BY CHARLES W. DE VIS, MA. 541 



Locality, Cape York. Collected by Mr. K. Broadbent. 



Tins fish is anything but a typical Caranx, yet hardly deserves 

 isolation. 



Caranx fcclipsifer. 

 D. 5, 1/32/2. A. 2, 1/27/2. 



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

 total length. Orbit 3§, interorbit 3f, snout 2|, in the length 

 of the head. Breast scaly. The maxillary does not nearly reach 

 the fore edgo of the orbit, gape wide, lower jaw protuberant. The 

 lateral line nearly follows the curve of the back to beyond the 

 commencement of the soft dorsal. The straight portion consists of 

 about 42 plates which are high, more than half the length of the 

 orbit. The second dorsal spine is § of the body. A separate 

 finlet of two rays behind the dorsal and anal. Scales rather large. 

 Teeth very small in a single series. Face concave before the eye. 

 Opercular spot very distinct, round, in a golden areola. Above 

 lead blue, beneath golden. 



Length, 7 inches. Locality, Cape York. Collected by Mr. K. 

 Broadbent. 



M.ICROPTERYX QlJEENSLANDLE. 



D. 7, 1/20. A. 2, 1/20. 



The height of the body is 4^, the length of the head 5, in the total 

 length. Orbit 4, snout 3, interorbit 3^, in the length of the head. 

 Gape rather wide, the maxillary reaching the posterior third of the 

 orbit. The edge of the abdomen is compressed but not decidedly 

 trenchant. The first dorsal spines barely continuous, the low 

 web of each one merely reaching the base of its successor'. The 

 postei'ior rays are similarly connected, and have the form of finlets. 

 The ventral reaches the vent, the pectoral rather shorter. The 

 lateral line rises suddenly in a low arch then descends gradually 

 but irregularly to the straight part, which commences opposite the 

 first dorsal ray. 



Colour on the head and back blackish, beneath silvery. 



Length, 6 inches. Locality, Queensland Coast. 

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