FISHES WAITE. 189 



CARANGID^E. 



CARANX Lacepede. 

 CARANX MUROADSI, Temm. & Schleg. 



Caranx muroadsi, Temin. & Schleg., Fauna Japon. Poiss., 

 p. 108, pi. Iviii., fig. 1. 



While I cannot be absolutely certain of the correct determina- 

 tion of the species, the aggregate characters lead me to name the 

 only specimen procured as above. Caranx muroadsi has not, so 

 far as I am aware, been previously recorded from other than the 

 seas of Japan, with Ternate doubtful. (Giinther.) Length of 

 specimen 295 millim. 



CARANX CRUMENOPTHALMUS, Block. 



Caranx crumenopthalmus, Bloch., sp., Fisch., pi. cccxliii. ; Jenyns, 

 Voy. of " Beagle," Fish, p. 69, pi. xv. 



This widely distributed form is represented by two small 

 specimens of equal size (210 millim.). Together with other small 

 material they were preserved in a 5% solution of formol, which 

 has several advantages over spirits. No appreciable shrinkage 

 takes place, and the flesh remains quite firm, while delicate forms 

 such as Leptocephalus, and minute membranous structures, as 

 for example the adipose fin of small scopelids, are perfectly 

 preserved. As a colour preservative it is incomparable with 

 spirit, which, as is only too well known, renders nearly all speci- 

 mens of the same uniform yellowish-brown. The action of formol 

 is beneficial in yet another way. Fishes killed in this fluid die 

 with their members extended, so that the fin formulae of the 

 smallest forms (Gobius, Salarias) can be counted with delightful 

 ease and without disturbing a single ray. Lastly, spirit cannot 

 be diluted to more than half its bulk, while formol may be carried 

 at one-twentieth the bulk at which it can be used, a matter of no 

 small consideration to a heavily equipped collector. 



CHORINEMUS, Cuv. & Vol. 

 CHORINEMUS SANCTI-PETRI, Cuv. & Vol. 



Chorinemus sancti-petri, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat., viii., p. 379, 

 pi. ccxxxvi. 



In Day's " Fishes of India," (p. 230) there is a misprint, by 

 which the second dorsal is made to commence " midway between 

 the snout and the front nostril." In the " Fauna of British 

 India," (p. 174) the passage is simply omitted. It was probably 

 intended to read : " midway between the snout and the front 

 (base) of the caudal." 



