358 nsiiEs OF XEvr ouixea, 



tlie anal ; the first two or three rays of the vertical fins are 

 longer than the others and falcate, but not elongate as in the last 

 species. General colour silvery- ^^ellow, back darker, fins yellow. 

 Length 1^ inches. 



" Malacaca " of the natives. 



152. Ca'raxx 3IoTiESBi'i:xsis, n. sp. 



U. 7/^V. A. 2/^V. 



Height of body one-third of the total length ; leugth of head 

 about one fourth. Upper profile much more convex than lower. 

 The eyes are about their diameter distant from the median ridge 

 of the forehead, on which there is a slight notch in front of the 

 eyes ; the distance from the eye to the extremity of the snout is 

 nearly two diameters of the orbit, the maxillary reaches to beneath 

 the anterior third of the eye, and is broadly triangular at the base, 

 the gape of the mouth is small, the teeth are uniserial and distinct, 

 there are teeth on the palatine bones ; the ^^hole bod}^, breast, and 

 preoperculum are scaly ; the lateral line is well curved anteriorly, 

 becomes straight under the second dorsal ray, and is strongly 

 armed towards the tail; the first rays of the dorsal and anal fins 

 are about half the height of the body, the others are low ; the 

 pectorals reach to the third anal ray. The colour is of a silvery- 

 grey, darker on the back and fins. Length 2 inches. No oj)er- 

 cular spot. 



153. CiroRiXEMUs lysax, Forsk. 



Guuth., Cat. 2, p. 471.— Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., vol. 1, p. 328. 

 8yn. — C. commersonianus, lijsan, and aculeafics, Cuv. & Yal. — 

 Scomber Forsferi, }^l. and S. mada(jascariensis, Shaw\ 



151. ClIOETXEAIFS TOLOO, CuV. & Val. 



Gunth., Cat. 2, p. 173.— Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. AVales, vol. ], 

 p. 328. 



*' Daragi " of the natives. 



