438 CAEANGID^. 



35. Caranx equula. 



Caranx equula, Temm. Sf Schleff. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 111. pi. 60. f. 1. 

 Selar equiila, Sleeker, Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxv. p. 14. 

 Carangoides equiila, Sleeker, I. c. xxvi. Japan, p. 102. 



D. 8 I ^. A. 2 1 ^. L. lat. 25-30. 



The teeth in the jaws form villiform bands ; teeth on the vomer, 

 the palatine bones, and on the tongue. The height of the body is 

 2| in the total length, the length of the head 3| ; the snout is rather 

 shorter than the eye ; the upper profile much more convex than the 

 lower. Breast scaly ; the lateral line is moderately bent, and be- 

 comes straight below the posterior third of the dorsal tia ; the plates 

 are rather small. Coloration uniform. 



Sea of Japan. 



36. Caranx hemigymnostetlius. 



Carangoides hemigymnostethus, Bleek. Makr. p. 364, and Verhand. 

 Batav, Genootscli. xxiv. Makr. p. 61. 



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



The teeth in both the jaws form viUiform bands ; teeth on the 

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

 body is three times in the total length, the length of the head 4|— 5 

 times. The snout is obtuse, with the jaws equal, and the maxillary 

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

 inferior part of the breast scaleless ; the lateral line is scarcely bent. 

 Caudal edged with black. (Bl.) 



Sea of Batavia. 



37. Caranx bajad. 



Scomber bajad, Forsk. p. 55. 



Caranx bajad, Ri'qjp. All. Fische, p. 98. taf. 25. f. 5. 



fidvoguttatus, Cuv. Sf Val. ix. p. 75 (not Riq)p.). 



? Cai'aux gymuostethus, Cuv. ^- Val. ix. p. 73. 



Carangoides fulvoguttatus, Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. Nederl. Ind. ii. p. 178, 

 and Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiv. 3Iakr. p. 89. 



D-8|ii^- A.2|^^. L. lat. 15. 



The teeth in both the jaws form villiform bands ; teeth on the 

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

 body is 3^ in the total length, the length of the head four times. 

 The jaws are equal in front, and the maxillary does not reach to the 

 vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. Breast naked ; the 

 lateral line is slightly bent, and becomes straight below the middle 

 of the soft dorsal ; the plates are little developed. Opercular spot 

 none. 



Eed Sea ; Sea of Batavia. 



RiippeU, who examined specimens from the Red Sea, has found 

 numerous pyloiic appendages, but no air-bladder. 



