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» P in n a ventralis a lb id a , apic e fla v e s c e n te . . .
.‘ P in n a candali, n ig r a , n ia rg in ih u s la te r a lib n s flav is ; p o s tic e flava , m a rg in e n ig ro , ap ic ib n s
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m em b r a n » p e llu c id is .
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“ CapMi c in e ra s c e n s , riv u lis lu te is .
“ Gula im m a c u la ta .”—Sol. M S S .
S ir Jo s e p h B a n k s ’ d raw in g w a s m a d e a t T a i t i : th a t o f M r. Sm y th was from a fish o b ta in e d a t
B y am M a rtin Is la n d ; th e Z o o lo g ic a l S o c ie ty posse sse s sp e c im e n s from th e M a u ritiu s .
C H jE T O D O N V I T T A T U S . Schti.
C h a t, flaw is ; v ittis corporU numerosis fu s c is ; fa sc ia oculari alteráque
p in n a dorsali. anali, caudalique, illcl insuper nigro bilineatá.
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P L A T E X V II . F IG . 3.
Chffit. trifasciatus. Pa rk, in Linn, Trans, vo l 3. p . 34.
Chffit. vittatus. Schn., Blochii Syst. Ichth. p . 227.
Chiet. bellus. Sol. M S S .
Icon. Seba, Thes. v o l 3. tab. 2 9 ./. 18.
Hab. in Oceano Pacifico e t Ma ri Indico.
L ik e tlio la s t spe c ie s, tliis also is k n ow n to u s , a s co n n e c te d with th e e x p e d itio n , b y M r . Sm y th ’s
d r aw in - a lo n e . L ik e th o la s t a lso , it w a s o b se rv ed b y S ir Jo s e p h B a n k s a n d D r . S o la n d e r , o n th e ir
mem o rab le v o yage , a n d a d raw in g o f i t was p re s e rv e d b y th em , a lth o u g h n o d e s c rip tio n o f i t e x is ts
a in o n v th e M S S . o f th e la t te r . I t h a s , howeve r, b e en s in c e d e so n b e d b y M r. M u n g o P a r k , in a p a p e r
in s e r te d in th e th i rd vo lum e o f th e L in n e a n T r a n s a c ü o n s ; a n d h a s b e en a d o p te d from him by
S ch n e id e r. W itli M r. P a r k ’s sp e c im en , p re s e rv e d in th e c o lle c tio n o t th e L inne .an S o c ie ty , o u r
d r a w i n g ag re e s in g e n e ra l fo rm ; a n d tb e m a rk in g s c o in c id e in e v e ry re sp e c t, e x c e p t m th e ab s en c e
from th e d raw in g o f a th ird b la c k fa s c ia b e h in d th e e y e , tu n n in g p a r a lle l w ith th a t winch c re sse s th e
eve T h is th i rd fa s c ia is a lso ap p a re n tly w a n tin g in th e figure g iv e n Vy S e b a ; i t is , liowever, m a rk e d
in th e Eanksian drawing, a n d in th e Z oo lo g ic a l S o c ie ty ’s sp e c im en s .
N o tw ith s ta n d in g th is r em a rk a b le diffe ren c e , we h a v e p r e f e r r e d re g a rd in g o u t fish from th e P a c if ic
a s id e n tic a l w itli th a t o f M r . P a r k from S um a tr a , a n d th e E a n k s ia n sp e c ie s , b e in g desirous o t av o id in g
tho r is k o t u n n e c e s s a rily m u ltip ly in g spe c ie s, a risk which m u s t b e in c u r r e d w h e re v e r sp e c ,m en s do
n o t e x is t for com p a riso n . W e h a v e , h ow ev e r, em p lo y ed tb e triv ia l n am e g iv e n by S c h n e id e r n
p re fe re n c e to th a t o f M r. P a r k , tr ifasc iatus b e in g ob v io u sly in ap p lic ab le to a fish whic li a p p e a r s to
b a v e o c c a s io n a lly a t le a s t, b u t tw o fa s c ia o n th e h e a d .
•riic figure p u b lis lied by S e b a fu rn ish e s so good a r e p re s e n ta tio n o f th e sp e c ie s , th a t i t w o u ld have
b e en u n n e c e s s a ry to fig u re i t a g a in , h a d i t n o t a p p e a r e d d e sirab le to ava il o u rs e lv e s o f th e o p p o r tu n ity
o f exhibitina : i t in its n a tu r a l co lo u rs .
M r Sm v th ’s d r aw in g w a s m a d e from a sp e c im e n o b ta in e d , w ith th e la s t sp e c ie s , a t 63801
M a r tin I s l a n d ; M r. P a r k ’s sp e c im en w a s from S u m a t r a : th e Z o o lo g ic a l S o c ie ty possesses in d iv id u a ls
from th e M a u r itiu s .
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