1867.] 



THE FISHES OF SEYCHELLES. 



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C. macrophthalmus, Riipp. Atlas, Fische, p. 97, t. 25. f. 4. 

 Hab. Seychelles; Mafiritius ; Red Sea; Indian Ocean; Poly- 

 nesia ; west coast of x\frica ; Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



98. CaRANX VENATOR, sp. n. (Fig. 2.) 



D. 7 



V—2'3' 



A. 0—1 



L. lat. 39. 



Diagnosis. — First dorsal little developed, the spines feeble and 

 hardly connected together by membranes. Anal with sometimes 

 one, generally no free spine. Teeth in both jaws in a single series 

 without camnes ; teeth on vomer, palatine bones, and tongue. 

 Height of body contained thrice and a third in the total length ; 

 length of head four times and three-quarters iu the same. Breast 

 naked. Lateral line slightly bent, becoming straight in the vertical 

 from middle of soft dorsal. Plates strong, occupying nearly the whole 

 of the straight portion. Snout subtruncated, lower jaw not promi- 

 nent. Maxillary reaches the vertical from anterior margin of orbit. 



Fie. 2. 



Caranx venator. 



Colour. — White, bluish above, with a few small yellow spots scat- 

 tered over the body. No opercular spot. Posterior margin of caudal 

 blackish. During life there are several broad transverse bands on the 

 side, as in C. sj)eciosus ; but these invariably disappear after death. 



Description of specimen.- -Body compressed, elliptical ; the upper 

 profile of the head much more curved than the lower one (in which 

 respect it differs from C. helvolus). The greatest depth is between 

 the origin of the soft dorsal and anal fins, where it is contained thrice 



