VII. DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES 

 OF CARANX FROM THE BAY OF BENGAL. 



By B. L. Chaudhuri, B.A., B.Sc. (Edin.), Assistant 

 Superintendent , Indian Museum. 



Caranx guptce, sp. nov. 

 D. v/28-30. P. 24. V. 5. 'a. ii/17. lyl. 114 (keeled plates 33, spined 20). 



Height of body 2, and length of head 4|- in the total length. 

 Eye large, its diameter being 2J in the length of head, with adipose 

 lid all round, one diameter from end of snout and two apart. 



Shape.— The anterior root of the soft dorsal is the highest 

 point in the curved upper (dorsal) profile, the point being situated 

 nearer to the posterior end. The posterior portion of the dorsal 

 profile from this point is more curved than the anterior portion 

 which is more sloping. In the lower (dorsal) profile the curvature 

 from the posterior end suddenly stops at the anterior root of the 



Fig. I. — Caranx guptce, sp. nov. 



soft anal, from which point to a point directl}^ below the lower 

 jaw the profile is almost a straight line, which gives a characteristic 

 shape to the species. 



Mouth. — The cleft of the mouth is quite oblique, and is directed 

 forward and upward. The lower jaw is longer than the upper. 



Teeth. — Villiform and sharp in both jaws. 



The pre-opercle is not serrated. 



Fins. — The spinous portion of the dorsal fin is feeble and deli- 

 cate, the anterior root of the soft anal is much behind the anterior 

 root of the soft dorsal. There are two rudimentary detached anal 



