428 CARANGlDiE. 



10. Caranx kiliche. 

 Cuv. 4" Val. hi. p. 43. 



D. 8 I ^ 1 1. A. 2 I i 1 1. L. lat. 30. 



The height of the body is contained five times and a half in the 

 total length, the length of the head four times. The lateral line is 

 nearly straight, covered anteriorly ■with conspicuous round scales, 

 posteriorly with thirty plates. Opercular spot very distinct. {Cuv.) 



Coast of Pondicherry, 



11. Caran:^ maruadsi. 



? Caranx sanctfe Helena, Cuv. Sf Val. ix. p. 37. 



Caranx maruadsi, Temni, ^ Schley. Faiin. Japon. Poiss. p. 100. 



pi, 58. f. 2. 

 IJecapterus maruadsi, Sleeker, Verh. Sat. Gen. xxvi, Japan, p. 100. 



D. 8 I ^ 1 1. A. 2 I ^ 1 1. L. lat. 31-33. 



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 contained five times and a half in the total length, the 

 length of the head five times. The snout is somewhat longer than 

 the eye, the lower jaw a little longer than the upper ; the maxillary 

 reaches nearly to the vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. 

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

 below the middle of the second dorsal. Opercular spot black ; top of 

 the soft dorsal wliite. 



Seas of Japan and China. 



a. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by J, R. Reeves, Esq. 



Caran.v pinnidatus, Eyd. &: Soul. Voy. Bonite, Zool.i. p. 165. pi. 3, 

 f. 1, from the Sandwich Islands, appears to be different from C. ma- 

 ruadsi, if the backward position of the dorsal fin is a truly natural 

 character. 



12. Caranx rhonchus. 



Caranx rhonchus, Geoffr. Descr. Ecj. Poiss. pi. 24. f. 1, 2 ; Cuv. Sr Val. 

 ix. p. 35 ; Guichen. Explor. Ak/er. Poiss. p. 62. 



D. 8 I i 1 1, A. 2 I ^ 1 1. L, lat. 26, 



The teeth in the jaws form narrow hands. The height of the 

 body equals the length of the head, and is contained four times and 

 a half in the total. The curved portion of the lateral line is nearly 

 parallel to the profile of the back, and covered with smaU scales. 

 The snout has the jaws of equal length, and is pointed ; the upper 

 maxiUary reaches nearly to the vertical from the anterior margin of 

 the eye. Opercular spot small ; the second dorsal with a black 

 blotch at the top. 



Coasts of North Africa, from Alexandria to the coast of Gorea, 



