BY W. MACLEAY, E.L.S. 535 



357. Oaranx speciostjs, Forsk. 



Gunth., Cat. FisliesII., p. 444. 



Caranx 2)ooloosoo, Eickards, Voy. Ereb. and Terr., pi. 58, f. 4 — 5. 



D. 7. 1/18-20. A. 2. 1/15-16. L. lat. 15. 



Teetli none or imperceptible ; height of body one-third of total 

 length ; the length of the head one-fourth ; breast scaly ; the 

 lateral line is bent and becomes straight below the anterior third 

 of the soft dorsal ; the plates are small. The lower jaw shorter 

 than the upper, the maxillary reaches the vertical from the 

 anterior margin of the eye. Silvery, with six brown vertical bars, 

 with six narrower stripes between ; the first bar through the eye. 

 Adult specimens uniform. 



Torres Straits. (Small specimens Chevert Exp.) 



358. Caranx hippos, L. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes II., p. 449. 



Caranx paraspistes, Eichards, Voy. Ereb. and Terr., Ichth., p. 136, 

 pi. 58, f. 6-7. 



D. 7-8. 1/19-22. A. 2, 1/16-17. L. lat. 30-36. 



Teeth of upper jaw in a villiform band with an outer series of 

 stronger teeth, lower jaw with a single series of small teeth, 

 intermixed with larger. Height of body three-times and a-fifth 

 in the total length ; the length of the head four times, and the 

 length of the pectoral fin three and three-quarters. Breast scaly, 

 the lateral line strongly bent, the straight portion begins abruptly 

 below the third dorsal ray and the plates are strongly developed. 

 The lower jaw is longer than the upper and the maxillary extends 

 to below the centre of the eye. Opercular spot none, or indistinct ; 

 top of the second dorsal fin blackish. 



AU the Coasts and Seas of Australia. 



