502 CAKANGID^. 



b. Adult. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



c. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr, Frank. 



d. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



e. Half-gro'mi. China Seas. PresentedbyCapt. Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 

 /. Half-grown. China Seas. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher, C.B. 



9. Equula daura. 



Dacer karah, Russell, i. p. 51. pi. G5. 



Equula daura, Cuv. li^.gne Anim. ; Cantor, Catal. p. 150. 



dacer, Cuv. ^ Val. x, p. 83 ; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Makr. 



p. 81. 

 brevirostris, Bleek. Batav. and Oost-Java (not Cuv. Sf Val.). 



B.5. D.^. A. A. 



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

 of the head 4|. The upper profile is scarcely more concave than the 

 lower. Spines above the orbit very inconspicuous ; the lower prae- 

 opercular margin denticulated. The mandibula is veiy slightly con- 

 cave. The length of the second dorsal spine is one-half of the height 

 of the body. Scales very small, but conspicuous. A black blotch 

 on the spinous dorsal. 



East Indian Seas. 



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

 Collection. 



10, Equula oblonga. 



Scomber equula, var., Forsk. p. 58. 



Equula oblonga, Cm: df Val. x. p. 85; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 



Mah: p. 84. 

 berbis, Cttv. 8) Val. x. p. 85. 



The height of the body is 3|— 4 in the total length, the length of 

 the head 4j-4|. A pair of spines above the anterior margin of the 

 orbit. The mandibula is very slightly concave ; the lower praeoper- 

 eular margin serrated. Scales inconspicuous. The second dorsal 

 spine is shorter than one-half the height of the body. Dorsal fin 

 without black ; back with irreg-ular dark spots. 



Red Sea ; Seas of Java and Timor. 



11. Equula lineolata, 



? Equida lineolata, Cm: 4' Val. x. p. 8(3. 



Equula lineolata, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Makr. p. 8-3. 



B.5. D.l A.^. 



The height of the body is 3-3^ in the total length, the length of 

 the head 4^-4|. A pair of sj^ines above the anterior margin of the 

 orbit. The mandibula is very slightly concave ; the lower prajoper- 

 cular margin serrated. Scales inconspicuous. The second dorsal 



