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Western Australia. Young examples were trawled off 

 Flinders Island, Investigator Group, South Australia, in 

 thirty-seven fathoms. 



CARANX LEPTOLEPIS, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 (Plate xxi.) 



Caranx leptolepis, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 ix., 1833, p. 63. Id., Giinther, Brit. Mus. Cat. Fish., 

 ii., 1860, p. 440. Id., Day, Fish. India, 1878, p. 225, 

 pi. li., fig. 4. 



Caranx cheverti, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.Wales, i., 

 1877, p. 324, pi. x., fig. 1. 



D. viii. 26-27 ; A. ii. 23 ; P. 19 ; V.i.5 ; C. 17. L.lat. 100. 



Height before the second dorsal fin 3-1-3-3 in the length 

 from the premaxillary symphysis to the end of the middle 

 caudal rays ; head 3-7-3-8, pectoral 3-1-3-3 in the same. 

 Eye 3-4-3-7 in the head, equal to or shorter than the snout, 

 which is 3-3-4 in the head. Third dorsal spine 2-1-2-3, second 

 dorsal ray 2-1-2-6 in the head. 



Body rather elongate, its dorsal and ventral profiles evenly 

 arched. Snout of moderate length, the lower jaw projecting 

 slightly when the mouth is closed ; maxillary not or just 

 reaching the verticle of the anterior margin of the eye. 

 Adipose eyelid well developed, its opening less than half the 

 width of the eye. Scales are present on the cheeks and 

 opercles, and they extend forward on the upper surface to 

 above the anterior fourth of the eye. 



Teeth villiform and exceedingly minute according to 

 Macleay ; they are not visible in my specimens except on 

 the tongue. 



Vent midway between the ventral fins and the anal spines, 

 or a little nearer the latter. 



Body covered with small scales, which extend over the 

 breast, leaving only a minute patch on the lower surface bare. 

 Lateral line broadly arched, its curve being about one-fourth 

 longer than the straight portion. There are about twenty-two 

 keeled scales, which cover more than half the straight portion 

 of the lateral line ; they are broadest on the caudal peduncle, 

 their greatest breadth being equal to one-fourth the width 

 of the eye. 



