PISCES THORACICI. CILETODON. 
6 ? 
No. LXXXV. 
Chtetodon cauda bifida; spinis tredecem pinna dor si; corporeJasciis nigrescentibus; macula 
nigra ad caudam. 
The Ch^todon with a forked tail; thirteen dorsal spines; the body variegated with 
blackish bands; and a black spot on the tail. 
Called by the Natives Galamoia Pota. 
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B. v. D. 28. P. 17. V. 6. A. 17. C. 19. 
The body sub-orbicular, compressed, the scales large, roundish, tenaceous, and extended on the fins. 
The head small, compressed, squamous, except the rostrum which is naked, smooth. The mouth, teeth, and 
tongue, as usual, but the lips are thickish, and the palate tuberculate. The eyes, high, oval. The nostrils 
single, lower than the orbit, and nearer the rostrum. The opercula squamous, and moves freely ; the branchial 
membrane is readily discovered. 
The trunk. The back arched, carinate, the breast convex ; the belly straight and thin ; the tail unusually 
broad. The lateral line conspicuous, slightly arched, and terminates at a round black spot on the upper edge 
of the tail. The anus a little nearer the tail than the head. 
Th ejins. The dorsal spines only a little arched, being nearly of equal length; the hinder part of the fin 
broader, and acuminate in the middle; the pectoral and ventral of moderate length, acuminate at top; the 
anal has only two spines, and the other rays are of the same form with the dorsal; the caudal divided, 
but not deeply. 
The colour of the back above the line, a pale yellow, with six darkish bands, which are extended on the 
dorsal fin; the rest of the body cinerious, growing lighter on the belly. The fins are of a dark colour. 
The length , including the tail, six inches six lines. 
REMARKS. 
This fish bears some resemblance to the Chaetodon Saxatilis, Linn. S. N. p. 466. 
No. LXXXVI. 
Chaetodon cauda bijurca; spinis pinna dorsalis tredecem; corpore fasciis caruleis et maculis 
Jlavis, alternatim. 
The Chletodon with a forked tail; thirteen dorsal spines ; and the body variegated with 
sky-blue bands and yellow spots, alternately. 
Called by the Natives Rahti Pota. 
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B. v. D. 26. P. 18. V. 6. A. 14. G. 16. 
The body is rather more oval, than the fish last described, but in the form of the scales, the disposition and 
shape of the fins, opercula, lateral line, and anus, they approach very near. 
The head is not so low, the mouth consequently more central from the back and the belly; the jaws and 
