of mew south wales. 327 



and caudal fins are tipped with black. There is a distinct black 

 axillary spot, and an indistinct opercular one. 



Two specimens, each ten inches long, were taken at Cape 

 Grenville. 



62. — Caranx georgianus. 



Cuv. and Val. 9, p. 85 ; Jenyns Zool. Beagle, Fishes, p. 71 ; 

 Richards Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1843, 11, p. 27; and 

 Ichth. Yoy. Ereb. and Terr., p. 135, pi. 58, fig. 1, 3. 



Caranx platessa, Cuv. and Val., 9, p. 84. 



This species, so well known in Port Jackson by the name of 

 " White Trevally," seems to get less abundant in the warm seas 

 of the North. Only one specimen was taken during the whole 

 voyage of the Chevert, and that was in the comparatively cool 

 latitudes of the Percy Islands. 



63. — Caranx edentulus. 

 Plate XL, fig. 2. 

 D. 7^, A. 2.L. 



No teeth perceptible either on jaws, vomer, or tongue. The 

 height of the body is one-third, and the length of the head is one- 

 fourth of the total length of the fish. The lips are rather thick 

 and flesh)'. The maxillary reaches to the vertical from the 

 anterior third of the orbit. The eyes are small, about two 

 diameters from the point of the muzzle, and three diameters apart. 

 There is a ridge above the eye to the summit of the operculum. 

 Breast scaly. The lateral line is slightly curved for two-thirds of 

 its length ; the straight portion commences below the posterior 

 third of the soft dorsal fin, and is very slightly armed. The 

 pectoral fins reach to the sixth anal ray. The detached anal 

 spines are small. The tail is long and spreading. The colouration 

 is bluish above and yellowish white below. The opercular and 

 axillary spots are indistinct. 



This species ^eems to approach nearest to Caranx RwppeUii of 

 Grunther, the C. petaurista Ruppell. Several specimens, averaging 

 about fourteen inches in length, were got at the Percy Islands. 



