3. CAfiAJfx. 425 



The height of the hody is 4| in the total length ; the upper profile 

 of the head descends gradually to the end of the snout ; the upper 

 maxiUary reaches to below the middle of the eye. Operculum with 

 a black spot. 



From the Red Sea through aU the Indian Seas. 



a. Half-grown. China. Presented by J. E. Reeves, Esq. 

 6. Young. China. Presented bj- Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 

 c, d. Young. Madras. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 

 e. Half-grown : skin. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's Col- 

 lection. 

 /. Half-grown. Purchased of M. Parzudaki. 

 (J. Half-grown. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 

 h. Half-grown : not good state. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 i, h. Young. India. 



B. A single posterior ray of the dorsal and anal fins is detached. 

 2. Caranx macrosoma. 



Decapterus macrosoma, Bleek. Natuurk. Ti/dschr. Nedvii. Ind. i. 1851, 

 p. 358, and Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiv. Makr. p. 87. 



D-8|.^,|I. A.2|^^Jl. L.lat.60. 



The teeth of the upper jaw are not perceptible, those of the lower 

 in a single series ; vomex'ine and palatine teeth. The height of the 

 body is 7-6| in the total length, the length of the head 4^-4^. 

 The snout is longer than the eye, the maxiUaiy not reaching to the 

 vertical from the anterior margin of the orbit ; the lower jaw is 

 scarcely longer than the upper. Breast scaly ; the lateral line very 

 slightly bent. Opercular spot black. {Bl.) 



Sea of Batavia. 



3. Caranx muroadsi. 



Caranx miu'oadsi, Temm. Sf Schleg. Faun. Japon. Pom. p. 108. pi. 58. 



f. 1. 

 Decapterus muroadsi, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Oen. xxvi. Japan, p. 101. 

 ? Decapterus lajang, Bleeker, Ternate, v. p. 302. 



D. 8 I ^ 1 1. A. 2 I ^ 1 1. L. lat. 28. 



The teeth in the jaws are minute, and form a single series ; teeth 

 on the vomer, the palatine bones, and on the tongue. The height of 

 the body is 6| in the total length, the length of the head 4|. The 

 snout is about equal in length to the diameter of the eye, and has 

 the lower jaw a little longer than the upper ; the maxillary reaches 

 to, or scarcely to the vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. 

 Breast scaly; the lateral line is veiy slightly bent, and becomes 

 straight below the tenth dorsal ray. Opercular spot blackish ; top 

 of the soft dorsal brown. 



Seas of Japan (and Ternate ?). 



Decapterus l<ijang, Bleek., appears to be very closely allied to D. 



