494 CARANGID^. 



the angle of the mouth. The third dorsal spine exceedingly elongate, 

 filiform. Silvery ; hack and posterior part of the body and a ver- 

 tical band tkrough the eye greyish. 



Sea of Vanicolo ; aLso found in the stomach of a Coryphcena caught 

 in 1° N. L., 75° E. Long., Paris Merid. 



20. PSENES*. 

 Psenes, Cuv. 4" Veil ix. p. 259. 



Body compressed, elevated, covered with rather small cycloid 

 scales ; cleft of the mouth narrow, with the muzzle above swollen, 

 truncated and short. Two dorsals : the first continuous ; the second 

 and the anal are much more developed, without finlets ; three (two) 

 anal spines, joined to the soft portion. A series of small teeth in the 

 jaws, none on the palate. Six (seven) branchiostegals ; air-bladder 

 bifurcate posteriorly. 



East Indian and Australian Seas. 



1. Psenes cyanophrys. 



Ctiv. ^ Val. ix. p. 260. pi. 26-5. 



B.6. D.9|^. A.|. 



The height of the body is 2| in the total length, the length of the 

 head foiu' times. Snout tnmcated, short, equal in length to the dia- 

 meter of the eye, which is one-foui'th of the length of the head. The 

 lower jaw extends slightly beyond the upper. The soft dorsal and 

 anal covered with small scales. Reddish-brown, with a blue streak on 

 the side of the head, above the eye, anteriorly convergent with that 

 of the other side. (Cuv.) 



Coast of New Ireland. 



2. Psenes javanicus. 



Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 264 ; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Makr. p. 74, and 

 Act. Soc. Indo-Nederl. ii. Amboina, p. 61. 



B.6. D.9-IOI55L.,. A. 5^,. L.lat.55. 



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

 length of the head 4—4^. Snout tnmcated, and much shorter than 

 the diameter of the eye, which is 2| to 3 times in the length of the 

 head. The maxiUary reaches to below the anterior half of the eye. 

 Angle of the praeoperculum very slightly denticulated. Greenish 

 above ; back and sides with numerous brown longitudinal streaks ; 

 dorsal, anal, and ventral fins brown. 



Seas of Java and Amboyna. 



a, b. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



* 1. Psenes auratus, Ckv. 8( Val. ix. p. 264. — Gulf of Bengal. 



