3. CARANX. 433 



body is 3| in the total length, the length of the head nearly five 

 times. Breast scaly ; the lateral line is strongly curved anteriorly, 

 and becomes straight in the vertical from the third dorsal ray ; the 

 plates are weU developed, and occupy the whole of the straight 

 portion of the lateral line. The lower jaw extends very slightly 

 beyond the upper, and the maxiUary reaches beyond the vertical 

 from the anterior margin of the eye. The upper and lower profiles 

 are nearly equally convex. Opercular spot and anterior dorsal 

 blackish. 



Red Sea ; coast of Pondicherry ; sea of Pinang. 



There can be only one objection against uniting C. vari, Cuv., with 

 C djeddaha, Forsk. Cuvier says (p. 52), — " La description de 

 Forskal s'y rapporte assez bien, excepte ce qui est dit d'une serie 

 unique de dents pointues," from which it would appear that Cuvier 

 has found the teeth arranged in a band in C. vari. But he leads 

 us to infer the same of C. calla, which is nearly allied to G. vari, 

 and, according to my examination, reaUy has the teeth in a single 

 series. 



a. Adult : skin. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



23. Caraux calla. 

 Cuv. (^ Val. ix. p. 49. 



I)- 8 1. 53^4- ^-^ll^- L.lat.42. 



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

 the palatine bones, and on the tongue. The height of the body is 3^ 

 in the total length, the length of the head five times. Breast scaly ; 

 the lateral line is strongly curved anteriorly, and becomes straight 

 in the vertical from the third or fifth dorsal ray ; the plates are very 

 well developed, and occupy the whole straight portion of the lateral 

 line. The lower jaw extends very slightly beyond the upper, and the 

 maxillary reaches beyond the vertical from the anterior margin of 

 the eye. The lower profile is more convex than the upper. Oper- 

 cular spot distinct. 



Red Sea ; Indian Ocean and Archipelago. 



a. Fine specimen. Purchased. 



h. Young ; not good state. Simiatra. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



c. Adult : not good state. Moluccas. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



d. Adult : stuffed. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



e. Half-grown. China. 

 /. Half-grown. China. 



g. Half-grown. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



h. Half-grown. China. 



i-n. Young. China. 



0. Fine specimen. Amoy (China). 



p. Half-grown. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



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