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dorfal fin. This is a beautiful little fifh; the ground- 
colour of which is filver. There are feventeen rays in 
the peftoral fin, five in the ventral, thirteen in the anal, 
fixteen in the tail, and twenty-four in the dorfal. The 
head is large; the mouth final! ; the jaws of equal length, 
armed with little fharp teeth. The top of the head and 
the iris are brown; the noftrils are near the upper lip ; the 
bones of the cheeks, are jagged, the gill-covert is.one 
little plate, goingto a point in the middle; the aperture 
is large, and the membrane is hid under the covert. 
The back and its fin are yellow, except where interfered 
by the bands; the central fin is long and black; the anal 
yellowifh ; the peftoral fin is transparent, that of the tail 
grey, and round. The fcales are fmall, and extend over 
the dorfal, anal, and tail, fins. This fifh is alfo found 
in the Eaft Indies, and in Arabia; the one reprefented 
in the annexed plate, fig. 2. is from the former place. It lies 
among the coral, and lives on polype and other little ani¬ 
mals. Its fl£fh is good food. This fifh leems to form a con¬ 
necting link between the chetodon(orband-filh,) andthe 
perch. Its teeth and cheek-bone refemble the latter; 
but the body or trunk anfwers to the former, being 
broad, banded, and the fins covered with fcales. But, 
as the teeth are not fetaceous, or briftly, which is. the 
generic character of the chetodon, it would more proper¬ 
ly come among the perches. It is probable Linnaeus 
did not examine the teeth. We have neverthelefs fol¬ 
lowed that fvhematic author, in placing it in this genus. 
24. Cbaetodon vefpertilio, or lea-bat; the fpecific cha¬ 
racter of which arifes from the broad dorfal and anal fins, 
extended like wings; and a black band acrofs the tail. 
There are five rays in the membrane of the gills, eigh¬ 
teen in the peftoral fin; fix in the ventral, thirty-three 
in the anal, feventeen in the tail, and forty-one in the 
dorfal. This fifh is as broad as it is long. The head has 
no fcales; the lips areftrong; there are two round holes 
near the eyes; the pupil is black, encircled by a white 
line and a yellow iris. The gill-covert is made up of 
two linall filvery plates; the aperture is wide, and the 
membrane partly concealed. The body is grey towards 
theback, white towards the belly, and covered with very 
frcall fcales. The fins have branched rays; and are of a 
grey colour, except the dorfal and anal, of which the 
part covered with fcales is yellowifh. The firft ray of 
the long ventral fin is a fpine, of which there are three 
intheanal fin, and five in the dorfal; the dorfal and anal 
fins are very wide and thick, which occafioned Bloch to 
call it bandouiliere a larges nageoires ; but Willughby, the 
Jea-bat. This curious fpecies is fhewn. at fig. 3. of the 
preceding plate. 
23. Chaetodon ftriatus, the ftriated chetodon. Its bo¬ 
dy fwathed, the tail fin rounded, and thirteen fpines in 
the dorfal fin, determine its fpecific character. There 
are fixteen rays in the peftoral-fin, fix in the ventral, 
twenty-two in the anal, eighteen in the tail, and thirty- 
tw.o in the dorfal. The head is fmall, but furnifhed 
with large fcales. The eyes are large, the pupil black, 
enclofed within a yellow line and a white iris.. The gill- 
covert, under which the membrane is concealed, is dou¬ 
ble, The colour is yellow towards the back, white to¬ 
wards the belly, which colours are greatly fet off by the 
brown bands. The fins are yellow at bottom, and brown 
towards the extremities'. The peftoral fin is entirely 
brown, the ventral black. It is found both in the Ealt 
Indies and in America; and is excellent food. 
26. Chaetodon capillratus, the ftriped angel-fifh, or fea- 
butterfly. The fpecific charafter arifes from a black fpot 
encircled with white near the tail, and thirteen fpines in 
the dorfal fin. There are five rays in the membrane of the 
gills, fourteen jn the peftoral fin, fix in the ventral, nine¬ 
teen in the anal, fixteen in the tail, and thirty-three in 
the. dorfal. This pretty fifh lias large eyes compared with 
the other fpecies, the pupil is black, the iris reddifh. 
