FISHES OF BORNEO. '^71 



tion is 1.4:5 ill the stniight, the deplli of tin' (.■tirvc is ('(|ual In I lie lciigl:li of 

 snout; liieast tully scaled. Adipose eyelid ei)\eriiig' tlir ivis |i(isleriorly, 

 very slightly developed anteriorly, cheeks scali'd ; opercles naked except on 

 u]iper portion. Maxillar ending on a line with poslciior margin <il' 

 jnipil, its length ?.lt) in head. A single row ol' small sluir)i teclii in each 

 jaw with some slightly enlarged caiiiiies anteriorly; the np}ier JRw in 

 addition has hands of seliform teeth interiorly; tcctli on \ oiiicr, palatine, 

 and tongue. 



Color silveiT, with golden i-cllec(ioiis. The young have ti\e dusky 

 vertical hands; tips of dorsals and caudal grayish, lius otherwise yellow. 

 A small opercular spot. Inner axil of peciorals dusky. .Yos. "MliD, "MS;-!. 

 ■i.")()7, and 2C>y.) ; length, 6G to "iiio millimeters. 



An aliundant food-lish of Borneo; also coninion in the Philippines. 

 Caranx brevis Bleeker. 



Head 4 to end of scutes; depth '■> ; eye 3.50 in head; snout 3.50; 

 interorhital 3.50; maxillary y.SO, ending on a line with anterior margin 

 of pupil, dorsal VIII-I, "^l ; anal II-I, 11 : -t-t scutes in straight portion 

 of lateral line, the line strongly curved, hecoming straight under origin of 

 soft dorsal ; the curved ]3ortion ■^:> in the straight ; depth of curve equal 

 to eye; depth of largest scute one-third less than width of eye. Breast 

 scaled; teeth small, in single series in each jaw; villiforni teeth on 

 vomer, palatine, and tongue. 



Color gra\-ish-ljlue aho\-e, silvery with a yelhnv'ish wash helow ; a very 

 large and distinct opercular spot. Fins yellow, margin of soft dorsal 

 with a wash of gravish ; spinous dorsal grayish. Xos. -MCO, -.Mtil^, and 

 ■-'(146 ; length, 175 to '.^(iO millimeters. 



A common food-fish of Borneo; also recorded from the Philippines. 

 Resemhles C. iiicijald-'iiiis Bleeker, hut the scutes arc of much less depth. 



Caranx ira (Cuv. and Vat.). 



Head 3.5(i; depth -2.55; eye 3.3(1 in head; snout 3.10; interorhital 

 equals c\c; maxillary -.^50, ending on a line with anterior margin of 

 pupil. Breast scaled; lateral line with lo\v- curve, hecomhig straight 

 under iith dorsal ray; scutes ■;!«, straight jiortion of line 1.'35 in curved; 

 depth of curve less than eye; dorsal A"III-I, "23; anal II-I, 1!). Teeth 

 of upper jaw in two series, tiKJse of lower jaw in single series, villiform 

 teeth on vomer, palatines, and tongue. 



Color silvery with a hluish tint aliove. Fins all yellowish-white, except 

 soft dorsal, which has the lohe very hlack, with a white tip, a very char- 

 acteristic marking for the species. Xos. 2013 and ■2;3,S; length, 137 

 millimeters. 



A common food-fish of Borneo; also recorded from Xcgros, Iloilo, and 

 ^Manila, Philippine Islands. 



