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WANDERING CHjETODON. 



Chaetodon Vagabundus. C. subluteus, corpore subrotundO'OVato, 

 longitudinaliter striato, postice fascia transversa nigra. 



Yellowish Chaetodon, with roundish-ovate body longitudinally 

 striated, and marked at the hind-part by a transverse black 

 bar. 



Chaetodon vagabundus. Lin. Block, t. 204. 



Shape roundish-ovate : head lengthened a little in 

 front : body covered with large scales, and of a pale 

 orange-colour, marked with numerous oblique nar- 

 row streaks running in the interstices of the scales: 

 over the shoulders are several similar streaks in an 

 opposite direction, or crossing the former : head 

 marked by a black band running across the eyes, 

 as in many others : end of the body, at the setting 

 on of the tail, marked by a similar band, which runs 

 both into the dorsal and anal fin : tail crossed in the 

 middle by a black or deep-brown crescent, and bor- 

 dered at the tip with the same colour. Native of 

 the Indian seas, and said to be in considerable 

 estimation as a food. 



