Nov. 1897. EAST AFRICAN COLLECTION FISHES MKEK. 



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Pectoral fin reaches to first anal ray. Lateral line slightly 

 curved, curved portion i to if in the straight portion. Maxil- 

 lary short, scarcely reaching front of pupil. A black opercular 

 spot about size of eye. Branchiostegal membrane black. 



Sides with from six to nine vertical cross bands. 



Caranx carangus (Bloch). 



One specimen. 



Length, 8^ inches; head, 3 1-5; depth, 2^j; D. vii, i-i8. A. 

 ,ii, i-i6; scutes, 29, eye, 3^; snout, 3^; maxillary, 2. Tip of 

 maxillary reaching nearly to posterior margin of the eye. Pec- 

 toral 2 4-5 in the body, its tip reaching beyond the curved portion 

 of the lateral line to about eighth anal ray. 



Upper profile more curved than the lower. A narrow post- 

 orbital adipose lid. 



Caranx crumenopthalmus (Bloch). 



One specimen. 



Length, 6% inches. 



Head, 3; depth, 3^i; D. vii-25; A. ii, 21; eye, 2^3; snout, 4. 



Lateral line some wavy, very little curved. Scutes, 30. Long- 

 est dorsal ray 2 in. head. Pectoral reaching anterior soft rays of 

 the anal. 



Caranx ferdau (Forskal). 

 Six specimens. 



The lateral line not strongly curved, the curved portion longer 

 than the straight. 



Tip of pectoral fin reaching to the straight portion of the lat- 

 eral line. Upper and lower profiles of the body about equally 

 curved. A faint brownish opercular spot. 



