276 RKREPORT—1845. 1 Sar “oO 
CARANX MARGARITA, Richardson. Jcon. Reeves, r, nullo numero; Hardw 
Acanth. 205. Chinese name, Hwang chang, “ Yellow bowels” (Birch). 
This Caranx much resembles C. flavo-ceruleus or cancroides in its profile, its height being 
one-third of the total length, and the space between the snout and first dorsal flatly arched, — 
not steep, as in the Carangi. The breast is scaly, but no scales are shown on the cheek, nor any 
teeth in the jaws. ‘The arch of the lateral line terminates over the beginning of the anal and 
under the ninth ray of the second dorsal, the straight part being pretty strongly armed by 
about eighteen or twenty bucklers. The spines of the first dorsal are rather tall and stout, and 
the fin ends at the foot of the second. The fish has a pearly hue throughout, with some faint 
yellow tints on the upper half of the body and forehead. The caudal and anal are saffron- 
yellow, the first dorsal and ventrals French-gray, and the second dorsal greenish-gray with 
yellowish front rays. Length of figure 4°32 inches, height of body 1°50 inch. 
Hab. Sea of China. Canton. 
Citule. 
CaRANX CILIARIS, C, et V. ix. p. 129; Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 112. 
Tchawil parah, Russell, 151. Rad. D. 8|-1|21; A. 2|-1|18; P. 15. (Spec. 
C. Ph. Inst.) 
Hab. Seas of China and Japan, Malay archipelago and Indian ocean. 
Scyris 1nvica, C. et V. ix. p. 145. pl. 252 ; Riipp. Atl. taf. 33. f. 1; con. 
Reeves, a. 17; Hardw. 213. Chinese name, Pih seu kung, “ White-bearded 
gentleman”; Pih seu kung, “ White-bearded king” (Reeves); Pak su 
kung (Bridgem. Chrest. 36). Fad. D. 7|19; A. 1|16; C. 174; P.17; 
V. 1\5. (Spec. Br. Mus.) 
A dried specimen of this fish brought from Canton by Mr. Reeves was presented by him 
to the British Museum. It measures 12°25 inches in length; the height of the body is 5°65 
inches, and the length of the head 3 inches. Three interspinous bones present their blunt 
edges before the recumbent spine, which precedes the seven dorsal spines. 
Hab. China seas. Malay archipelago and Indian ocean. 
EQuuLaA NUCHALIS, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 126. “ pl. 67. f. 1” (not 
yet publ.) ; con. Reeves, g. 90. et b. 85 set of small figures; Hardw. 221 
et 223. Chinese name, Kow yaou, “ Dog’s waist” (Birch). 
Two specimens were brought from Canton by the Rey. George Vachell. 
Hab. China and Japan. 
EquuLa RIVULATA, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 126. “ pl. 67. f. 2” (not 
yet published); Icon. Reeves, c. 86; Hardw. 219. Chinese.name, Hwa 
shin lth or hin tsze, “ Flowery bodied ” (Birch). 
The authors of the ‘ Fauna Japonica’ mention that the specimens they examined were in 
bad condition, otherwise I should have hesitated in referring Mr. Reeves’s most beautiful and 
elaborately finished drawing to the species established by them, on account of a difference in 
their relative heights. Mr. Reeves’s figure shows the height of the body to be half the length 
to the base of the caudal; but the description in the ‘ Fauna Japonica’ gives to it a more 
elongated form, and we have not seen the plate. The fish, as represented in Mr. Reeves’s 
drawing, is brightly silvery, with pale, wood-brown, short undulating bars pretty closely 
ranged in two or three rows above the lateral line. They are continued down the sides by 
silvery streaks. The fins are pale, slightly ochraceous, with a brighter yellow tint at the be- 
ginning of the dorsal and anal. 
Hab. Seas of China and Japan. 
Mene MACULATA, BI. Schn. p. 95. pl. 22 (Zeus). C. et V. x. p. 104. pl. 
285; Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 127. “pl. 67. f. 3” (not published). 
Mené Anne-Caroline, Lacép. v. pl. 14. f. 2. 
Hab. Seas of China and Japan and Indian ocean. 
XyYPHIIDE, Agassiz. 
HisTIOPHORUS ORIENTALIS, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 103. pl. 35. 
Hab. Sea of Japan. Malay archipelago. 
