BROAD-FINNED ACANTHURUS. 385 



armed: tail slightly lunated: tail spines very sharp 

 and strong. Native of the Indian seas. In the 

 British Museum. 



SPECKLED ACANTHURUS. 



Acanthurus Meleagris. A. fusco-nigricans, maculis creberrimis 



rotundis albis, cauda utrinque aculeata. 

 Blackish-brown Acanthurus, thickly marked with round white 



spots, and spine on each side the tail. 



Length about four inches : shape roundish-ovate : 

 colour deep brown, thickly marked on all parts 

 with smal^ round, white spots : teeth crenated : 

 gill-covers unarmed : scales extremely small : tail 

 lunated : spines moderately strong. Native of the 

 Indian and American seas. In the British Mu- 

 seum. 



BROAD-FINNED ACANTHURUS. 



Acanthurus Velifer. A. corpore rotundato-ovato albido, fasciis 

 ■plurimis transversisfuscis, cauda utrinque aculeata. 



Whitish Acanthurus, with roundish-ovate body, marked by 

 numerous brown transverse bands, and spine on each side 

 the tail. 



Acanthurus Velifer. Blocli. t. 427./. 



Length about four inches and a half : body 

 roundish-ovate : ground-colour whitish, with pretty 

 numerous narrow transverse stripes of yellowish- 

 brown : across the head a broader black stripe, 

 passing through the eyes : teeth crenated, and 



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