gg THE FISHES OF MALABAR. 



Length of head-fc. of pectoral ± of the total length. Height of head T 3 3 , of body & of the 

 total length. The thickness of the body is f- in its height. 



Ey es — Diameter more than ^ length of head. 



Teeth — With difficulty to be perceived. 



Lateral line— Moderately curved, and under the anterior fifth of second dorsal passes straight 

 towards the centre of the caudal : there are from thirty-six to forty mailed and keeled scales along 

 this last portion of the lateral line. 



Grows to four and a half inches in length. 



Habitat — Seas of India. 



* Caeanx ekala. 



Caeanx ekala, Guv. & Vol. ix. p. 117. 

 Ekalah paea, Russell, pi. 146. 



B. vii. D. 7 | tV- P. 20. V. i. A. 2 | xV- C. 25. L. 1. 2G. 



Length of head nearly \, of pectoral more than £, of caudal § of total length. Height of body 



^ of total length. 



T e eth— In upper jaw form a villiform band, with an external larger row ; those in the lower jaw 

 form a single series stronger than the external row in the upper jaw. 



Fins Pectoral falcate : the anterior margins of both second dorsal and anal elevated, rather 



exceeding half the height of the body ; caudal deeply forked. 



S ca l es _Small, extending over body, chest, and along the suborbital ring of bones. 



Lateral line— Forms a curve to opposite the anterior third of the second dorsal, from whence 

 there are about twenty-six mailed and keeled scales along its straight portion. 



Colours— Summit of head green, the cheeks, opercles, and breast pearly. The back golden 

 shot with green, blue, and purple : sides pearly : abdomen yellowish white : dorsal and upper 

 lobe of caudal an obscure green : pectorals transparent : ventral, anal, and lower lobe of caudal 

 yellow. 



Grows to upwards of a foot in length. 



Habitat — Seas of India. 



Caeanx hippos. 



Scombee hippos, Linn. Sys. Nat. i. p. 494. 



Wotim paeah, Russell, pi. 148. 



Caeanx sem, Guv. & Vol. ix. p. 105. 



Caeanx Foesteei, Guv. & Val.ix. p. 107; Cantor, Catal.p. 127. 



? Caeanx Peronii, Guv.& Vol. ix. p. 112. 



Caeanx Lessonii, Guv. & Vol. ix. p. 113. 



Caeanx Belengeeii, Guv. & Vol. ix. p. 116. 



Caeanx Hebeei, Cuv.& Vol. ix. p. 119. 



Scomber Hebeei, Bennett, pi. 26. 



Caeanx hippos, Giinther, Catal. ii. p. 449. 



B.vii. D. 7-8 1^-W P. 20. Y.\. A. 2 | ^^J- C. 21. L. 1. 27-31. 



