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SARGOID CHjETODON. 



Chaetodon Sargoides. C. luteus, capite fasciisque sex transversis 

 violaceis. 



Gold-yellow Chaetodon, with the head and six transverse bands 



violet-colour. 

 Le Chetodon Sargoide. Cepede. 4. p. 473. 



Slightly described by Cepede from the drawings 

 and manuscripts of Plumier. Allied, as it should 

 seem by the title, to the Sparus Sargus in habit : 

 general colour gold yellow ; head and six transverse 

 bands, together with the edges of the dorsal, anal, 

 and caudal fin of a fine violet-colour : in the dorsal 

 fin are thirteen spiny rays, and one in each pectoral 

 fin : a depression before the eyes ; the opening of 

 the mouth small, and the upper lip thick: gill- 

 covers rounded. Native of the American seas. 



CANESCENT CHiETODON. 



Chaetodon Canescens. C. cauda bifida, spinis dorsalibus duabus, 

 radio tertio longissimo, ore bidentato. Lin. Gmel. p. 1240. 



Greyish Chaetodon, with bifid tail, two dorsal spines* the 

 third ray very long, and bidentated snout. 



Chaetodon canesceus. Seb. mus. 3. t. 25./. 7,. 



Shape resembling that of the C. cornutus and 

 bifasciatus : colour greyish : scales very small : on 

 each side the mouth a sort of spine or process : 

 third ray of the dorsal fin extremely long, as in the 

 two species just mentioned. Native of the American 

 and Indian seas. 



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