432 CARANGID^. 



equals the length of the head, and is one-fourth of the total. The 

 snout is pointed, and has the lower jaw longer than the upper, tin- 

 maxillary reaching beyond the vertical from the anterior margin of 

 the eye. Breast scaly ; the lateral Hne is strongly bent anteriorly, 

 and becomes straight before the second dorsal fin ; the plates are 

 large, the height of the largest being one-fourth of that of the body. 

 Opercular spot dusky. 



Seas of Batavia, Amboyna, and Vanicolo. 



j3. The height of the body is more than oue-foiu-th of the total length. 

 aa. Teeth on the palate. 



20. Caranx lioglossus. 



Leioglossus carangoides, Blcrko; Makr. p. 367, and Verhand. Batnv. 

 Genootsch. xxiv. Makr. p. 70. 



D. 8 I ^. A. 2 I ^. L. lat. 25. 



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

 teeth on the vomer and the palatines, none on the tongue. The first 

 ray of the soft dorsal and anal is produced and filiform. The height 

 of the body is 2-1—3 in the total length, the length of the head foiu" 

 times. The lower jaw is longer than the upper ; the maxillaiy reaches 

 to below the middle of the eye. Breast naked ; the lateral line is 

 strongly bent, and becomes straight before the vertical from the middle 

 of the dorsal fin. Caudal ^vith the posterio!- margin black. (-SZ.) 



Sea of Batavia ; western coast of Sumatra. 



21. Caranx ascensionis. 



? Scomber ascensionis, Osbeck. 



Scomber ascensionis, Forsfer; Bl. Schn. p. 3.3; Furst. Deacr. Aiiim. 



cur. Lichteiist. p. 412. 

 Caranx ascensionis, Cuv. & Val. ix. p. 102. pi. 249. 



D. 8|4 ^-^li^. L. lat. 30. 



Teeth of the jaws ? Teeth on the vomer, the palatines, and on 

 the tongue. A thick, adipose posterior eyelid. The neck is very 

 elevated, and the profile between the eyes concave. The height of 

 the body is contained 2| times in the total length, the length of the 

 head nearly four times. The lateral line is moderately bent, and 

 becomes straight below the third or fourth dorsal ray. Brown. {Guv.) 



Island of Ascen.sion. 



22. Caranx djeddaba. 



Scomber djeddaba, Forsk. p. 56. 



Caranx djeddaba, Eiipp. Atl. Fische, p. 97. pi. 25. f. 3 ; Ciiv. ^- Val. 



ix. p. 51. 

 van, Cuv. Sf Val. ix. p. 48 ; Cant. Catal. p. 125. 



»• 8 1 21^6- A. 21^-^1^^. L. lat. 55-58. 

 The teeth in the jaws form a single series. The height of the 



