498 CAEANGID^. 



small, deciduous, cycloid scales. Mouth very protractile. Minute 

 teeth in the jaws ; none on the palate. One dorsal : formula of the 

 fins — D-7^- ^-fi' ^" V^' The lower prseopercular margin ser- 

 rated. Branchiostegals five (four) ; pseudobranchise present ; air- 

 bladder large, terminating posteriorly in two short horns. Pyloric 

 appendages in small number. 



East Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



1. Equula fasciata. 



Karah, Russell, i. p. 51. pi. 66. 



Cliipea fasciata, Lacep. v. p. 463. 



Equula filigera, longispinis, carah, et fasciata, Cuv. Sf Val. x. pp. 92- 



97. pi. 284. 

 filigera, fta\ Mem. Mis. i. p. 402. pi. 2.3. f. 1 ; Cantor, Catal. 



p. 150 ; Bleekcr, Timor', i. p. 165, and Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Makr. 



p. 79. 

 setigei-a, Ar/ass. Reche^xh. Poiss. Foss. v. p. 24. tab. B. (skeleton, 



from America !). 



' D.f-^. A.^. Cffic. pylor. 3. Vert. 10/13. 



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

 head four times. A pair of small spine's above the anterior margin 

 of the orbit ; the cavity on the head is subquadrangular, and 2^ times 

 as long as broad. The lower pi^aeopercular margin is veiy indistinctly 

 seiTated, and its length is 1^ in that of the mandibtila; the mandi- 

 bula is concave, and ascends at an angle of about 40°. The second 

 spine of the dorsal fin, and sometimes of the anal, is very elongate, 

 often as high as the body. Scales very small. Body with irregular 

 vertical blackish streaks. 



Eed Sea ; Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



a. Adult. Red Sea. 



b. Adult : skin. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



c. Adult. Philippine Islands. 



2. Equula edentula. 



Scomber flavescens, &c., Sebn, iii. p. 75. tab. 27. f. 4. 



edentulus, Block, taf. 428 (bad) ; Bl. Schii. p. 36. 



Leiogiiathus argenteus, Lacep. iv. pp. 448, 449. 



Komah-karab, Russell, i. p. 50. pi. 63. 



Equula ensifera, Cuv. ^ Val. x. p. 66 ; Bhek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 



Makr. p. 80. 



coma, Ciw. Sf- Val. x. p. 76. 



? Equula seiTulifera, Richards. Voy. Ereb. Sf Terr. Ichthyol. p. 137. 



pi. 59. f. 12-14 (fig. restored). 



B.5. D.j^g. A. A Case, pylor. 2. 

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



2. Equula brevirosh'is, Cuv. % Val. x. p. 83. — Coast of Malabar. 



3. ■ blochii, Cuxk # Val. i. p. 84.— Coast of Malabar. 



4. - — — gracilis, Blecker, Celebes, v. p. 249. — Sea of Manado. 



