FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 65 



67. Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard. Talatitogan. 



Nine specimens from San Fabian (no. 332.5 to 3333: length 3.5 to 4 in.). Head 3.1 in length ; depth 2.5; 

 eye 3 in head: snout 4.2: pectoral 3.3: maxillaiv 2.1, its distal end scarcely reaching posterior margin of eye; 

 tip of dorsal black. Carangus rhabilotns Jenkins, from Honolulu, closely resembles this species, but differs 

 from it in the heavier body, smaller eye, and the broader cross-bands. 

 Caratix sexfasciatus Quoj' & Gaimard, Voy. Uranie. 358, pi. 6,n. fig. 4, 1S24, Papous Islands. 



68. Caranx armatus iForsk&l). Buensann-rsaij.ie: Amnalirinn. 



Sixteen specimens from San Fabian (no. 349S, 3446, 4940, and 4941: length 3.2 to 6 in,). No. 4032, 

 length 3 inches, from Bulan, is also placed with this species, although it is slightly deeper and seems to differ 

 in a slight degree. 



Scia^Tia armala Forsk^l. Descr. .\mm.. .'VJ, lT7.i. Red Sea. 

 Caranx aTrnatus, Gunttier, Cat., ii, 453. 



69. Caranx kalla Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



One specimen from Bulan (no. 3767: length 3 in.). Lateral line becoming straight under about the 

 sixth dorsal ray, which readily distinguishes this species from C. djeddaha, to which it is closely related. 



Caranx kalla Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 37 (49) , 1831, Pondicherry ; Day, Fishes India, 219, pi, XLix, fig. 5. 

 Caranx calla. Giinther. Cat., n, 433. 



70. Caranx djeddaba (Forsk&l). 



One small specimen from '■Philippines" (no. 3782: length 3.5 in.). 



Head 3.25 in length; depth 2.75: eye 3.2 in head: snout 4; maxillary 3: mandible 2.1; interorbital 

 3.75; dorsal viii, 25; anal i, 22; scutes .54, .37 in curved portion; lateral line becoming straight under the first 

 dorsal ray. 



Scombrr djeddaba Forsk&l, Descr, .\nim., 1775, Red Sea. 



Caranx djeddaba, Giinther, Cat., II. 432; Day, Fishes India, 21S, pi. XLIX, flg. 3. 



71. Caranx brevis (Bleeker). 



Three specimens from "Philippines" (no. 3888; length 3 to 3.2 in.). 



Head 3.5 in length; depth 2.4; eye 3 in head; dorsal vm, 25; analii— i, 19; lateral line .34+46. 

 Teeth in jaws, vomer and palatines; no canines; curved portion of lateral line 1.95 in straight, the line 

 becoming straight under anterior dorsal rays; a distinct opercular spot: breast scaled. 



Selar brciis Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., I, 1850, 301, Batavia. 

 Caranx brevis, Giinther, Cat., n, 435. 



72. Megalaspis cordyla (Lirmseus). Banttut. 



Three fine specimens from Bulan (no. 41.55 to 41.57; length 14 to 15,5 in,) and 3 from .Tolo (no. 4111 to 

 4113: length 8.5 to 9 in.). 



Scomber eordyla Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., cd. X. 298, 1758. America. 



Scomber rollleri Bloch, Ichth., x, .39, 346, 1797. 



Caranx rultleri, Giinther, Cat., ii. 424. 



Mcgalaspis roiUeri, Bleeker. Makreelachtige Vissehen. 49. Verh. Bat. Gen., xxiv (Batavia). 



73. Citula halli Elvermann & .Scale, new species. Pnmpanon. 



Head 3 in length : depth 1.5; eye 3.2 in head: dorsal iv—i, 40: anal ii, 38: 76 scales in lateral line, 35 of 

 which are in straight portion, and scarcely armed: snout 3.5: maxillary 3, its distal end on line %vith anterior 

 margin of eye. 



Body elevated, compressed: anterior profile rounded: caudal peduncle narrow, 5. oin head; body, including 

 breast, covered with deciduous scales, which are of small size on thorax: lateral line almost straight, the 

 curve being very long and low, the greatest depth of cur\"e 7 in its length, the straight portion of line 2. .5 in 

 curved part. 



B, B. F. 190r^5 



