540 NEW FISHES IN THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM, 



eighth dorsal ray. Plates well developed, the middle ones half 

 the length of the head. The maxillary reaches the fore edge of 

 the orbit. Scales adherent. Breast naked. 



Colour uniform silvery, with steel blue reflections on the 

 dorsum. 



Length, 10 inches. Locality, Cairns. 



Caranx gives. 

 D. 5, 1/20. A. 1/10. 



Height of body 3, length of head 3§, in the length from the 

 snout to end of middle rays of caudal. Orbit 6^-, snout 2| nearly, 

 in the length of the head. Pectoral longer than the height of the 

 body. Second dorsal spine rather more than \ of the length of 

 the head. First dorsal spine weak. Second dorsal fulcate, anal 

 low, none of the rays of dorsal or anal elongate. Lateral line 

 peaked under the spinous dorsal, becoming straight under the 

 16th dorsal ray. Plates very feeble. Profile of head gibbous 

 over the eyes, indented over the nostrils. Lower jaw the shorter. 

 The maxillary extends to the anterior third of the orbit. 



Colour uniform. Edge of opercle and axillary spot black. 



Length, 22 inches. Locality, north coast of Queensland. 



Caranx procaranx. 

 D. 5/25. A. 1/21. 



The height of the body is 3|, the length of the head 4 J, in the 

 total length. Breast scaly. The maxillary reaches the fore-third 

 of the orbit. Teeth minute. Lateral line gently curved anteriorly 

 becoming straight beyond the middle of the soft dorsal. It is 

 armed throughout, but the plates of the curved portion are 

 smaller than those of the straight ; scales small, with much larger 

 irregularly scattered ones amongst them. The pectoi'al reaches 

 the first anal spine. Fourth dorsal spine about half the height of 

 the body, caudal forked. 



Colour golden brown, the larger scales silvery white. 



Length, 4 inches. 



