78o fishes, thoracic. ay.Chitodon, 
Orbicularis Boiy romA\{h, afhy-brown: dorfal fpines p. 
Inhabits the llony Ihores of Arabia ; about a foot long ! 
relembling a flat-fifh, fpotted with black, beneath whit' 
behind yellowilb ; fpales round, entire. 
Front (loping perpendicularly ; iris yellow ; lips obtufe, 
teeth moveable, numerous, the outer row 3-toothcd at t"^ 
tip ; gill-cover entire, fcaly ; lateral line nearer but not f' 
rallel to the back ; before the dorfal and anal fins are the/ 
diments of fpines, each of them as well as the caudal 
flefhy, fcaly; ventral oval, within yellowifh, with*^ / 
greenifh-hrown, pellucid ; pectoral oval lanceolate, 
ilh-brow!i. 
pect, 1.6: vent. I', an. 26: caud.iG rays. 
fafeiatus. Yellow ; band acrofs the eyes black, one above the 
white, and one through the lldes rully-brown. 
Inhabits Arabia j 5 inches long; (bales round, imbricate. ^ 
i/eud conlc-obtufe ; upper lip protraaile ; lateral bands 
fide 8 ; dorfal fiii at the hafe with a tawny fillet, then bl‘*''j’ 
afterwards ruftvfyellow, edged with yellow ; anal j, 
lory; ventral yellow; /lerforaZ glaucous ; fail truncatej 1 
. lowifli, with a brown band in the middle. 
Fdorf 'J : pect. 16; vent, I : an. : caud. 16 rays. 
Auriga. Body blueifhrwhite with 16 pbli<iue brovv^n bands: 
ray of the dorfal fin long, filiforrn. 
Inhabits the (lipres of Arabia; 5 inches long, nearly rff'" 
boid, and coated with rhombic. ^ales. 
Head with an ocular band, above flat, fcaly, reddifir-"'^"^*^ 
and with 4 tranfyerfe tavyny bands ; t>i.f black; mouth cf'^ 
prelfed, conic ; lips rounded, equal ; dorfal fin black at * 
hinder edge; anal varied with black and yellowiih-whi‘‘ ' 
tail truncate, tawny ; lateral line curved. 
P^dl. 16; vent, 1: an, ,f. caud. 17 rays. 
Meflevcos Fore-part of the body white, hind-part brpwn wjtlt 
black bands. ^ 
Inhabits Arabia ; g inches- long j body oval, with large rhc*^ 
bic cihate fcales ; through the eye a black band. 
Head conic, narrow ; lateral line curved ; peBoral fins gK 
cous; ventral while; dorfal and aimZ brown; tail bla*^^ 
with a broad glafs-grecn band at tip. 
37 •' pett. iG : vent.'^i an, caud, 17 rays. 
