BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 539 



Genus Seriola, Cuv. 



Characters the same as Caranx, but with the body less compressed 

 and the lateral line not armed. 



Nearly all temperate and tropical seas. 



365. Seriola Lalandii, Cuv. & Yal. 

 Gunth. Cat. Fishes II., p. 463. 

 '' King Fish " of Port Jackson. 



D. 7. 1/32-34. A. 2. 1/20-21. 



Scales very small ; height of body about four times and a-half 

 in the total length, head about the same ; snout elongate, twice 

 the diameter of the eye in length. Abdomen broad, not com- 

 pressed ; ventral fins moderate, their length twice and a-half in the 

 distance beteen their base and that of the anal fin ; the maxillary 

 reaches somewhat beyond the vertical from the anterior margin 

 of the eye. Coloration uniform. 



Port Jackson. East Coast. 



366. Seriola nigrofasciata, Eiipp. 



Gunth. Cat. Fishes II., p. 465. 



B. 7. D. 5-6 1/31-33. A. - 1/15-17. CcGC. i)ylor. 7. 



Scales exceedingly small, rudimentary. The height of the 

 body is three times and two-thirds in the total length, the length 

 of the head four times ; snout obtuse, equal in length to, or rather 

 shorter than, the diameter of the eye. Abdomen broad, not 

 compressed ; the ventral fins nearly as long as the head ; the 

 maxillary reaches to the vertical from the centre of the eye. 

 Back crossed by six broad brown bands ; the ventrals and top of 

 the dorsal and anal fins black. 



Port Jackson (Castelnau.) 

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