865.]- MR. F. DAY ON THE FISHES OF COCHIN, 23 
’ CaRANX HIPpos, Linn. 
' Caran heberi, Bennett. 
Bova D. 81/202 ° P20. V.1/oc Anz 1/it, C.21. Lil, 36, 
- Length of specimen 8,5, inches. 
After death, the deep black point of the upper lobe of the caudal 
fades. 
. Very common ; comes into the mouth of the river ; but the largest 
specimens, which attain to 23 feet, are captured in the deep sea. 
They are most excellent eating. When caught, they give a grunt 
like a young pig; and this is continued, should they be moved, as 
long as they have any life remaining. 
_ They are first captured at the end of the south-west monsoon, and 
continue off Cochin during the whole of the cold months. 
_ Caranx atropvs, Bl., Schn. 
B.vii. D.85. P.19. V.1/5. A. 21/18. C.16. 1.1. 32.. 
Length of specimen 72; inches. 
CARANX MELANOSTETHOS, Day, sp. nov. 
_Biyi. .D..81/23. P19. V.1/5.. A. 21/19. C.19. 1.1.28. 
inches. 
_ Length of specimens from.. 6,'; to 6,8; inches. 
of head .......... 1,35, or two-ninths of total length. 
of pectoral....... . 1,5, or one-fifth of total length. 
base of first dorsal.. =85, or two-seventeenths of total 1. 
2 
base of second dorsal 2;7;, or one-third of total length. 
— of caydal oo oo. 6s 1,3;, or two-ninths of total length. 
* Height of bedy -. 2225... 1,5,, or one-fourth of total length. 
of head .......... 144, or one-fifth of total length. 
of first dorsal...... 385, or one-eleventh of total length. 
of second dorsal.... 5, or one-tenth of total length. 
——of ventral ........ +5 or one-tenth of total length. 
Ofwanaliye. a eie.s bs 2 3°, or one-eleventh of total length. 
of base of caudal ..  ,, or two twenty-sevenths of total. 
Diameter of eye 55, x >45 inch, or +X 1} of length of head ; 4; inch 
apart, 4, from end of snout. The membranous curtain to the eye 
extends nearly one-fifth across its diameter on either side. 
Head. Upper jaw protrusible for ;2,ths of an inch. Lower jaw 
very slightly the longest. Superior maxillary extends backwards as 
far as the anterior margin of the orbit. Praeorbital small, and has ° 
two straight raised lines on its posterior part.’ Praeoperculum ob- 
lique, angle rounded, and the inferior margin convex ; suboperculum 
large ; it and other opercular bones entire. Nostrils situated nearly 
2 lines in front of orbit, with a curved nasal arch over them. 
Teeth. In intermaxillaries and superior half of upper jaw from 
two to three bands of fine’ villiform teeth ; the same are also percep- 
tible in the lower jaw. A triangular space (convex anteriorly) of 
