60 CAEAXaiCE. 



anterior and posterior margins of the eye are furnished with narrow adipose lids. The 

 inferior margin of the prseoperculum is rather shorter than the posterior one, both 

 measurements being taken from the middle of the angle; they would form nearly a 

 right angle were they not rounded at the junction. The parietal crest is very pro- 

 minent, forming a sharp edge. 



The spinous dorsal commences at about the vertical from the middle of the ventrals ; 

 its spines are very feeble, the second is longest, rather shorter than the first ray, and 

 about one-third of the length of the head ; the two last are very minute and hardly project 

 beyond the dorsal groove. The origin of the second dorsal is about midway between 

 the snout and the end of the lateral line ; with the exception of the first five, the rays 

 of the soft dorsal are subequal in length. There is a very minute recumbent spine in 

 front of the first dorsal. The caudal is deeply forked, the lobes being equal and about 

 one-fifth of the total length. The soft portion of the anal is similar to the soft dorsal, 

 and originates below the sixth ray of the latter ; the detached spines are short, stout, and 

 nearly equal. The ventral is inserted immediately behind the base of the pectorals, and 

 extends beyond the vent. The pectoral is very long and falciform, and extends to the 

 commencement of the straight portion of the lateral line ; its length is about one-third 

 of the total. 



The scales are very small, covering the breast; the lateral line is slightly arched' 

 becoming straight below the fifteenth dorsal ray ; the straight portion is slightly armed 

 with sixteen spiniferous plates, and it is continued in front of the spring of the arch as 

 a row of minute pores which forms the chord of the arched portion. There are two 

 very distinct keels on each side of the root of the caudal. 



Length Sf inches. 



Seychelles. 



193. Caranx malabaricus. [697, 698.] 



Scomber malabaricus, Bl. Schn. p. 31. 



Russell, vol. ii. p. 37, pi. 150. 



Caranx caeruleo-pinnatus, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 100, and N. W. Fiscke, p. 47, t. 13. f. 2 (not Cuv.). 



malabaricus, Giinth. Fish. ii. p. 436. 



Seychelles. From the Bed Sea, through all Indian seas, to the coast of Australia. 



194. Caranx bajad. [117,647.] 



Scomber bajad, Forsk. p. 55. 



Caranx bajad, Riipp. Atlas, Fische, p. 98, t. 25. f. 5 ; Giinth. Fish. ii. p. 438. 



fulvoguttatus, Cuv. &; Val. ix. p. 75 (not Riipp.) . 



Seychelles. East coast of Africa. Bed Sea. Batavia. 



No. 647 is probably a young specimen of C. bajad, with which it corresponds as to 

 the radii ; it is remarkable as having an outer series of stronger teeth in both jaws, and 



