3, CAEANX. 445 



d. Half-grown. Borneo. 



e. Half- grown. Suuda Sea. 



f-h. Half-grown and young: skins. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. 



Cantor's Collection. 

 i. Australia. From Mr. Dring's Collection. 



Caranx speciosus, Riipp., appears to be a different species. He 

 describes it {Atl. FiscJic, p. 96) as having the same forms as C.petau- 

 rista, Riipp., which, as may be seen from the figure, decidedly is not 

 C. petaui'isia, Geoft'r., or C. speciosus, Lacep., Cuv. 



50. Caranx ruppellii. 

 Caranx petaurista, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 95. pi. 25. f. 2 (not Geoffr.). 

 D.6|^. A.2|±. 



Teeth none. The height of the body is conL 'ned three times 

 in the total length, the length of the head five times and two-thirds. 

 The snout is obtuse, and the upper maxillarj'' reaches to, or beyond, 

 the vertical from the centre of the eye. The lateral line is bent 

 anteriorly, and becomes straight below the middle of the soft dorsal. 

 The plates are small ; anal spines little developed. Coloration uni- 

 form ; snout mth some reddish dots. {Riipp.) 



E/xi Sea. 



b. The teeth in the upper jaw form a villiform band, with an outer series 

 of stronger ones; those of the lower in a single series. 



51. Caranx fusus. 



Geoffr. Descript. Egypte, pi. 24. f. .3 ; Cuv. Sf Val. ix. p. 52. 

 D. 8 U. A. 2 I i-. L. lat. 45. 



I 24 {20 



The teeth of the jaws form a band, with an outer series of stronger 

 ones. The height of the body is one-fourth of the total length. 

 The lateral line is moderately bent anteriorly, and becomes straight 

 below the origin of the soft dorsal. The lower jaw is rather longer 

 than the upper. Opercular spot present. 



Coast of Alexandria, 



52. Caranx chrysos. 



Scomber chrysos, Mitch. Trans. Lit. ^ Phil. Soc. New York, i. p. 424. 

 Caranx chrysos, Dekay, New York Fauna, Fishes, p. 121. pi. 27. f. 85 ; 



Baird, Nitith Sniithson. Rejmrt, p. 336 (not Cuv. ^ Val.). 



hippos, Holhr. Ichth. S. Carol, p. 88. pi. 12. f. 2. 



pisquetus, Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 97 ; Castehi. Anini. nouv. ou rares, 



p. 22; Guichen. Poiss. in Ramon de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, p. 111. 



pi. 3. f. 2. 

 Trachurus squamosus, Gronov. Si/st. ed. Gray, p. 125. 



^■^\k A..2|l. L. lat. 45. 



The teeth in the upper jaw are in a villiform band, the outer scries 



