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297. Chsetodon miliaris Quoy & Gaimard. Plate XLVIII and Fig. 163. 
Head 3.6 in length; depth 1.8; eye 3.4 in head; snout 2.8; maxillary 4.5; interorbital 3.8; D. xm, 
23; A. in, 20; scales 6-50-20. 
Body deep, compressed, back elevated; head deep, upper profile very slightly convex above eye 
to origin of dorsal; mouth small, maxillary reaching below anterior nostril; interorbital space broad, 
convex; teeth in broad bands, brush-like; eye midway in head, rather high; margin of preopercle 
entire; nostrils close together, first round, rim elevated and with fleshy flap; posterior nostril elongate; 
anterior dorsal spines strong, enlarged, sixth 1.5 in head; eleventh dorsal ray 1.6; third anal spine 1.6; 
third anal ray 1.2, elongate; caudal broad, margin obliquely straight, upper rays longer; pectoral 1.2; 
ventral 1.2, pointed; ventral spine 1.6; depth of caudal peduncle 3; scales rather large on middle of 
side, those on vertical fins, head and breast, small; lateral line running to below base of posterior 
dorsal rays. 
Color in life (No. 03035), pale cadmium-yellow, richest posteriorly, and on soft dorsal and anal 
about a dozen series of small round pale blue spots extending upward and a little backward across 
Fig. 163 . — Chxtodon miliaris Quoy & Gaimard. Type of C. mantelliger Jenkins. 
upper two-thirds of body; between these a series of smaller yellow spots a little darker than body 
color; a broad black bar from edge of subopercle under eye vertically through eye, thence broadening 
upward and backward to near origin of dorsal, where it meets its fellow, a pale bluish border behind; 
interocular area yellow; rest of head bluish gray; a jet-black ring covering entire caudal peduncle; 3 
or 4 irregular bluish-white blotches on posterior part of side; sheathing membrane of dorsal and anal 
cadmium-yellow, the spines white; soft dorsal and anal yellow, then white, narrowly edged with 
black; caudal pale yellow, outer part white; pectoral pale; ventrals pale yellow, outer parts white; 
iris dull silvery, crossed by a vertical black line. 
Color in alcohol, pale brown or whitish ; a deep brown broad band from before spinous dorsal to eye, 
margined posteriorly with whitish, continued below eye down on interopercle, but much narrower; 
caudal peduncle blackish brown, last rays of dorsal broadly blackish-brown; margin of soft dorsal and 
anal narrowly brownish; side with 10 nearly vertical series of large deep brown round spots a little 
