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GOLDEN CHAETODON. 



Chaetodon Aureus. C. luteus, corpore ovato, pinna dorsali ana~ 

 lique ?nagniSjfalcato-elongatiSj apice viridibus. 



Gold-yellow Chaetodon, with ovate body, and large, elongated, 

 and falcated dorsal and anal fin green towards the extremi- 

 ties. 



Chaetodon aureus. Block, t. 193. f. 1. 



Considerably allied in point of habit to the Angel 

 Chsetodon, having a great breadth of body, with 

 far-extended, falciform dorsal and anal fin, reach- 

 ing considerably beyond the tail : colour of the 

 body bright gold-yellow, shaded with orange on 

 the upper parts : fins and tail yellow, at the base, 

 gradually changing into green towards the ex- 

 tremities: at the bottom of the gill-covers a very 

 strong spine : body and bases of the fins covered 

 with middle-sized scales : lateral line curving in 

 the direction of the back. Native of the American 

 seas, growing to the length of a foot or more. 



ASFUR CHiETODON. 



Chaetodon Asfur. C. niger 3 fascia transversa lunari*cuneata 



Jiava. Forsk. F. Arab. p. 126?. 

 Black Chaetodon, with transverse, lunar-cuneated, yellow band, 

 Chaetodon Asfur. Lin, Gmel.p. 61. 



Observed, and slightly described by Forskal : 

 trunk oval; teeth numerous, filiform, and flexile: 

 anterior opercula furnished with a strong spine : 



v. iv. p. n. 23 



