■i2'J. f AUANGID^K. 



I . Carangichthys typus. 



B/eeker, I. r. 



1). 8 I ^. A. 2 I ^. J., lat. 22. 



The teeth in both the jaws are in a band, with an outer series 

 of larger teeth. The height of the body is one-third, the length of 

 the head one-fourth of the total length. The snout is equal in length 

 to the diameter of the eye, the upper maxillary reaching to below 

 the middle of the eye ; the jaws are ccpial anteriorly. Breast scale- 

 less. The lateral line is slightly curved, the straight portion be- 

 ginning below the middle of the soft dorsal. The second dorstd 

 and anal nearly as elevated as the body, pointed. Opercular spot 

 indistinct. {Bl.) 



Sea of Celebes. 



'6. CARANX* 



Ciiranx, Olistus, Scyi'is, Blepharis, Gallichthys, et Hynnis, Ctw.Sf Val. 



ix. p. 28, &c. 

 Megalaspis, Decapterus, Selar, Caranx, Carangoides, Leioglossus, 



IJraspis, Selaroides (Leptaspis), et Gnathanodon, Sleeker, Nahiurk. 



Tythchr. 1855, v. p. 417. 

 Caranx et Carangus, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Plulad. 1858, p. 168. 



Body more or less compressed, sometimes subcylindrical ; cleft of 

 the mouth moderate. The first dorsal continuous, generally "wdth 



* 1. Caranx microchii*. Ciiv. ^ Val. ix. p. u'J. — Sunda Sea. 



2. para, Cun. ^- Val. ix. p. 58. — Caranx cambon, Cuv. ^ Val. ix. p. GO. — 



Caranx peronii, Jileek. Faun. Midd. en Oosf-Jaca (not Cuv. ^~ Val.).- 

 Selar j)ara, Blcek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Makr. p. 50. — East Indian Seas. 



'S. fasciatus, Cuv. ^" Val. ix. p. 70. — Gulf of Mexico. 



4. Seinr megalaspis, Bleeker, Sumatra, iii. p. 502. — Sea of PriamaD, 



5. Caranx solea, Cuv. cf Val. ix. p. BG.^Brazil. 



6. bartholomsei, Cuv. Sf Val. ix. p. 100. — St. Bartholomew's Island. 



7. mentalis, {Ehrenb.) Cuv. df Val. ix. p. 124. — Red Sea. 



8. title, Cud. cf- Val. ix. p. 124. — Pondicherry. 



9. tapeinosoma, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl. i. Ainhoina, p. 44.— 



Sea of Aniboyna. 



10. janthinospilos, Blcek. I.e. p. 45. — Sea of ibnboyna. 



H. peruanus, Tachudi, Faun. Peruan. Ichtki/ol. \). 19. — Coast of Peru. 



Description apparently faulty. 

 12. cancroides, liichurda. Iclith. Chin. p. 274. — Canton. 



13. bixanthopterus, Rufpf. N. W. Fische, p. 49. taf. 14. f. 2. — Red Sea. 



14. Scomber heberi, Benv. Fishes of Ceylon, no. 26 ; Cuv. ^' Val. ix. p. 119. — 



Coast of Ceylon. 



15. Tracliurus boofjs, Girard, U. S. Pacif. R. R. Route, FisJtes, p. 108. — Coast 



of California. In the description of this species, an account of (he teeth 

 has been entirely omitted ! The autlior adopts the genus Trachurus, and 

 " distinguishes it from Caranx proper by tlie striictiu'c of its lateral 

 line, wluch is composed of vertical scale-like scutelhc throughout its 

 whole length." The second species of the genus 'so defined, has "the 

 armature, peculiar to this genus, commencing opposite the anterior 

 margin of the second dorsal fin." (!) 



JO. Caranx cestus, Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 274. — Sea of China. 



17. margarita, Richards. I. c. p. 27t5. — Sea of China. 



18. coeruleopinnatus, Cuv. <J'' Val. ix. p. 1 19 (not Riijiji.).--'Ncw Guinea. 



19. nieuharis fa.sciatus, Richards. Ichrh. Chin. p. 271 (not Riipp.). - Ciiina. 

 "^riic typical specimrn is in (he Collection of the Catnbridg** Philosophical 

 Institution. 



