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of the dorsal and anal are brownish and dotted with black, but the rest of these fins 
and the caudal and pectorals are entirely colorless (fig. 27). 
Specimens 15 to 18 mm long . — The differences between these larger specimens 
and the 11 mm one are not great. The depth remains proportionately about the same, 
being contained 1.4 to 1.6 times in the length without the caudal fin. The snout, 
Figure 26. — Chaetodipterus faber. From a specimen 9 mm long. 
Figure 27 . — Chaetodipterus faber. From a specimen 11.6 mra long. 
which is shorter than the eye in younger fish, now is as long as the eye. The mouth 
is nearly horizontal and terminal, and the maxillary reaches scarcely to the eye. 
The preopercular spines have become quite small, and the occipital ridge is missing. 
Scales are well developed; they extend forward on the head to interorbital, and are 
