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ANNULAR CHitfTODON. 



Chaetodon Annularis. C. httevs, corpore rotundo-owto, ftiSciis 

 sex oblifjvis hngitudinalibiis curvatis mimdoque postoculari cce* 

 rukis. 



Deep yellow Chaetodon, with round-ovate body, marked by 

 six longitudinal curved blue stripes and a blue ring behind 

 the eye. 



Chaetodon annularis. Lin. GmeLp. 1262. Block, t, 215* 



Shape round-oval : colour yellow or pale fulvous^ 

 with six oblique, longitudinal, curved, bright-blue 

 lines or narrow stripes, of which the four superior are 

 continued into the dorsal fin, at , the hind part of 

 which they meet in an angle: the two lower stripes 

 run along the bottom of the abdomen : the dorsal 

 fin is broad at its hind-part, and projects above 

 the tail into an angular form: the anal fin is round- 

 ed at the hind-part : on each side the body, beyond 

 the eye, is a bright-blue circle, and at the bottom 

 of the gill-covers is a strong spine. Native of the 

 Indian seas ; length about a foot. 



