CH^TODONS. 
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The dorsal^ anal, and caudal fins are of a beau- 
tiful yellow, spotted with blue ; the pectorals are 
reddish ; the ventrals are pale blue, mottled with 
KINGFISHER SMARIS, 
reddish, and bordered with yellow. The Medi- 
terranean coast of France is the locality frequent- 
ed by this brilliant species, of whose distinctive 
natural history nothing seems to be recorded. 
Family VIII. Ch^etodontid^. 
{Ch^todonst) 
We arrive now at a Family of Spinous-finned 
fishes, particularly interesting on account of the 
peculiarities of form and of colour that commonly 
distinguish them, but quite unknown to the cold 
waters of our northern clime. Cuvier assigned 
to the Family the appellation of Squamipennes, 
which is sufficiently expressive of one of their 
prominent characteristics ; the soft, and fre- 
quently even the spinous parts of their dorsal and 
anal fins, being fieshy, and covered with scales. 
