454 CAEANGID^. 



B. The spinous dorsal very little developed, or disappeariivj with age, 

 66. Caranx ciliaris. 



Zeus ciUaris, 5Zoc/t, vi. p. 29. taf. 191 ; L. Gm. p. 1288 ; M. Schn. p. 94 ; 



Sliaw, Zool iv. p. 283 ; Lacep. iv. pp. 570, 573._ _ 

 Scomber ftlamentosus, Mungo Park, Linn. Trans, iii. p. 36 ; Bl. Schn. 



p. 34. 

 Blepharis indicus, Cuv. (^ Val. ix. p. 154 ; Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 113. 



pi. 60. f. 2 ; Cuv. Eigne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 58. f. 3 ; Richards. 



Ichth. aiin. p. 271. 



fasciatus, Riipp. Atl. Fische, p. 129. taf. 33. f. 2 (not Richards.). 



Carangoides blepharis, Sleeker, Verh, Bat. Gm. xxiv. Makr. p. 67. 



D. 6 I i A. 2 I ^. L. lat. 15. 



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

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

 body is 1|-1| in the total length, the length, of the head 3|. The 

 first dorsal little developed, with the spines short and rudimentary ; 

 the anterior rays of the second dorsal and anal exceedingly elongate 

 and .filiform. The lower jaw is longer than the upper, and the max- 

 Qlary reaches beyond the vertical from the anterior margin of the 

 eye. The width of the opercle is one-half its height. The lateral 

 line is bent anteriorly, and becomes straight below the middle of the 

 soft dorsal ; the plates are very little developed. Opercular spot and 

 the membrane between the first five dorsal rays black. Body with 

 six subvertical blackish bands, becoming less distinct with age. 



Pyloric appendages very numerous. 



From the Red Sea, through all the Indian Seas. 



a. Half-grown. Amboyna. "Ptirchased of Mr. Frank. 

 h. Adult. India. Presented by W. Masters, Esq. 



c. Adult. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



d. Adult. 



e. Adult : bad state. 



/. Adult. From the Haslar CoUectibn. 



67. Caranx sntor. 



? Blepharis sutor, Cuv. i^ Val. ix. p. 161 ; Guichen. Poiss. in Ramoh 



de la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, p. 114. 

 Blepharis major, Cuv. §• Val. ix. p. 163. 

 Zeus crinitus, Akerly, Amer. Journ. Sc. xi. p. 144, with plate. 

 Blepharis crinitus, Dekay, New York Fatma, Fishes, p. 123. pi. 25. f. 76. 



D. 6 1 3^. A. 2 I ^. L. lat. 12. 



The teeth in both the jaws form villifonn bands; teeth on the 

 vomer, the palatines, and on the tongue. The height of the body is 

 1 1 in the total length, the length of the head 3|. The first dorsal 

 is little developed, wdth the spines short and rudimentary-; the an- 

 terior rays of the second dorsal and anal exceedingly long and fili- 

 form. The lower jaw is longer than the upper, and the maxillary 

 roaches beyond the vertical from the anterior margin of the eye. 



