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GUTTATED BODIAN. 



Bodianus Guttatus, B.fusco^avescens, corpore pinnisque guttis 



ocellatis fvscis. 



Yellowish-brown Bodian, with body and fins marked by small 



ocellated deep-brown spots. 

 Bodianus guttatus. Block. Jacob Evertsen. Ray. 



Length about a foot : scales rather small than 

 large : whole fish pretty thickly sprinkled with small 

 round deep-brown spots, of which those towards 

 the back, tips of the fins, and tail, are marked with 

 a pale central spot : tail rounded. Native of the 

 Indian and American seas, and in the latter known 

 to the English by the name of the Jew-Fish or 

 Jacob Evertsen : in considerable esteem as an edible 

 fish. 



ZEBRA BODIAN. 



Bodianus Zebra. B. subluteus, corpore fasciis transversis, capite 



Ion gitudinalibus fastis. 

 Subluteous Bodian, with the body marked by transverse and 



the head by longitudinal brown bands. 

 Bodianus Boenack. Block. 



Length about ten inches : breadth moderate : 

 colour dull luteous, paler beneath : body crossed by 

 about seven brown bands, continued into the dorsal 

 fin : head marked by three, or four longitudinal 

 stripes : tail rounded, and crossed towards the base 

 by a brown band : eyes pale yellow : scales rather 

 small than large : native of Japan, where it is 

 known by the name of Boenack. 



