EQUES. KNIGHT-FISH. 



Generic Character. 



Dentium ordines plurimi. || Teeth in several rows. 

 Corpus fasciatum. fj Body banded. 



AMERICAN KNIGHT-FISH. 



Eques corpore oblongo jlavescente, fasciis tribus nigris, oculari, 



pectordli, longitudinalique* 

 Yellowish oblong-bodied Knight-Fish, with three black bands, 

 , the first across the eyes, the second across the thorax, and 



the third along the body. 

 Chaetodon lanceolatus. Lbu Eques Americanus. Block, t. 347. 



ThIS fish, which by Linnaeus was associated 

 with the Chaetodons, has been formed into a di- 

 stinct genus by Dr. Bloch on account of its teeth, 

 which, instead of being arranged in a single row, 

 as in those animals, are disposed into several con- 

 centric ranges. It is a native of the American 

 seas, and is found of the length of near twelve 

 inches* 



