42U CARANGIByE. 



Caraiix decli^is, Jcnijns, Zool. Beagle, Fishes, p. 68. pi. 14. 

 Tracliiirus trachurus, Casteln. Anim. notiv. on rares, Poiss. p. 23. 



^- 8 I alirs- ^- 2 I igiii- L. lat. 70-99. C^. pylor. 12-20. 

 Vert. 10/14. 



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

 of the head 4|. The snout is longer than the diameter of the eye ; 

 the npper maxillary reaches to, or slightly beyond, the vertical fi'om 

 the anterior margin of the eye. A black blotch on the posterior 

 margin of the operculum. 



From the coasts of the temperate parts of Europe, along the coasts 

 of Africa, round the Cape of Good Hope, into the East Indian Seas, to 

 the coasts of New Zealand and West America. 



a. Fine specimen. English Coast. Purchased. 



b. Half-grown : skin. English Coast. From Mr. YarreU's Collection. 



c. d. Adult : stuffed. Frith of Forth. 



e. Adult. South Wales. Presented by J. Stokes, Esq. 



f. Adult : stuffed. Weymouth. Presented by Lieut. H. F. Spence, 



R.N. 

 //, /(. Young. Devonsliire. Mus. Leach. 

 ■(. Adult: stuffed. Mediterranean. 

 I'. Half-grown. Mediterranean. 



I. Young. South Europe. Presented by R. B. Webb, Esq. 

 m. Young : not good state. Sicily. Presented by W. Swainson, Esq. 

 n. Half-grown. Dalmatia. 



0. Very fine specimen, Lisbon. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 

 p. Half-grown. Lisbon. 



q. Adult. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 

 r. Half-grown. Cape of Good Hope. From the Haslar Collection, 

 s. Half-grown. Australia. From Mr. Macgillivray's (!ollection. 

 t. Half-grown : skin. Austraha. From Mr. Gould's Collection. 

 u. Half-grown : skin. AustraUa. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 

 V. Half-grown. Australia. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 

 ■w. Half-grown. Port Jackson. From Mr. Macgillivray's Collection. 



D. 8 I ^. A. 2 I ^. L. lat. 75. = Caranx declivis, Jen. 

 .r. Young. New Zealand. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 I/. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 

 ~. Adult : skin. From Mr. YarreU's Collection. 

 a. Half-gi'own. Presented by Dr. Johnston. 

 /3. Adult. 



y. Adult : skin. From Gronov's Collection. 

 S. Adult: stuffed. 



€. Young. From the Haslar Collection. 

 <;, ?j. Adult : skins, 

 y. Half-grown : skeleton. Port Jackson. From Mr. Macgillivray's 



Collection. 

 (. Adult: skeleton. Purchased. 



Skeleton. — There are two skeletons in the Bi'itish Museum, one 

 from a British, the other from an Australian specimen ; they are 

 identical in every point, and prove the correctness of my opinion of 



