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LONG-SNOUTED CHJETODON. 



Chaetodon Longirostris. C. corpore rhombeo»oblongo sub/lava, 



rostro elongate^ pinna anali macula nigra. 

 Chaetodon with rhombic-oblong yellowish body, lengthened 



snout, and black spot on the anal fin. 

 Chaetodon longirostris. Lin. Gmel. Brouss. dec. l. 



Shape oblong-rhomboid : head sloping, and pro- 

 duced into a cylindric snout, as in the rostratus, to 

 which this species is allied : head brown above, 

 and of a silvery flesh-colour beneath : body yellowish 

 or citron-colour, covered with unequal, obliquely 

 imbricated scales : lateral line strait : dorsal and 

 anal fins citron-colour with a black streak on the 

 hind-part, edged with white ; and towards the tip 

 of the anal fin a black ocellated spot : pectoral fins 

 and tail glaucous, the former tinged with yellow at 

 the base. Native of the Pacific ocean. 



BODDAERTIAN CHjETODON. 



Chaetodon Boddaerti. C.fasciis fuscis et cxrukscentibus, spinis 

 pinnarum ventralium duabus. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1243. 



Chaetodon variegated with brown and blueish bands, and with 

 two spines at the ventral fins. 



A species hitherto but very little known : native 

 of the Indian ? seas. 



