1P.8 " ENDEAVOUR " SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



Third or fovirth dorsal spine longest, not reaching the 

 anterior ray when adpressed. Anterior rays produced and 

 forming a lobe which is longer in small specimens than in 

 larger ones. Anal similar to the dorsal, though the anterior 

 lobe is shorter. Pectoral not quite reaching across the cvirvc 

 of the lateral line in small specimens, slightly beyond it in 

 larger ones. Ventrals reaching to or beyond the vent, but 

 not to the anal spines. Caudal deeply forked. 



Colour. — In the young the body is crossed by five very 

 broad dark bands, and there is a large and striking dark 

 blotch above the shoulder. A broad dark area on the upper 

 part of the operculum, and the dorsal profile above the eyes 

 is blackish. First dorsal fin black. Ventrals and anterior 

 portions of the dorsal and anal dusky. A small axillary spot. 

 In the larger specimens only a few of these markings are 

 retained, both the body and fins being lighter coloured. 



A series of forty-eight specimens, 126-200 mm. long from 

 the premaxillary symphysis to the end of the middle caudal 

 rays, exhibits some variation in the depth of the body, it 

 being generally deeper in the young, and 2.6-2.9 in the 

 length ; the dorsal profile is somewhat more arched in some 

 than in others ; the anterior dorsal rays are longer in the 

 young, reaching back nearly to the end of the base of the 

 fin, whereas they only attain the middle in larger specimens. 

 The specimen figured is 148 mm. long and is selected as 

 the type. 



This species is closely allied to G. oblongus, Cuvier and 

 Valenciennes, of which I have a specimen from the PhiliiD- 

 pines. It differs in having a much larger maxillary, and the 

 lateral line scutes less numerous. 



Locs. — Eleven to fourteen miles N. 59° W. of Pine Peak, 

 Queensland ; 24-26 fathoms. 1st August, 1910. 



Bustard Bay, Queensland ; 11-21 fathoms. 8th July, 1910. 



Near Bowen, Queensland. 



Caranx boops, Cuvier <fc Valenciennes. 



Caranx hoops, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 ix., 1833, p. 48. Id., Day, Fish. India, 1878, p. 218, 

 pi. xlix., fig. 2. Id., Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 

 Wales, viii., 1883, p. 266. 



Carang gervaisi, Castelnau, Res. Fish. Australia (Vict. 

 Offic. Rec. Philad. Exhib.), 1875, p. 18. 



