454 CARANGID^. 



B. The spinous dorsal very little developed, or disappeaiiug with age. 

 66. Caranx ciliaris. 



Zeus ciliaris, 5/ocA, vi. p. 29. taf. 191 ; L. Gm. p. 122-3 ; Bl. Schn. p. 94 ; 



SItaw, Zool. iv. p. 28.3 ; Lacpp. iv. pp. 570, 572. 

 Scomber filamentosus, Mungo Park, Linn. Trans, iii. p. 36 ; JBl. Schn. 



p. 34. 

 Blepharis indicus, Cuv. Sr Vol. ix. p. 154 ; Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 113. 



pi. 60. f. 2 ; Ciw. Regne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 58. f. 3 ; Richards. 



Ichth. aiin. p. 271. 



fasciatus, Pup2). Atl. Fische, p. 129. taf. 33. f. 2 (not Richards.). 



Carangoides blepharis, Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Makr. p. 67. 



D. 6 I ^. A. 2 I :!. L. lat. 15. 



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

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

 body is l|-lg in the total length, the length of the head 3|. The 

 first dorsal little developed, with the spines short and rudimentary ; 

 the aiiteiior rays of the second dorsal and anal exceedingly elongate 

 and filiform. The lower jaw is longer than the upper, and the max- 

 illary reaches beyond the vertical from the anterior margin of the 

 eye. The width of the opercle is one-half its height. The lateral 

 line is bent anteriorly, and becomes straight below the middle of the 

 soft dorsal ; the plates are very little developed. Opercular spot and 

 the membrane between the first five dorsal rays black. Body with 

 six sub vertical blackish bands, becoming loss distinct with age. 



Pyloric appendages very numerous. 



From the Eed >Sea, through all the Indian Seas. 



«. Half-grown. Amboyna. Piuxhased of Mr. Frank. 

 h. Adult. India. Presented by W. Masters, Esq. 



c. Adult. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



d. Adult. 



e. Adult : bad state. 



f. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 



67. Caranx sutor. 



? Blepharis sutor, Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 161 ; Guiclien. Poiss. in Ramon 



de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, p. 114. 

 Blepharis major, Cut\ ^ Val. ix. p. 163. 



Zeus erinitus, Akerly, Amer. Journ. Sc. xi. p. 144, with plate. 

 Blepharis erinitus, Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 123. pi. 25. f. 76. 



D. 6|^. A.2|i3. L. lat. 12. 



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

 vomer, the palatines, and on the tongue. The height of the body is 

 1| in the total length, the length of the head 3|. The first dorsal 

 is little developed, with the sinnes short and rudimentary ; the an- 

 terior rays of the second dorsal and anal exceedingly long and fili- 

 form. The lower jaw is longer than the upper, and the maxillary 

 reaches beyond the vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. 



