14 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



63. Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gnimard. 



Head 3.10 in length: depth 2.75; eye 3.75 in head; adipo.se eyelid well developed: ma.xillary 2 in head, 

 the end under posterior third of eye; teeth on jaws, vomer, palatines, and tongue; a row of slightly enlarged 

 teeth in jaw.s; breast scaled: .53 scales in curved portion of lateral line; 34 plates along straight portion; 

 dorsal vi-i, 20; anal n-17. Color yellowi.sh: tip of dorsal, anal, and caudal dusky: a dusky wash along 

 plates: axil dusky: a black opercular spot. Three specimens from Cavitc, length about 11 inches. 



These specimens seem to belong to the species from Hawaii and Samoa called Caranx rliabdotus by Dr. 

 Jenkins. 



64. Caranx nigripiiinis Day. 



Head 3.60 in length; depth 2.75; dorsal vii-23; anal ii, 21; plates 54; breast scaled; no teeth on vomer 

 or palatines. Color silvery below, dark bluish above; a distinct opercular spot: spinous dorsal dusky, soft 

 dorsal more or less marked with dusky. Eight specimens from Cavite, length 3 to 4 inches. 



65. Caranx ignobilis (Forskai). 



Head 3..5() in length; depth 2..50; eye 3 in head; maxillary reaching to below posterior third of eye; no 

 scales on breast; dorsal vi-i, 20; anal ii-l, IS. Color silvery, darker above, with 5 wide vertical dusky 

 bars. Eleven specimens from Cavite, length 1..50 to 3.75 inches, 



66. Caranx speciosus (Forsk&l). 



Color silveiT, with about 11 dusky lines alternating narrow and wide, the one through the eye and the 

 one ovei' nuchal region very dark. Two specimens from Cavite. 



67. Caranx plumbeus Qiioy & Gaimnrd. 



Head 3.20 in length: depth 2; eye 3.75 in head; dorsal vi-i, 21: anal ii-i, 18: maxillaiy 2.18 in head; 

 42 plates along lateral line; axil black; several of dorsal and anal rays elongate and filiform in males. Color 

 yellowish, with bright reflections; the young banded vertically, with anterior rays of dorsal and anal extremely 

 elongate; in females, a dusky blotch on posterior margin of opercle. Eight specimens, length 3..50 to 10 inches- 



This species seems identical with the one from Samoa which we call Caranx plumbeus. 



68. Caranx armatus (Forsk&l). 



Head 3 in length; depth 1..50; eye 3.10 in head; small teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines; maxillary 

 extending to below anterior margin of pupil: breast naked: a dusky opercular spot; dorsal vi-i, 20; anal 

 ii-i, 18: about 48 scales in straight portion of lateral line; the anterior rays of dorsal and anal elongate. Three 

 specimens from Cavite, length 2 to 3 inches. 



ALECTIS Rafinesque. 



69. Alectis ciliaris (Bloch). 



Head 2.75 in length; depth 1.20; eye 4 in head; doi'sal vi-i, 19; anal ii-i, 16: teeth villiform. A small 

 keel on side of caiida] peduncle: anterior dorsal and anal rays greatly prolonged into black filaments; anterior 

 rays of ventrals greatly prolonged; five wide, rather indistinct bands down the side. Three specimens from 

 Cavite. 



Family R.\CHYCENTKII).4-:. 



BACHYCENTRON Kaup. 

 70. Rachycentron pondicerrianuni (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Head 4 in length: depth 7..50: doi'sal ^TH-30: anal 27. Villiform teeth on jaws, vomer, palatines, and 

 tongue. The young have the caudal rounded; in the adult it becomes lunate. Color in spirits brownish; 

 two brown longitudinal lines along side; upper and lower margins of caudal white. Two specimens from 

 Iloilo. length 4.15 and 6.75; one specimen from Manila, length 8.5 inches. 



