452 CARANGID.E. 



bent, and becomes sti'aight below the second third of the soft dorsal ; 

 the plates are small. A brown band from the eye to the back. (Bl.) 

 Sea of Amboyna. 



62. Caranx oblongus. 



Caranx oblonp:iis, Cm: ^ Veil ix. p. 128 ; Cant. Catal. p. 132. 

 Carangoides oblongus, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Makr. p. 62. 



D. 8 I ^. A. 2 I ,-^. L. lat. 36-40. 



The first ray of the dorsal elongate and filiform ; the anal much 

 lower than the body. 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 2|-3i in the total length, the length of 

 the head 4|-5^. The snout is' equal in length to the diameter of 

 the eye, or very little longer. The upper maxillary reaches to below 

 the centre of the eye. Breast naked ; the lateral liiie is moderately 

 bent, and becomes straight below the second fifth of the soft dorsal ; 

 the plates are well developed. Yentrals yellowish. 



East Indian Archipelago ; Polynesia. 



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

 Collection. 



63. Caranx chrysophryoides. 



? Caranx chrj-sopln-ys, Cm: 4- Val. ix. p. 77. pi. 247. 

 Carangoides chrysopliryoides, Bleeker, Makr. p. 366, and Verhatid. 

 Batai: Genootseh. xxiv. 3Iakr. p. 63. 



D. 8 I ^. A. 2 I i. L. lat. 20-25. 



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

 vomer, the palatine bones, and on the tongue. The first ray of the 

 dorsal and anal fins is sometimes produced and iilifonn. The height 

 of the body is 2| to 3 times in the total length, the length of the 

 head 4-41. The snout is longer than the eye, and the maxillary 

 reaches to, or somewhat beyond, the vertical from the anterior margin 

 of the eye. Breast naked ; the lateral line is parallel to the upper 

 profile, and becomes straight below the posterior third of the soft 

 dorsal. Opercular spot black. (Bl.) 



Sea of Batavia. (Seychelles ?) 



64. Caranx dinema. 



Carangoides dinema, Bleeker, Muh: p. 307, and Verhand. Batav. 

 Genootseh. xxiv. Makr. p. 63. 



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



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

 vomer, the palatine bones, and on the tongue. The first ray of the 

 dorsal and anal fins is very elongate and filiform. The height of 

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



