4.'30 carangip.t:. 



;'. Young. Pearl Islands. I'rdsented by Mr. Stutchbury. 



V. Half-groM'n : stuffed. Aneiteum (New Hebrides). From Mr. 



Maogillivray's Collection. 

 IV. Adult : bad state. From the Haslar Collection. 

 ,v, y. Adult and young. Named Scomber dhnidiatus (cfr. Cuv. & Val. 



ix. p. 01). 

 z, a. Half-gi'own. '^'rom the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



14. Caranx blochii. 



Scomber ruber, liloch, taf. 342 ; Bl. Sclm. p. 29. 

 Caranx blochii, Cuv. ^- Val. ix. p. G9 ; Guichen. Pom. in Ramon de la 

 Saf/ra, Hist. Cuba, p. 111. 



D.8|l A.2|i^. L.lat.24. 



The teeth in both the jaws are minute, viUiform, arranged in 

 bands. The height of the body is 3| to 4 in the total length, the 

 length of the head 4^, the length of the pectoral 3|. The lateral line 

 is slightly bent, and becomes straight below the anterior quarter of the 

 dorsal fin. The plates arc moderate, distinct from below the middle 

 of the soft dorsal. The lower jaw is slightly prominent ; the upper 

 maxillary reaches to the vertical from the anterior margin of the 

 orbit. Opercular spot none. 



Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



a. Twenty-three inches long : skin. West Indies. From Dr. 



Parnell's Collection. 

 b-d. Adult: skins. West Indies. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 

 e. Young, West Inches. From M. Salle's Collection. 

 /. Adult. South America. Presented by Sir R. Schomburgk. 



1 5. Caranx hasseltii. 



? Caranx affhiis, Riippell, N. W. Fische, p. 49. t. 14. f. 1. 

 Selar hasseltii, Bleek. Makr. p. 309, and Verhand. Batav. Gatnotsch. 

 xxiv. Makr. p. 53 (not sjTion.), 



D. 7|^. A. 2 I 21. L. lat. 45. 



The teeth in both the jaws are minute and viUiform, arranged in a 

 narrovj band above, in a single series below ; teeth on the vomer, the 

 palatines and the tongue. The height of the body is 4^-4| in the 

 total length, and equal to the length of the head ; the length of the 

 pectoral is 3| in the total. The lateral line is very slightly bent, 

 and becomes straight below the anterior quarter of the dorsal fin. 

 The plates are well developed, and become distinct from beloAV the 

 eleventh dorsal ray. The lower jaw projects beyond the upper ; the 

 upper maxillaiy reaches to the vertical from the anterior margin of 

 the orl)it. Opercular spot very distinct. 



Sunda and Molucca Seas: (Red Sea?). 



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



b. Adult. ^Moluccas, 

 r. Young : injured. 



