t36 CAKANGIDJE. 



30 Caranx ire. 



Cuv. ^- Val. ix. p. 57. 



D. 8 I ^. A. 2 1 i^. L. hit. 30-34. 



The teeth in both the jaws are in a narrow \'inif'orm band. The 

 height of the hody is 3^-31 in tlic total k'ngth, the hmgtli of the 

 head 4-4|, the length of the pectoral 4J-.5. Tlic lateral line is 

 slightly hcnt, and becomes straight below the anterior (juarter of the 

 dorsal ; its plates are moderate. Opercular spot none ; the second 

 dorsal with a large black blotch on the top. 



Coast of Pondicherry ; Sea of Madras. 



a. Adult. Madras. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Es(|. 



b. Half-grown. 



31. Caranx praeustus, 



Caranx proeustus, Bennett, Life of R<ifftrs, p. 089. 

 Carangoides praeustus, lilceker, Makr. p. 303, and Verh. Bat. Gen. 

 xxiv. Makr. p. GO. 



^•^\dT.- A- 2 I fa- I^- lat. 20-30. 



The teeth in both the jaws fonn villiform bands ; teeth on the 

 vomer, the palatine bones, and on the tongue. The height of the 

 body is 3^ S^ in the total length, the length of the head 4-4^. 

 The snout is rather pointed, with the jaws equal ; the upper max- 

 illarj- reaches beyond the vertical from the anterior margin of the 

 eye. Breast scaly ; the lateral line is moderately bent, and becomes 

 straight below the second third of the soft dorsal ; the ])Iates are of 

 moderate size. The soft dorsal anteriorly deep black, with the top 

 yellow. {Bl.) 



Seas of Batavia and Siunatra. 



32. Caranx stellatus. 



Eydoux l^ Soideijet, Voy. JUvnite, Zoul. i. p. 107. pi. 3. f. 2. 

 D. 8 I ^. A. 2 I ^. L. lat. 30. 



The teeth in both the jaws form a single series. The height of 

 the body is 3^ in the total length, the length of the head 4|. The 

 snout is rather obtuse, with the lower jaw a little longer than the 

 upper. The upper profile is much more convex than the lower. 

 Breast scaly ; the lateral line is slightly bent, and becomes straight 

 in the vertical from the eleventh dorsal ray. Dorsal and anal fins 

 pointed. Body with scattered brown specks ; pectorals blackii>h. 

 \F/[ld. Sf Soul.) 



Sandwich Islands. 



33. Caranx malabaricus. 



Scomber malabaricus, Bl. Schn. p. .'H. 



Rm^sell, p. 37. pi. 150. 



Caranx cajrulco-pinnatus, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 100, and N. W. Fische, 



p. 47. tiif. 13, r. 2 (ii,.( C>ir.). 



