444 CAEANQID-a!. 



lower jaw is rather longer than the upper, and the maxillaiy reaches 

 beyond the vertical from the anterior margin of the eye ; eye large, 

 its diameter being 4| in the length of the head. Opercular spot 

 none; palate and tongue covered with a thick white membrane, 

 posteriorly black. 

 Atlantic ? Red Sea. 



a. Thirteen inches long. From Forster's Collection. — Type of the 

 species. 



48. Caranx uraspis. 



Uraspis carangoides, Bleek. Amboina, vi. p. 418. 

 D.8|i. A.2|^. L.lat.32. 



The teeth are arranged in two series in each of the jaws ; none 

 on the vomer, the palatines, or on the tongue. The height of the 

 body is 2| in the total length, the length of the head four times. 

 The snout is obtuse, and has the lower jaw rather longer than the 

 upper ; the maxillary reaches to below the centre of the eye. Breast 

 naked ; the lateral line is moderately bent, and becomes straight 

 below the middle of the soft dorsal ; the plates are small. The first 

 anal spine rudimentary. Body with five broad dark cross-bands ; 

 palate black ; the spinous dorsal black, the soft and the anal white 

 at the top. {Bl.) 



Sea of Amboyna. 



49. Caranx speciosus. 



Scomber speciosus, Forsk. p. 54; L. Gm. p. 1332; Share, Zool. iv. p.G03. 

 Caranx speciosus, Lacep. iii. p. 72. pi. 1. f. 1. 

 Ttussell, ii. p. 36. pi. 149. 



Caranx speciosus, Cuv. i^ Val. ix. p. 130 ; Cant Catal p. 133 ; Peters, 

 Wieym. Arch. 1855, p. 245 (not JRiipp.). 



petaurista, Geoffr. Descr. Eg. pi. 23. f. 1 (not Rlipp.). 



Gnathanodon speciosus, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Makr. p. 72. 

 Caranx poloosoo, Richards. Voy. Ereb. ^ Terr. Ichth. pi. 58. f. 4, 5. 



I)-7|TiVo- A- 2 1 71^6- L.lat.l5. 



Teeth none, or nearly imperceptible. The height of the body is 

 one-third of the total length, the length of the head one-fourth ; 

 .jreast scaly ; the lateral line is bent, and becomes straight below 

 the anterior third of the soft dorsal ; the plates are small. The 

 lower jaw is rather shorter than the upper; the upper maxillary 

 reaches to the vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. SUvery, 

 with six brown vertical bars, and with six narrower stripes between ; 

 the first bar through the eye. Adult specimens uniform. 



From the Red Sea, through all the Indian Seas, to the coast of 

 New Holland. 



a. Half-grown. Madras. Presented by T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



b. Thirty-three inches long : stufted. Madras. Presented by T. 



C. Jerdon, Esq. 



c. Half-grown. Philippine Islands. 