The gill-covert is double, or made up of two fmall la¬ 
mina?, under which the membrane lies concealed; the 
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aperture is very broad. The body is covered with large 
fcales, and a number of brown lines, forming a'net-work, 
which has a pretty effeft. There is.a brown band at the 
origin of the tail-fin, and to the dorfal and anal fins 
there is an edging of the fame colour. The gill-coverts 
and the fpines of the dorfal and anal fins, are of a beau¬ 
tiful fea-green ; but the fins themfelves are all of a yel- 
lovvifh colour. This filh is found at Jamaica ; it is fmall 
and thin, being feldom more than two or three inches 
long'; and hence is devoured by the voracious kinds. - 
27. Chaetodon bicolor, or two-coloured cbaetodon; 
fpecifically diltinguiflied by. the contrail of the two co¬ 
lours on its body. There are fourteen rays in the pefto¬ 
ral fin, fix in the ventral, eighteen in the anal, fixteen in 
the tail, -and thirty-five in the dorfal. The body is ob¬ 
long; the gill-covert jagged, and armed with a fpine. 
The head, with one half of the body, and the tail, are 
white; all the reft brown.. The peftoral fins are femi- 
tranfparent; the anal and dorfal are covered with fcales 
to the very ends. The eyes are large; pupil black, iris 
red. This beautiful fifh is found in both the Indies. 
28. Chaetodon faxatilis, the mouchana chetodon. Its 
body long and fafeiated, with thirteen rays in the anal 
fin, form the fpecific charafter. There are eighteen rays 
in the peftoral fin, fix in the ventral, nineteen in the tail, 
twenty-fix in the dorfal. The fcales are very large in 
proportion to the body ; thofe on the fins only are fmall. 
The eyes are large ; pupil black, iris yellow. It has four 
little apertures juft below the eyes. The membrane of 
the gills is loofe, the aperture very wide. Five black 
bands on a white ground decorate the body. The fins 
are all black ; the tail forked. Inhabits the leas of Brail!, 
the Eaft Indies, and Arabia. It lies in deep places on 
beds of coral, and feeds on polypes. It rarely grows 
more than fix or eight inches long. It keeps generally 
at the bottom of the waters, and thus efcapes the hand 
of man. 
29. Chaetodon marginatus, the bordered chetodon : all 
the fins bordered cr edged, and ending in a point, form 
its fpecific charafter. There are twelve rays in the pec¬ 
toral fin, eight in the ventral, fixteen in the anal, twenty 
in the tail, and twenty-five in the dorfal. Befides thele 
marks, it is diftmguifhed by having no fcales on the ana], 
tail, and dorfal, fins, which laft only has prickly rays. 
The head and belly are whitifh, the fides and back yellow. 
The fcales are large ; the ventral, peftoral, and anal, 
fins, and the back part of the dorfal, are grey; the reft 
of the dorfal fin and the tail are yellow ; all the fins have 
branched rays except the twelve fpiny ones of the dorfal. 
The eyes, inftead of the ufual round form, are oblong; 
and the branchial membrane is loole.; the pupil of the 
eye is black, iris filvery ; with two little round holes be¬ 
low. The eight light-brown band son this fifh give it an 
agreeable appearance. This fpecies is found haunting 
the fhores of the Antilles; and lives on fmall fifh. Its 
flefii is well tailed. 
30. Chaetodon chirurgus, or the furgeon: one fpine in 
the tail, and fourteen on the back, give its lpecific cha¬ 
rafter. There are fixteen rays in the peftoral fin, fix in 
the ventral, twenty in the anal, fixteen in the tail, twen¬ 
ty-fix in the dorfal. It has no fcales on the fins ; the 
head is large; the upper jaw the longell; the aperture of 
the gills is wide, and the membrane lo'ofe. The eyes are 
round, having a black pupil with a white line and a yel¬ 
low iris. The “head is mingled with violet-colour and 
black, the fides and back yellow, the belly bluifh; the 
peftoral and ventral fins violet; the anal of the fame co¬ 
lour, with brown bands; the tail-fin is yellow at its ori¬ 
gin, violet towards the extremity ; and the dorfal fin is 
'marbled with yellow and violet-colour. There are five, 
narrow bands of a "violet- colour on the trunk, ft his fifti 
alfo inhabits the Antilles, and its flefhis well-tafted. The 
lancet-fhaped fpine in the tail gained it the name of tbs 
furgeon. This account is from Plunder's MS. 
31. Ch a; tedon rhomb aides, or rhombuidal .eltetodon. 
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