440 



CAEANGID^. 



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

 3f in the total length, the length of the head four times. [The max- 

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

 eye ?] Breast scaly ; the lateral line is moderately bent anteriorly, 

 and becomes straight behind the anterior tliird of the first dorsal ; 

 the plates are moderately developed, and do not occupy the whole 

 of the straight portion of the lateral line. Opercular spot black ; 

 body unifonn. {Gay.) 

 Juan Feraandez. 



42. Caranx georgianus. 



Caranx platessa, Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 84. 



georgianus, Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 85 ; Jenyns, Zuol. Beayle, Fishes, 



p. 71 ; Richards. Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. 1843, xi. p. 27, and IcJith. 

 Voij. Ereb. 8f Terr. p. 135. pi. 58. f. 1-3 (not good : tlie lower pro- 

 file too convex). 



.^•8|^. A.2|^-^^. L.lat. 20-25. 



The teeth in both the jaws are very small, arranged in a double 

 or single series in both the jaws ; teeth on the vomer, the palatine 

 bones, and on the tongue. The height of the body is ^-^ in the 

 total length, the length of the head 4-4|. Upper jaw a little the 

 longer. The maxillary- reaches not quite to beneath the anterior 

 margin of the orbit. Breast scaly ; the lateral line follows the cur- 

 vature of the back, and becomes straight below the middle of the 

 soft dorsal ; the plates are little developed. Opercular spot black ; 

 top of the spinous dorsal blackish. 



Coasts of New Holland and New Zealand; Norfolk and Raoul 

 Islands. 



The teeth stand originally in two series in both the jaws, but the 

 interior may be lost in the upper or in the lower jaw, or in both, 

 a. Adult. Raoul Island. Voyage of H.M.S. Herald. 

 h. Half-grown: not good state. N.W. Australia. Presented by 



Sir J. Richardson. 

 c-e. Adult : skins. Swan River. 



f-h. Adult and half-grown : not good state. From the Haslar Col- 

 lection. 

 i-l. Half- grown. From the Haslar Collection. 



This species is closely allied to C. dentex, from which it differs by 

 the presence of teeth on the palate. 



hb. Teeth on the palate none. 



43. Caranx leptolepis. 



Caranx leptolepis et mertensii. Cur. lij- Val. ix. pp. G3, 64. 



leptolepis. Cant. Catul. p. 127. 



Leptaspis leptolepis, Bleek. Vcrh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Makr. p. 71. 

 Selaroides leptolepis, Bleek, I.e. p. 87. 



D. 8 I -Vfi. A. 2 I .-V- L. lat. 25-30. 



I 24-20 I 20-23 



Teeth of the tongue and lower jaw minute, absent in the upper, 



