456 CARANGID^. 



Scpis indica, Riipp. Atl. Fischo, p. 128. taf. 33. f. 1 ; Cuv. 8f Val. ix. 



p. 145. pi. 252 ; Rup2h N. fV. Fische, p. 51 ; Richards. Ichth. Chin. 



p. 276 ; Cantor, Catul. p. 134 ; Reym; Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 58. f. 2. 

 Carangoides gallichthys, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Makr. p. 68. 



B. 6. D. ^. A. ^. L. lat. 8. Vert. 10/14. 



The first dorsal not developed, and in old specimens entirely absent ; 

 the vcntrals and the anterior rays of the dorsal and anal fins, very 

 elongate, filiform. The teeth in both the jaws form viUiform bands ; 

 teeth on the vomer, the palatine bones, and on the tongue. The 

 height of the body is 1| to 2^ in the total length ; the height of the 

 prteorbital is much more thari the length of the diameter of the 

 eye. The origin of the soft dorsal is the highest point of the back, 

 from which the upper profile rajjidly descends, being strongly con- 

 vex on the nape of the neck. Lower jaw prominent. The lateral 

 line is strongly curved anteri^orly, and becomes straight below the 

 middle of the dorsal ; the plates are very little developed. Scales 

 none. Uniform silvery ; immature specimens with vertical bands. 



Pyloric appendages numerous. 



From the Eed Sea, through all the Indian Seas. 



a. Twenty-three inches long: skin. Malayan Peninsula. From 



Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 h, c. Half-grown ; skins. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantor's 



Collection. 



d. Adult. Java. 



e. Adult : stufied : bad state. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, 



Esq. 

 /. Half-grown, China. 

 g. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 

 h. Adult : skeleton. From the Haslar Collection. 



Skeleton. — The skull is distinguished by its singularly oblique 

 form,' the bones having the appearance as if they were dislocated in 

 the direction from the occiput towards the mandibula. In other 

 respects, there is no essential difference from the typical forms of 

 Caranx. The skull is compressed and elevated ; the occipital crest 

 is exceedingly high, and extends from the anterior extremity of the 

 frontal bones to the occipital joint, above which it is highest and 

 rounded. The lateral crests are rather low. The maxillary becomes 

 gradually wider posteriorly, and has a narrow supplementary bone 

 along its upper edge. The intermaxillary has a flat prominence 

 behind, and its posterior processes arc nearly as long as the bone 

 itself. The mandibu a is rather short and elevated, with a rudi- 

 mentary muciferous channel ; there is a small free space between 

 the dentary and the articular bone. The axes of the pra:^opercular 

 limbs form a veiy ()])tuse angle ; the interior ridge is flat and de- 

 pressed, and the portion of the bone which is situated between the 

 ridge and the margin is rather narrow and very thin. The width 

 of the operculum is one-half its height ; it has a slight notch pos- 

 teriorly, and another superiorly. The interoperculum is much longer 



