3. CAEANX. 441 



on the vomer and the palatine bones. The height of the body is 

 3^-4 times in the total length, the length of the head 4|-4|. The 

 jaws are equal anteriorly, and the maxillary reaches to, or nearly to, 

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

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

 of the soft dorsal ; the plates are little developed and scarcely armed. 

 Opercular spot sometimes absent. 

 Indian Archipelago ; Australia. 



a, b. Young: skins. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's Col- 

 lection. 

 c, (I. Fine specimens. Australia. From Mr. Macgillivray's Collection. 



44. Caranx dentex. 



Scomber dentex, £1. Schn. p. .30. 



Caranx luna, Geoffr. Descr. Et/. pi. 23. f. 3 ; Ciw. 8f Vol. ix. p. 80 ; 



Guichen. JExplor. Alger. Poiss. p. 62. 

 Citula banksii, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 422. pi. G. f. 13. 

 Caranx dentex, Cuv. S{ Val. ix. p. 87. 

 analis, Cm. 8f Val. ix. p. 88 ; Webb ^ Berthel. Hist. Nut. Iks 



Canar. Pom. p. 57. pi. 12. 



D. 8 I -!-. A. 2 I -!-. L. lat. 24. 



I 24-27 I 20-22 



The teeth in the jaws form a single series ; vomerine and palatine 

 teeth none ; a single series of teeth along the middle of the tongue. 

 The height of the body is 3| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 3| ; the pectoral reaches to the middle of the anal. Breast 

 scaly ; the lateral line runs parallel to the upper profile of the back, 

 and becomes straight in the vertical from the posterior third of the 

 anal. The plates are rather small. The upper jaw is longer than 

 the lower ; the snout is elongate, the upper maxillary reaching 

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

 diameter of which is one-fifth or one-sixth the length of the head 

 (in adult specimens). Opercular spot distinct. 



Mediterranean ; Madeira ; Canary Islands ; St. Helena ; Coast of 

 Brazil. 



a. Very fine specimen: nineteen inches long. Lanzarote. Pre- 

 sented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 

 b-d. Fine specimens. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 

 e. Young. Madeira. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 

 /. Thirty-three inches long : stuffed. 

 g-i. Young. New Orleans. 

 k. Half-grovra. 



45. Caranx amblyrhynchus. 



Caranx amblyrhynchus, Cm: ^ Val. ix. p. 100. pi. 248. 

 falcatus, Holbr. Ichthyol. S. Carol, p. 92. pi. 13. f. 2. 



D.7|^. A.2\^^. L. lat. 48-50. 



The teeth are very small, and form a single series in both the 



