fishes, thoracic. 27. Chxtodon. 7-75 
Body banded : dorfal fpines 9, the third ^ 
Inhabits the Indian and American feas ; 1 1 inches lon^ , y 
Fivers’, with 6 blueilh-black bands. 
Iris vdlow’, lateral line near and parallel with the arch d 
ba/k;inf with branched rays 5 pectoral md ventral hheV, 
the reft blucifti-black. 
caud. SO rays. 
Dorf. 3’ ; pect. 16 ; vent. I ; an 
t A • 
Cl, 
nil 
Golden, with 5 different coloured bands : tail entire t dor- 
fal fpines 11. ... , j 
Inhabits the lea round Chili; 1 2 inches long ; body ova., 
coated w-ith minute fcales ; the firft band black, 2 next ci- 
nereous, 2 laft black and cinereous. 
Snout lon<r; nofirils 2, near the eyes; aperture of the 
arched the cover of 3 pieces ; lateral line arched, l^^tdly vi- 
fible ; Wni nearly in the middle of the body ; peHoral ims 
fmall and like the ventral pointed; darjal large, ■yellow , 
SaUdvery! edged with yellow, fan-lhaped ; near the 
an oval black fpot* 
Snout cylindrical; tall unarmed : 
Inhabits the Pacific ocean ; body 2 , 
ftriate, and coated with unequal obliquely imbricate leales. 
/Irsd floping, brownifti, benelth f.lvery ftcfh-colour ; ^upd 
brosS?ris pale glaucous; mouth large, ‘^Wong ; 
fubeqial, with r few fmall unequal teeth ; ton&ue ^ fiahtc 
lateral line ftraight ; vent nearly in the middle; 
dorfal .;nd anal fins citron, a black fine on Ac Huid-pr 
and another edged with whitiA, the latter with a black fpot 
n ar the tip ; ventral citron, the outer edge^broMmini ; 
dal and pectoral pie blue, the latter yellowiA at the bafe. 
D. 
p. 15: 
a. .3 ; c. 23 rays. 
‘'■Ira. 
Body with 3 black bands ; dorfi^l and anal Bns very long ; 
'^dorfal fpines 5, anal 3. , , r j 
Inhabits the Arabian and Indian feas ; about a yard long ; ieeds 
on corals and teftaceous animals; body white, br^d and 
long, floping on the fore-part ; fcales fmall, . 
Iris reddilh-white ; mouth very fmall ; ventral 
lateral line compofed of white points; vent neai the ventral 
fins which are black, the reft white, 
Jlorf. 3^ ; pect. 11 : vent. I : an. ,1 . cdud, 17 ray 
O 2 
Orbicularis, 
