FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 65 



67. Caranx sexf asciatus Quoy & Gaimard. Talatitogan. 



Nine specimens from San Fabian (no. 3325 to 3333; length 3.5 to I in. - Head 3.1 in length; depth 2.5; 

 eye 3 in head; snout 4.2; pectoral 3.3; maxillary 2.1, iu distal end scarcely reaching posterior ma [-gin of eve: 

 tip of dorsal black, Carangus rhabdotus Jenkins, from Honolulu, closely resembles this species, but differs 

 from it in the heavier body, smaller eye. and the broader eross-bands. 



Caranx scxfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, Yov I ranie B8, pi. 65, fig. 4, 1824, Papous Islands. 



68. Caranx armatus (Forskal). Bveiuang-sapse; Amaaligan 



Sixteen specimens from San Fabian (no, 3498, 3446, 4940, and 4941; length 3.2 to 6 in. No. 4032, 

 lengl li 3 inches, from Bulan, is also placed with this species, although it is -light h deeper and seems to differ 



in a slight degree. 



Sctena armata Forskal, Descr. inim, 53, i:;:. Red Sea. 

 Caranx armalua, Giinther, Cat., u. 453 



69. Caranx kalla Cuvier \ Valenciennes. 



()nr specimen from Bulan (no. 3767; length '.i in Lateral line becoming undei about the 



sixth dorsal ray. which readily distinguishes this species from ( ' djeddaba, to which it is closeh related. 



Caranx kalla Cuvter & Valenciennes, Hist Nat Poi >-. 17 19), 1831, Pondicherry; Day, Fishes India, 219, pi. xlij 

 Caranx calla, Qtlnther, Cat., n. 433. 



70. Caranx djeddaba (Foi -I 



One small specimen from "Philippines" (no. 3782; length 3.5 in. 



Head U.2. r > in length; depth 2.75; eye 3.2 in head; snout I; maxillary 3; mandible 2.1; interorbital 

 3.75; dorsal \ 111. 25; anal [,22; scutes 54, 37 in curved portion; lateral line becoming straight under the first 

 dorsal i:i\ 



Scomber djeddaba Forsk&I, Desor. Inlm., I77.~>. Red Sea. 



Caranx djeddaba, Qunther, Cat., n, 432 Daj I - pi si.ix.fig. 3. 



71. Caranx brevis I Blei I 



Three specimens from " Philippines "  no. 3888; length 3 to 3.2 in. 



Head 3.5 in length; depth 2.4; eye 3 in head; dorsal vm, 25; anal u — i, 19; lateral line 34 16 

 Teeth in jaws, vomer and palatines; no canines; curved portion of lateral line 1.95 in straight, the line 

 becoming straight under anterior dorsal rays; a distinct opercular spot; breast scaled 



Selar bn vi» Bleeker, Nat TIjds. Ned. lad., i, 1850, 361, Batavia. 

 Caranx brevis, Qtlnther, Cat., u, 135. 



72. Megalaspis cordyla I l.inn;riiM. Bacutut. 



Three line specimens from Bulan (no. 4155 to U57; length 14 to 15.5 in.) and :i fr Jolo (no. 4111 to 



4113; length S.5 to 9 in.). • 



Scomber cordyla Linnaeus, Syst. Mat., od. \. 298, 1758, America. 



Scomber rolttcri Bloch, Ichth., \. 39, 346, 1797. 



Caran e rottleri, QUnther, Cat., it. 424. 



Megdkupi* roltleri, Bleeker. Hakreelachtlge Visschen, 4^i. Verh. Bat. Urn., xxiv (Batavia 1 . 



73. Citula halli Kvcrinann & SeaJe, new species. Pampanon. 



Head .3 in length: depth 1.5; eye 3.2 in head: dorsal iv — i, 10: anal n,38; 76 scales in lateral line, 35 of 

 which are in straight portion, and scarcely armed; snout 3.5; maxillary 3, its distal end on line with anterior 

 margin of eye. 



Body elevated, compressed : anterior profile rounded ; caudal peduncle narrow . .">.."> in head ; body, including 

 breast, covered with deciduous scales, which are of small size on thorax: lateral line almost straight, the 

 curve being very long and low, the greatest depth of curve 7 in its length, the straight portion of line 2.5 in 

 curved part. 



B. B. F. 1906—6 



