Chatodon ftriatus . A dufkv ftripe down the head 
and through the eyes; three more down the body; and a fifth 
near the edge of the dorlal and anal fin, which is likewife con¬ 
tinued acrofs the tail: ground colour white: fides ftriated : tail + 
round at the end. D. Pr. P. 15. V.f. A. A. 
This fifh is taken among the Weft India Ifiands. 
The principal chara6ter ufed by Linnaeus, to diftinguifh the 
fpecies of this genus, is the number of fpiny rays in thedoifal fin. 
Concluding therefore, that the number was conftant, I was lead to 
fuppofe him unacquainted with the White-ftriped Chstodcn, already 
figured in this work; but have fince found my miftake, in that it 
is the arcuatus ; and that the number of fpiny rays varies in it, as. 
