3. CAEANX. 427 



of the head 4^. Eye. large, its diameter being equal in length to 

 the snout, or 3g in the length of the head. The lateral line is very 

 slightly bent. {Val.) 

 Galapagos Islands. 



7. Caranx jacobaBus. 



Ciw. ^- Val ix. p. 42. 



D. 8 I ^ 1 1. A. 2 I ^ 1 1. L. lat. 23-24. 



The height of the body is 5| in the total length, the length of the 

 head 4^. Teeth imperceptible. The lateral line is nearly straight, 

 covered anteriorly ^dth a series of round scales, posteriorly with 

 twenty-three or twenty-four plates. {Cuv.) 



Cape Verde Islands. 



8. Caranx kurra. 



P Kurra wodagawah, Russell, ii. p. 30. pi. 131). 

 ? Caranx russellii, Riipp. All. Fische, p. 99. 

 ? Caranx kurra, Cur. ^- Val. ix. p. 44. 



Decapterus kiu-ra, Bhrker, Verh. Rat. Gen. xxix. Makr. p. 50, and 

 Natuurk. Ti/dschr. Nederl. Itid. 1851, i. p. 358. 



I>-8|i5Tjl- A-^liiell- L. lat. 35-40. 



The teeth of the jaws are minute, and form a single series ; teeth 

 on the vomer and the palatine bones, none on the tongue. The 

 height of the body is contained five times or five times and a half in 

 the total length, the length of the head four times. Breast scaly ; 

 the lateral line is a little bent do'svnwards, and the plates become 

 distinct below the middle of the soft dorsal. The snout is longer 

 than the eye, and has the lower jaw longer than the ujjper ; the 

 maxillary does not reach to the vertical from the anterior margin of 

 the eye. Opercular spot distinct. 



Sea df Batavia. (Red Sea? Coast of Coromandel ?) 



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

 Frank. 



9. Caranx kurroides. 

 Decapterus km-roides, Bleeke)-, Amhoina, vi. p. 420. 

 D. 8|^|l. A. 2 1^1 L L. lat. 30. 



The teeth in the jaws form a single series ; teeth on the vomer, 

 the palatine bones and the tongue. The height of the body is 5| in 

 the total length, the length of the head 4\. The snout is equal in 

 length tw the diameter of the eye, and has the lower jaw a little 

 longer than the upper ; the maxillaiy reaches to the vertical from 

 the anterior margin of the eye. Breast scaly ; the lateral line is 

 very slightly bent, and becomes straight somewhat before the ver- 

 tical from the middle of the soft dorsal. Opercular spot and axil 

 black. {Bl.) 



Sea of Amboyna. 



