fishes. THOkACiC. 27. Chastodon. 76^ 
Tail entire ; dorfal fpines 4 ; dorfal and Jtnal fins very 
long. 
Inlvibits South Amerkd and India. 
Body grey ; frontal bind and tip of the tail ■white. 
Dorf. 7, : piU. i8 : vent. I : an. 28 : caud. 18 rays. 
Tail bifid ; fpines of the dorfal fin 7, third ray very long. 
Inhabits India ; body thin, coated with fine leaks, white witll 
many tranfverfe black bands ; flelh good. 
Head with 2 Ihort fpines above the eyes • pufil black, tris yeW 
lowilh ; jaxus equal, armed with a double row of teeth -Jitout 
tubular ; gill-cover roundifh, of one piece and covering the 
membrane ; lateral line nearer the back, arched ; vent m th» 
middle, of the body ; tail lunate. . .r ■ 
Dorf. peB,i 9 : xunt.'it an. y. caud. 16 t^ys. 
'Stnieust 'Tail bifid ; dorfal fpines 8 ; inftead of ventral fins 3 
fpines. 
Inhabits the Indian ocean. . i_. i 
Ventral fpines Ihort, and firft dorfal fo fmall as to be fcarcely 
vifiblc. y 
Dorf. “ : pea. 26 : vent. J : an. caud. 17 rays. 
'’■’'“siitj. Dorfal fpines 6, the third very long i body with 7 black 
bands ; gill-covers fpinous. 
Inhabits the Southern ocean. Nat. Mifctl. tab. 57. 
Body filvery-white, darker with a blueifh tinge on the back ; 
lins and tail pale brown 1 tail fubequal. 
■ctrti. Body with brown and blue bands ; fpines on tho ventral 
fins 2. 
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‘ ^’^^atus. Dorfal fpines 8 ; peftoral fins falcate. 
Inhabits Afia. , ..-a • 
• ' £<,dy whitifh or filvery with brown fpots; ey« large, rca , 
lateral line curved; 3 firft rays of the unaJ fin diltant. 
Di?rf. 3“ ; pell. 17 ; vent. J : an. i: caud. 17 fays. 
TaU entire -dorfal fpines 8 i body with 5 
bands. 
Vol, 3 , — 5 F 
Inhabits. 
