BY W. MACLEAT, P.L.S. 357 



extremity ; tlie teetli are extremely minute if any ; the mandibu- 

 lary bones are dee]), compressed, and much longer than the 

 maxillaries. The head is perfectly smooth and free from scales. 

 The scales of the body are exceedingly minute ; the breast is scale- 

 less. The lateral line is moderately bent and becomes straight 

 beneath the first fourth of the soft dorsal, the straight portion 

 numbering 45 scales, strongly armed towards the tail, the curved 

 portion about 60. The first dorsal fin consists of very feeble 

 spines, the last two very low and remote from the rest ; the 

 first ray of the second dorsal is almost equal to the height of 

 the body, the following three or four are shorter, the rest very 

 low ; the caudal fin is sharply forked ; the anal has the first ray 

 half the height of the body, the remainder as in the soft dorsal ; 

 the pectorals are long and falcate, reaching to beyond the middle 

 of the anal. The colour is entirely of a silvery yellow without 

 spot or mark of any kind. Length of specimens about 12 inches, 



" Cale-cale " of natives. 



151. Caranx obtusiceps, n. sp. 

 D. 7/tV a. 2/18. 



The height of the body is one half the length without the 

 caudal fin, the length of the head about one- third ; the profile of 

 the head above the mouth is blunt and nearly vertical, below 

 nearly straight. The eyes are rather small, about one and a half 

 diameter from the ridge of the forehead, and two diameters from 

 the extremity of the upper jaw ; the maxillary reaches to below 

 the anterior margin of the eye, the intermaxillary reaches as far 

 back, and is distinct and fleshy throughout. Teeth minute if 

 any, the lower lip is shorter than the upper, and laps over in a 

 distinct fold. The whole body, the opercular bones excepted, is 

 covered with minute scales ; the lateral line becomes straight 

 under the first third of the soft dorsal, and ia very slightly armed 

 except on the tail ; the pectorals reach beyond the first third of 



