FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 63 



57. Decapterus macrosomus Bleeker. 



Twelve specimens from Bulan (No. 3345, 3347 to 3349, 3351, 3521, 3522, 3524, and 3531 to 3534; length 



5.75 to 8 in.) and one from Bacon (no. 4146: length 6 in.). 



Depth 5.5; head3.75; about 59 plates or scales in straight portion of lateral line; origin of ventrals nearer 

 to tip of snout than to anal. This fish is more elongate and has smaller plates than has D. feurra, and the distance 

 between tips of ventrals and origin of anal is 1.5 in head, while in D. hurra it is much Kv, being about 2.5. 



Decapterus macroaoma Bleeker, Nat. ffjds. Ned. Ind., i, 358, 1850, Batavia. 

 Caranx macrosoma, Giinther, Cat., n, 42.5. 



58. Decapterus kurra Bleeker. 



Six specimens from Bulan (no. 3350, 3346, 3911, 3913, 3914, and 3523; length 4 to ti in 

 Head 3 in length; deptli 4.5; plates 111; distance between lip- of \ entrals and origin of anal short , about 

 2.5 in head; origin of ventrals nearer origin of anal than to tip of snout. 



Decapterus kurra Bleeker, Makreelachtige Visschen, 50, Verb. Hat. Gen., xxiv, 1852, Batavia. 

 Carom kurra, Qunther, Cat , n, (27; Day, Fishes India, 214. pi. i.xvui. fig. 5. 



59. Seriola nig-rofasciata (Ruppcll). 



One specimen from Bulan (no. 3602; 1. ogtb 6.2 in.) 



Nomeue nigrofati iatut Ruppell, All. is. Fiscllc-, '■>-. pi. 24. lig. 2. 1N2S. Red Sea. 

 Seriola nigrofaeciata, Qunther, Cat., n. it.:. 



60. Lactarius lactarius i Ulorh \ Schneider). Bog-fmag-taen. 



Three fine specimens from San Fabian I no. 327 I. .1751. and 3755; length 6.25 to 9.2 in.). 

 Head 3 in length.; depth 2.8; eye 3.85 in head: Bnou< 4.5: maxillary 2.1, its distal end under posterior 

 margin of pupil; hase of anal fin 2.75 in length. 



Scomber lactariut Blocb & Bchneider, Syst. tenth., 31, 1801, Tranquebar. 

 LactarLua delicotulue, Gfinther, Cat., n 507. 



61. Caranx boopa Cuvier & Valenciennes. Atdoy. 



Nine specimens from Bacon (no. 3724, 3807, 1053, 1054, 1084, W85, W86, 1102. and 4103; length 7 

 to 8.25 in.). 



Head 3. 15 in length; depth 3.1; plates of lateral line 14, the line strongly bent, becoming straight under 



the posterior third of first dorsal, the plates very huge: eye 2.75 in head: adipose eyelid will developed; max- 

 illary 2.1 in head. 



In this specie- the ventrals fall far short of anal spines, tl rigin of the spines being midway between 



origin of ventrals and hase of ninth anal ray: under jaw strongly projecting. 



Caranx boopi Cm ler & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Pofss., i\, 35 i 16 . Amboyna; Gun t her, Cat., n, 4:ii; Day, Fishes [ndia, 218, 

 pi. XI.1X, fig. 2. 



62. Caranx freeri Kvermann & Scale, new species. Mataan. 



Head 3.1 in length: depth 3.2; eye 2.85 in head; interorbital 3.55; dorsal vm— I, 23; anal it — i, 20; 

 lateral line of 25 scales and 47 plates; a broad adipose eyelid. 



Body oblong, moderately compressed; depth of caudal peduncle (i.l in head, its depth less than its width; 

 profile of head from above opercle to snout almost a straight line placed at angle of 35 degrees; mouth large, 

 the lower jaw scarcely projecting; length of maxillary 2.1 in head, its distal end under middle of pupil, the 

 posterior margin concave: mandible 1.75 in head: minute teeth on jaws, vomer, palatines, and longue. those of 

 jaws in single series; gillrakers long and slim, 24 on lower limb, the longest 5.9 in head ; opercle and preopercle 

 entire; body entirely scaled; breast scaled: plates of lateral line very strong, then greatest diameter 1.5 in 

 head; the lateral line with a low curve anteriorly, becoming straight under the posterior dorsal spines, the 

 curved portion 3.2 in straight ; scales of the- arrow-shaped area in front of dorsal very minute: about row- on 

 cheek; origin of spinous dorsal in vertical line with axil of ventrals, the longest spine 2 in head, longest ray of 

 -oil dor-al 2.5; origin of anal under second soft dorsal ray, being midway between base of caudal and posterior 

 margin of orbit, it- longest ray 2.55 in head; origin of anterior anal -pine midway between origin of ventral and 

 base of seventh anal ray ; first anal spine 0.5 in head . ventrals midway between origin of anal and posterior end 



