536 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



359. Caranx valencien-nei, Casteln. 



Proc. Zool. Soc, Victoria, Vol. II., p. 102. 



D. 8. 1/23. A. 2. 1/20. 



Prseoperculum very lightly serrated ; a series of villif orm teeth 

 in the jaws, with an outer series of larger teeth ; teeth on the 

 palate. Height of body twice and two-thirds in total length ; 

 length of head three times and two-thirds in the same ; the orbit 

 three times and three-fourths in the length of the head ; the snout 

 is longer than the diameter of the eye ; the lower ja^^' is longer 

 than the upper ; the maxillary does not nearly reach the vertical 

 from the anterior margin of the eye. The straight portion of the 

 lateral line is nearly half the length of the curved, is strongly 

 armed, and consists of forty six shields. Colour gilt, with the 

 upper part light blue ; fins yellow ; no opercular spot ; a short 

 oblique ridge on each side of the tail. 



Knob Island, Torres Straits. 



360. Caranx Gervaisi, Casteln. 



Eesearches on the Fishes of Australia, p. 18. 



Height of body one-fourth of the total length ; head contained 

 three times and a-half in the same ; diameter of eye a little over 

 three times in the length of the head ; teeth small, equal in both 

 jaws ;. a longitudinal keel strongly denticulated on the palate ; 

 body elongate ; lower jaw longer than upper ; lateral line strongly 

 arched under the first dorsal fin, the straight j)art formed of very 

 broad plates, nearly one-third the height of the body, and keeled. 

 Colour silvery, becoming slate-colour on the back ; opercular spot 

 visible ; fins hyaline ; the caudal bordered with black Length 

 six inches. 



CapeTork, (Castelnau). 



361. Caranx armatus, Cuv. and Val. 

 Gunth. Cat. Fishes II., p. 453. 



