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CARANGID^. 



more than one-half that of the head ; the snout is obtuse, and about 

 as long as the diameter of the eye. A series of six or eight large 

 round brown spots above the lateral line. 



From the Red Sea to the N.W. coast of Australia. 



?a. Half-grown: not good state. N.W.Australia. From the Haslar 

 Collection. 



b. Adult : stuffed. Port Essington. Presented by J. Gould, Esq. 



c. Young. China. Presented by J. R. Reeves, Esq. 



d. Young : stuffed. China. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



e. Half-grown. India. Presented by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq., as 



Chorinemus aeuleatus. 

 f-i. Adult, half-grown, and young: skins. Malayan Peninsula. 



From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 

 l\ Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 

 I. Thirty inches long : stuffed : not good state. 

 m. Thirty-five inches long: stuffed. From the Collection of the 



East India Company, 

 n. Half-grown : skeleton. From the Haslar Collection. 



The air-bladder extends far backwards on each side of the haemal 

 spines. 



Sl-eleton. — There are several strong crests on the upper part of 

 the skuU : the occipital crest is continued on to the anterior extre- 

 mity of the frontal bones ; the lateral crests are moderately elevated, 

 and proceed from the superciKaiy margin. The basal portion of the 

 brain-capsule is slightly compressed. The head of the vomer is flat 

 and ovate, with a patch of minute villiform teeth. The palatine 

 and pterygoid bones are provided with bands of similar teeth. The 

 maxillary and mtcrmaxillarj' are elongate and narrow; the latter 

 has the posterior processes very short. The mandibula is rather 

 low, smooth, without ridges or a muciferous channel. The pras- 

 operculum has two very low ridges ; its inferior limb is exceedingly 

 short. The operculum is higher than wide, irregularly quadrangiilar. 

 The suboperculum is longer than the intcroperculum. The supra- 

 scapula is suspended to the skull Ijy two strong processes ; the sca- 

 pula is oblong. The humenis forms a deep cavity with the ulna ; 

 there is a wide slit between both bones ; the radius has a round 

 foramen. The pubic bones are rather small ; each is composed of 

 four lamellae. 



There are ten abdominal and sixteen caudal vertebrce, the length 

 of the former portion of the vertebral column being to that of the 

 latter as 1:1-8. Each of the vertebra:; has a deep lateral impression. 

 The neural and haemal spines are rather strong, those of the abdo- 

 minal vertebrte being laterally compressed. There are four spurious 

 intcrneural spines, each of which has an acute point directed for- 

 wards ; the posterior is the strongest, and its point can be observed 

 externally ; the other interneurals are rather feeble. The first inter- 

 haemal is exceedingly strong, its lower half being bent forwards ; 

 the oth(^r interhaemals are dilated and transparent. The ribs arc 

 well developed and rather stout. 



