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Coral Fishes

a name given to several fishes of different genera, belong- banking business and accumulated a ing to the Chatodontida. They are found in all tropical seas, especially about coral reefs, and are all brilliantly colored. The most important is the holocanthus imperator, the "emperor of Japan," which measures about 15 inches in length, and is the most esteemed of all the Indo-Pacific fishes.

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