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190. Caranx hasseltii. [ 699 1 



? Caranx affinis, Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 49, t. 14. f. 1. 



Saler hasseltii, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Ned. Ind. 1851, Makreel. p. 359 ; Gunth. Fish. ii. p. 430. 



D. 7-8 | 1. A. 2 | g^p L. lat. 45. 



There are no detached rays in the fins ; but the last of the dorsal and anal are some- 

 what remote from the penultimate rays, and slightly elongated and penicillated. 

 Seychelles. Red Sea. East-Indian archipelago. 



191. Caranx djeddaba. [ 640 3 



Scomber djeddaba, Forsk. p. 56. 



Caranx djeddaba, Riipp. Atlas, Fische, p. 97, pi. 25. f. 3 ; Cuv. 1$ Val. ix. p. 51; Gunth. Fish. ii. 

 p. 432. 



Zanzibar. Bed Sea. Pondicherry. Penang. 



192. Caranx vomerinus, sp. n. Plate X. fig. 1. [696.] 



D.7-8|i A.2|£. I, lat. 16. 



Diagnosis. — Extremely similar to C. leptolepis, Cuv. & Val., but with a triangular 

 patch of vomerine teeth ; a narrow band of very minute teeth in the upper jaw, and 

 generally in the lower ; those of the tongue in an elongated band, but sometimes absent ; 

 a narrow band along each palatine bone. 



The height of the body is two-sevenths of the total length ; the length of the head 

 somewhat less than one-fourth of the same. The lower jaw is very deep and projects 

 much beyond the upper. The maxillary reaches nearly to the vertical from the front 

 margin of the eye. Breast scaly. Lateral line slightly arched, becoming straight behind 

 the middle of the soft dorsal ; plates low, but forming a conspicuous keel. Base of 

 caudal with a pair of distinct keels. 



Colour. — Uniform white ; a black opercular spot ; the posterior margin of the prse- 

 operculum black. 



Description. — The body is compressed and elliptical, with the upper and lower profiles 

 equally curved ; its greatest depth is below the fifth dorsal spine, where it is two-sevenths 

 of the total length. The head is somewhat longer than high, and is contained four 

 times and a quarter in the total length. The snout is longer than the diameter of the 

 eye, which is two-sevenths of the length of the head ; the cleft of the mouth is oblique, 

 the lower jaw very prominent, the maxillary does not quite reach the vertical from the 

 anterior margin of the orbit. The teeth are very minute, in narrow bands in the 

 upper, and generally in the lower jaw; there is a triangular patch on the vomer, narrow 

 bands on the palatines, and generally an elongated oval patch on the tongue. The 



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