FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. (35 



67. Caranx sexfasciatus (j\ioy >.t Gaimard, Tnlnliluiiaii. 



Nino specimens from San Fabian (no. 332,5 to 3333: length 3.5 1,. 4 in.). Head 3.1 in length; depth 2.5; 

 eye 3 in head; snout 4.2; pectoral 3 3; maxillary 2.1, its distal end scarcely rearhing po.sferior margin of ey,.- 

 tip of dorsal black. Carangm rluibdohis Jenkins, from Honoluhi, closely'resenible.s this species, but differs 

 from it in the heavier body, smaller eye, and the liniader cioss-bnnas. 

 Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy ^i^- Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, :i.")S, pi. c,.-,, dg. 4, l,s24, Papous Islands. 



68. Caranx armatus (Forskil). /Imnsaw/sapse: AniaaVignit. 



Sixteen specimens from San Fabian (no. 3498, 3446, 4940, and 4941; length 3.2 to 6 in.). No. 4032, 

 length 3 inches, from Bulan, is also placed \vith .this species, although it is slightly deeper and seems to differ 

 in a shght degree. 



Scixna armala ForskU, Dcscr. .Vnim., ,=i3, 177."i, Red Sea. 

 Caranx armatus. Qiinther, Cat., n, 453. 



69. Caranx kalla Cuvier & ^'alen<■iennes. 



One specimen from Bulan (no. 37(i7; length 3 in.). Lateral line becoming straight under about the 

 sixth dorsal ray. which readily distinguishes tliis species from C. djeddaba, to which it is closely related. 



Caranx ialla Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Xat . Poiss., ix. .17 1 40 1 , 1831, Pondicherry; Day. Fishes India, 219, pi. XLIX, flg. 5. 

 Caranx calla, Gilnther, Cat., n, 433. 



70. Caranx djeddaba (Forskai). ' 



One small specimen from "Philippines" (no. ,37.S2; length 3.5 in.). 



Head 3.25 in length; depth 2.75; eye 3.2 in head; snout 4; maxillary 3: mandible 2.1; interorbital 

 3.75; dorsal VIII, 25; anal i, 22; scutes .54, 37 in curved portion; lateral line becoming straight under the first 

 dorsal ray. 



Scomber djeddaba ¥oTs]^^l, Descr. Anim., 1775. Red Sea. 



Caranx djeddaba. Giinther, Cat., ii, 432; Day. Fislies India, 21s. pi. xlix. flg. 3. 



71. Caranx brevis (Bleeker). 



Three specimens from "Philippines" (no. 3,S8S; length 3 to 3.2 in.). 



Head 3.5 in length; depth 2.4; eye 3 in liead; dorsal viii, 25; anal ii— i, 19; lateral line .344-46. 

 Teeth in jaws, vomer and palatines; no canines; curved portion of lateral line 1.95 in straight, the line 

 becoming straight under anterior dorsal rays; a distinct opercular spot; breast scaled. 



Selar breris Bleeker, Xat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., i, 1860, 361, Batavia. 

 Caranx hrei is, Giinther, Cat., ii, 435. 



72. Megalaspis cordyla (Linnjeus). Bacutut. 



Three fine specimens from Bulan (no. 4155 to 41,57; length 14 to 15.5 in.) and 3 from Jolo (no. 4111 to 

 4113; length 8.5 to 9 in.). 



Scomber cordyla Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., cd. x, 208, 1758, America. 



Scomber rottleri Bloch, Ichth., x, 39, 346, 1797. 



Caranx rattleri, Gunther, Cat., ii, 424. 



Megalaspis rottleri, Bleeker, Makreelachtige Visschen, 49, Verh. Bat. Gen., xxiv (Batavia). 



73. Citula halli Evermann & .Scale, new species. Paiiipajwn. 



Head 3 in length; depth 1.5; eye 3.2 in head; dorsal iv— i, 40; anal ii, 38; 76 scales in lateral line, 35 of 

 which are in straight portion, and scarcely armed; snout 3.5; maxillary 3, its distal end on line with anterior 

 margin of eye. 



Body elevated, compressed; anterior profile rounded; caudal peduncle narrow, 5.5inhead; body, including 

 breast, covered with deciduous scales, which are of small size on thorax; lateral line almost straight, the 

 curve being very long and low, the greatest depth of curve 7 in its length, the straight portion of line 2.5 in 

 curved part. 



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