Fishes . of form. In this group the few dorsalspines are closely attached to the soft rays and the generalcolor is dusky. In the young the body is deeper than in theadult and the ventral fins much more produced. The best-known species is the tsuzume or batfish {Platax orbicularis),which ranges from India through the warm current to northernJapan. Platax leira, farther south, is very similar. Platax The Squamipinnes 613 alUssimiis, with a very high dorsal, is fossil in the Eocene ofMonte Bolca. The Butterfly-fishes: Chaetodontidae.—The central family ofSquamipinnes is that of the butterfly-fish
Fishes . of form. In this group the few dorsalspines are closely attached to the soft rays and the generalcolor is dusky. In the young the body is deeper than in theadult and the ventral fins much more produced. The best-known species is the tsuzume or batfish {Platax orbicularis),which ranges from India through the warm current to northernJapan. Platax leira, farther south, is very similar. Platax The Squamipinnes 613 alUssimiis, with a very high dorsal, is fossil in the Eocene ofMonte Bolca. The Butterfly-fishes: Chaetodontidae.—The central family ofSquamipinnes is that of the butterfly-fishes or this group the teeth are distinctly brush-like, the mouthsmall, the dorsal fin continuous and closely scaly, and the ven-tral fins with one spine and five rays. The species are mostlyof small size and brilliant and varxd coloration, yellow andblack being the leading colors. They vary considerably withage, the young ha\-ing the posterior free edges of the bones of ;;^;<^.
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