectoral, ventral fins, and tail of a bright orange- 

 colour > the dorsal and anal violet-blue at the base, 

 and bright crimson towards the tips : these fins 

 extend to a great distance, reaching far beyond the 

 tail: the body is very broad, terminating very 



