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SCALELESS CH^TODON. 



Chaetodon Alepidotus. C. cauda bifida, spinis dorsalibus trthus, 



pinnis ventralibus null'is. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel.p. 1240. 

 Chaetodon with bifid tail, three dorsal spines, and no ventral fins* 



Shape rhomboid : colour blueish above, whitish 

 beneath : scales either none or so small as to be 

 difficultly seen : teeth in a single row : lateral line 

 parallel with the back : tail bifid : no ventral fins : 

 dorsal and anal falcated : native of the American 

 seas : observed by Dr. Garden. 



SORDID CHAETODON. 



Chaetodon Sordidus. C. ex fusco cinereus, ovatus,fasciis trans* 

 versis obsoletis quatuor. Lin. Gmel. p. 1267. Forsk. Arab, 

 p. 62. 



Dusky-grey Chaetodon with four obscure transverse bands. 



Length about a span : body ovate : colour dull 

 grey, with four paler transverse bands : scales large 

 and membranaceous : native of the Arabian seas, 

 frequenting the shores among corals, &c. observed 

 by Forskal, who informs us that it is much esteemed 

 as an edible fish. 



