506 CAEANQID^. 



24. GAZZA. 



Equula, sp., Cuv. Sf Val x. p. 88, 

 Gazza, JRiijjp. N. W. Fische, p. 4. 



Body more or less compiiessed, elevated or oblong, covered with 

 very small cycloid scales. Mouth very protractUe. Teeth in the 

 jaws of moderate size, and a pair of canines in the upper ; none on 

 the palate. One dorsal : formula of the fins — D. ^^^. A. ^. V. 1/5. 

 The lower prajopercular margin serrated. Branchiostcgals five ; 

 pseudobranchiae present. 



East Indian Seas ; Polj-nesia. 



1. Gazza minuta. 



Scomber minutus, Bl tab. 429. f. 2 : Bl. Schn. p. 86. 

 Equula minuta, Cuv. Sf Val. x. p. 88. 



dentex, Cuv. Sf Val. x. p. 91 ; Peters, Wieym. Arch. 1865, p. 247. 



Gazza minuta, Bleek. Simiatra, ii. p. 259, and Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 

 Makr. p. 85. 



B.5. D.^. A. 



3 



The height of the body is 2^-2^ in the total length, the lengtli of 

 the head 3|-4|. Canine teeth of moderate size. The height of the 

 second dorsal spine is contained 2f times in that of the body ; it 

 nearly equals in length the second anal spine, which is, however, 

 much stronger. Axil black ; the spinous dorsal brownish anteriorly. 



East Indian Seas. 



a. Fine specimen. Amboyna. Purchased of Mr. Frank. 



b. Half-grown : not good state. Moluccas. Purchased of Mr. Frank, 



c. d. Adult and half-grown. Ceylon. From the Collection of 



Messrs. von Schlagintweit. 



2. Gazza equulaeformis. 



Eiippell, N. W. Fische, p. 4. tab. ]. f. 3 ; Bleeker, /Sumatra, ii. p. 201 ; 

 Cantor, Catal. p. 153. 



B. 5. D.^. A.^-. 



10 14 



The heiglit of the body is 2|-2| in the total length, the length of 

 the head 3| to 4 times. Canine teeth large. The second spine of 

 the dorsal is one-half the height of the body ; the second of the anal 

 is stronger, and one-third of that height. Axil brown. 



Red Sea ; East Indian Seas. 



rt-c. Half- grown. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

 d-f. Half-grown : skins. Malayan Peninsula. From Dr. Cantoi-'s 

 Collection. 



;3. Gazza argentaria. 



Zeus argentarius, (Forst.) lil. Schn. p. !)(> ; Furst. Discript. Aniiii. rur. 

 LMnst. p. 288. 



