434 CAKANGID^. 



24. Caranz macnirus. 



Selar macrurus, BleeJc. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch, xxiv. Makr. p. 52, 

 and Java, iii. p. 359. 



D. 8 1 -i-. A. 2 1 -i-. L. lat. 60. 



I 24-27 I 20-22 



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

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

 nearly four times in the total length, the length of the head 5|. 

 The snout is pointed, with the lower jaw prominent; the upper 

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

 the eye. The lateral Kne is strongly bent anteriorly, and becomes 

 straight below the origin of the second dorsal ; the plates are weU 

 developed ; breast scaly. Opercular spot indistinct ; the second 

 dorsal and the caudal with black margins. (Bleelc.) 



Sea of Batavia. 



25, Caranx xanthurus. 



Caranx xanthurus, (Kuhl ^ van Hass.) Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 55. 



mate, Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 54 ; Cant. Catal. p. 125. 



Selar kuhlii, Bleek. Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. xxiv- Makr. p. 54, and 

 Java, iii. p. 3G0. 



D. 8 I ^. A. 2 I ^. L. lat. 40. 



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 3| in 

 the total length, the length of the head 4g. Breast scaly ; the 

 lateral line is moderately bent anteriorly, and becomes straight in 

 the vertical from the sixth dorsal ray ; the plates are well developed. 

 The lower jaw is rather longer than the upper, and the maxillary 

 reaches to the vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. The 

 upper and lower profiles nearly equally convex Opercular spot 

 distinct. 



From the Seychelles to the coast of New Guinea. 



a-d. Half-grown : not good state. From the Haslar Collection. 

 e. Half-grown: very bad state. Madras. Presented by T. C. 



Jerdon, Esq. 

 /. Half-grown: skin. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's 



Collection. 



26. Caranx malam. 



Selar malam, Bleeker, Java, iii. p. 362, and Verhand. Batav. Genootsch. 

 xxiv. Makr. p. 55. 



D- 8-9 1 23^- A.2|^. L. lat. 50-56. 



The teeth of the jaws form a single scries ; teeth on the vomer, 



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



3|-3^ in the total length, the length of the head 4 J-4|. Tlie jaws 



are equal in length, the maxillary reaching beyond the vertical from 



