1910.] AND INVERTEBRATES OE ST. HELENA. 103 



milt, so that the fish evidently spawns in March, but I did not 

 identify the eggs. 



This species is widely distributed in the Pacific as well as in 

 the Atlantic, occurring in Japan, at Tahiti, Raratoa, and Jalisco, 

 Mexico. 



Caranx muroadsi Schlegel, of Japan and China, is very closely 

 allied, differing only in the fin-ray formula by one or two rays, 

 and by having a few more keeled scales in the lateral line. 



Caranx dentex. 



Scomber dentex Bloch Schn. Syst. 1801, p. 30. 



Caranx dentex Cuv. & "Val. ix. p. 87 ; Giinther, B. M. Cat. 

 Fishes, ii. p. 441 ; Melliss. 



Caranx analis Cuv. & Val. ix. p. 88 ; Webb & Berthelot, lies 

 Canar., Poiss. p. 57, pi. xii. 



The Cavally, Melliss. 



The specimen which I brought home agrees with Giinther's 

 description, except that there are no teeth on the tongue, and the 

 head is contained 3 times in bhe total length instead of 3f ; the 

 latter difference is apparently due to the fact that Giinther mea- 

 sured to the end of the forked tail while I measured to the end 

 of the middle caudal rays. The Museum specimen which I com- 

 pared, one collected by Melliss at St. Helena, is 14| inches long, 

 while mine is 17 inches. The Museum specimen has a few median 

 teeth at the front of the tongue ; these teeth are therefore 

 deciduous. The lips both above and below are thick and fleshy 

 and covered with papillae ; the upper jaw is protrusible. 



This fish is plentiful at St. Helena and considered one of the 

 best table-fish. I saw two caught on a bottom line in an albacore- 

 boat moored in about 80 fms. off the S.W. point of the island, 

 and another on the windward side off George Island, as well as 

 others landed by the fishermen. It is a species of wide dis- 

 tribution in the Atlantic, being well known in the Mediterranean, 

 and occurring also on the coast of Brazil, the Cape Verde Islands, 

 Madeira, Canary Islands, the Bermudas, and Port Natal. 



Caranx ascensionis Cuv. & Val. ix. p. 102, pi. 249, occurs at 

 St. Helena, Kingsmill Island, Samoa, Ascension, and St. Paul's 

 Rocks, but I did not get a specimen. Melliss sent it from 

 St. Helena, but it is not mentioned in his book. 



" Neck very much elevated " seems the principal character in 

 Giinther's description. 



LlCHIA GLAUCA. 



Scomber glaacus Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 494. 



Lichia glaucus Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 429. 



Lichia glauca Giinther, B. M. Cat. Fishes, ii. p. 477 ; Melliss. 



The Silver-fish, Melliss. 



Length of specimen examined 9| inches. This species is common 

 at St. Helena and forms part of the regular fish-supply, being 

 caught near the shore either from the rocks or from a moored 



