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are arched, the middle rays in each being longest. The same remark may be made on the anal, which is 
hardly half so long. The pectoral fins, very low, about the length of the head, acuminate above. The ventral 
close together, shorter than the pectoral; the caudal slightly arched. 
The colour. The ground colour a yellowish-white; a dark brown band from the ridge of the back crosses 
the face to the throat; seven or eight yellow lines run obliquely, parallel to each other, from the back towards 
the head and opercula, and from the last of these a dozen of similar lines run obliquely towards the tail and 
anal fin. The spines of the dorsal and anal fins are of a reddish brown, the whole of the soft fins in both are 
of a dark chesnut, but the anal has a cross fillet of bright yellow, and the fibrous edge is of the same colour; 
the pectoral and ventral are whitish; the caudal yellow, with a transverse band of dark purple in the middle, 
and a border of reddish brown at the extremity. 
The length, five inches three lines; the breadth three inches, six lines. 
REMARKS. 
If this be the Chaetodon vagabundus of Linnaeus, reference is made in Gmelirfs edition to three figures in 
Valentine, and to an equal number in Renard’s coloured figures. The former affords an instance of the liberty 
taken in the variation of the shape of the mouth, as the latter does of the colour of the whole fish. 
No. LXXXIV. 
Chaetodon canda truncata; sfeinis dorsalibus undecem ; corpore ovato; fascia nigra ad faciem ; 
quatuor ad latus. 
The Chaetodon with a truncate tail ; eleven dorsal spines; a black band across the face; 
and four on the side. 
Called by the Natives Moota. 
ii i 3 
B. iv. D. 31. P. 15. V. 6. A. 22. C. 18. 
The body in its compressed form, its small, roughish scales, carinated back and belly, the arched lateral line, 
and position of the fins, agrees with the general characters, only that the fins are not squamous. 
The head large, the front very declivous from the eye to the rostrum, which projects a little. The mouth, 
lips and jaws as usual: but the teeth are strong, semi-conical, not setaceous; the tongue free, obtuse, and 
smooth; the palate also smooth. 
The Jins. The first spine of the dorsal very short, the others, as well as the soft rays, assurgent till near the 
end, where the rays shorten, giving a roundness to the hinder part of the fin; the anal assumes the same 
form; the pectoral short, acuminate in the middle; the ventral fins of the same length, with a setaceous point; 
the caudal exactly equal, or truncate. 
The colour of the upper part of the head, and the back, very dark, but on the sides it changes to a dark 
blue, variegated by four black streaks running from the ridge of the back to near the belly. A streak some¬ 
what lighter crosses the face, from the crown to the throat; while another like those on the sides, sometimes 
crosses the tail: but in the subject drawn there were only two black dots. The fins were of a very dark blue, 
or, in some lights, a black colour. 
The length, including the caudal fin, three inches and a half. 
