ROSTRATED CH/ETODON. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Body compressed, and in most species marked with bands. . 
Gill membrane divided into three, five, or six rays. 
Mouth set with small teeth. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Ch/t:todon rostratus. C. cauda integra 3 spinis pinnae dorsalis 
g, maculaque ocellari 3 rostro cylin- 
drico. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 1. 
p. 1244. 
Tail undivided ; a black spot bordered 
with white on the dorsal fin, which is 
armed with nine spines 3 beak cylin- 
drical. 
Chaetodon rostro longissimo osseo, pinnis 
dorsi, ani, et caudae, ad extrema ro- 
tundis ; macula nigra ad pinnam dor- 
salern. Gron. Zooph. p. 69- n0 * 203 . 
Chastoeon enceladus. Nat. Misc. 2. 
pi. 67. 
Rostrated Chjetodon. Bloch, pi. 102. f. 1 . Shaw Gen. Zool. 4. 
p. 337. pi. 47. 
This expert marksman was first introduced to our 
notice by Mr. Hommel, governor of the hospital at 
Batavia, who informs us that it frequents the sides 
