466 CARAKGID^. 



Seriola riippellii, Cuv. Sf Val. ix. p. 216 ; Sleeker, Verhand. Batav. Ge- 



nootsch. xxiv. Makr. p. 73. 

 nigro-fasciata, Rilpp. N. W. Fische, p. 51, 



B.7. D. 5-6 1 5^3. A.^^. C*c.pylor.7. 



Scales exceedingly small, rudimentary. The height of the hody 

 is 3| in the total length, the length of the head four times. The 

 snout is obtuse, and equal in length to, or rather shorter than, the 

 diameter of the eye. Abdomen broad, not compressed ; the ventrals 

 nearly as long as the head. The maxillary reaches to the vertical 

 from the centre of the eye. Back crossed by six broad brown bands ; 

 ventrals, top of the dorsal and anal black. 



Ked Sea ; East Indian Ocean and Archipelago ; Louisiade Archi- 

 pelago. 



a. Adult : stuffed. Eed Sea. J'rom Dr. Eiippell's Collection. 

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

 Cantor's Collection. 



d. Young. Sea of Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



e. Half-grown. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



/. Half- grown : not good state. Amboyna. Purchasedof Mr. Frank. 

 g. Adult: stuffed. Louisiade Archipelago (30 fathoms). Voyage 

 of the ' Kattlesnake-' 



10. Seriola intermedia. 

 Schleg, Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 116. 



I>-7|^. A.l|l 



Scales exceedingly small. The length of the ventrals is one-half 

 the distance between their base and the origin of the anal. Back 

 with four or five brownish bands descending obliquely forwards. 

 {Schleg.) 



Sea of Japan. 



11. Seriola dussumieri. 



Cuv. 8f Val. ix. p. 217. 



D.5|^. A.2|± 



Body with seven vertical bands, the fourth, fifth and sixth ex- 

 tending on the soft dorsal, and the two latter on the anal ; each lobe 

 of the caudal with a blackish spot. Ventrals long. Perhaps founded 

 on young specimens. (Cttv.) 



Gulf of Bengal. 



12. Seriola gigas. 



D-8U-4- A.2|l. 

 Scales small. The height of the body is 4^ in the total length, 

 and equal to the length of the head ; the snout is of moderate ex- 

 tent, twice the diameter of the eye, and subcorneal. The maxillary 

 reaches to the vertical from the anterior margin of the orbit. The 



