506 CARANGID,!?. 



24. GAZZA. 



Eqimla, sp., Cui\ ^- Val. x. p. 88. 

 Gazza, Miipj). iV. W. Fische, p. 4. 



Body more or less compressed, elevated or oblong, covered with 

 very small cycloid scales. Mouth very protractile. Teeth ia the 

 jaws of moderate size, and a paLr of canines in the upper ; none on 

 the palate. One dorsal : formula of the fins — D. ^-^^j^. A.—. V. 1/5. 

 The lower prseopercular margin serrated. Branchiostegals five ; 

 pseudobranchise present. 



East Indian Seas ; Polynesia. 



1. Gazza minuta. 



Scomber minutus, Bl. tab. 429. f. 2; Bl. Schi. p. 36, 

 Eqiuila minuta, Cm. ^- Val. x. p. 88. 



dentex. Cur. ^ Val x. p. 91; Peters, Wiegm. Arch. 1855, p. 247. 



Gazza minuta, Blcek. Sumatra, ii. p. 259, and Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 

 Makr. p. 85. 



B.5, D.A A.±. 



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

 the head 3|-4^. Canine teeth of moderate size. The height of the 

 second dorsal spine is contained 2| times in that of the body ; it 

 nearly equals in length the second anal spine, which is, however, 

 much stronger. Axil black ; the spinous dorsal bro^vnish anteriorly. 



East Indian Seas. 



a. Fine specimen, Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 h. Half- grown : not good state. Moluccas. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 

 c, d. Adult and half-grown. Ceylon. From the Collection of 

 Messrs. von Schlagintweit. 



2. Gazza equtdseformis. 



RiippeU, N. W. Fische, p. 4. tab. 1. f. 3 ; Bleeker, Sumatra, ii. p. 261 ; 

 Cantor, Catal. p. 153. 



B.5. D.l A.^. 



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

 the head 3| to 4 times. Canine teeth large. The second spine of 

 the dorsal is one-half the height of the body ; the second of the anal 

 is stronger, and one-tliird of that height. Axil brown. 



Red Sea ; East Indian Seas. 



a-c. Half-grown. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

 d-f. Half-gTown : skins. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's 

 Collection. 



3. Gazza argentaria. 



Zeus argentarius, (Forst.) Bl. Schn. p. 06 ; Forst. Descript. Anini. cm: 

 Lichtenst. p. 288. 



