274 REPORT — 1845. 



206 ; Hardw. 203. Chinese name, Peen kea (Birch) ; Peen kap die, 



" Flat-scaled mackerel" (Reeves); Pin kap chi (Bridgem. Chrest. 109). 



Hab. China sea. Malaccas and Red sea. 



Obs. Only one species of Caranx, with several separate finlets succeeding to the dorsal and 

 anal, is distinguished in the ' Histoire des Poissons.' The woragoo of Russell (143), which is 

 therein referred to that species, has a more flatly curved lateral line ; and there is a second 

 figure 75 in Mr. Reeves's portfolio with another Chinese name which presents some differences, 

 though slight, from rotleri. There are fewer detached finlets, the pectoral fin is shorter, does 

 not quite reach to the anal, and is contained above four times in the total length of the fish ; 

 and the black spot on the gill-plate, instead of being high up on the operculum, is on the 

 middle of its edge, as in the woragoo. The numbers of shields on the lateral line and of the 

 rays of the fins are nearly the same as in rottleri, but the curved commencement of the line 

 has been omitted by the artist. Teeth close shorn, villiform, with a taller outer row. Rad. 

 D. 7j-l|12 et vii.;"A. 2|-1|10 et vi. ; P. 25; &c. Squama carinatce, 53. This is not so 

 strongly marked a variety as some that we observe among the Trachuri. Its Chinese name is 

 Chth kea tze, " Red-mailed tender fish " (Birch). 



Hab. Sea of China and the Indian ocean. 



Caranx muroadsi, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 108. pi. 58. f. 1 ; Icon. 



Reeves, (3 36. Chinese name, Tsze yu, " Affectionate fish" (Reeves, 



Birch); Chi u (Bridgem. Chrest. 111). 



The first dorsal and the anal spines are omitted in Mr. Reeves's figure, probably because 

 they were depressed in the specimen placed before the artist. The bronze stripe, which is 

 represented narrow and defined in the 'Fauna Japonica,' is diffused over much of the side in 

 the Chinese figure. 



Hab. Coasts of China and Japan. 



Caranx maruadsi, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 109. pi. 58. f. 2. 



Hab. Sea of Japan. 



Caranx cancroides, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, p. 30. Chinese name, 

 Hwa tsze, " The crab mackerel" (Reeves) ; Hea che (Birch) ; Ha chi 

 (Bridgem. Chrest. 108). Rad. D. 7|-1|22; A. 1|19, &c. Squamce cari- 

 natce, 4-0. (Spec. C. Ph. Inst.) 



A specimen of this Caranx was brought from Canton by the Rev. George Vachell, and pre- 

 sented by him to the Cambridge Philosophical Institution. It belongs to the group of luna 

 (Histoire des Poissons, ix. p. 80), which have the teeth in a single row. They are scarcely 

 perceptible, except through the aid of a lens. The species differs from C. platessa and geor- 

 gianus and others of the group in the numbers of its rays and extent of armature of the late- 

 ral line. The form is elliptical, the height of body being to the length, caudal included, as 

 one to three. The profile from the mouth to the dorsal is sloping with a moderate convexity, 

 and corresponds in its obliquity and curvature with the under profile from ventrals to tip of 

 lower jaw. Pectorals as long as the head, and equal to one-fourth of the length of the fish. 

 Lateral line straight and cuirassed forward to the beginning of the anal, the shields embracing 

 nearly the whole height of the tail behind that fin. No spots are shown on the operculum 

 or elsewhere. The back is coloured olive-green, and the sides and belly brightly silvery, 

 with a tinge of lake on the breast. The fins are transparent, without any darkening on their 

 edges, and have an uniform pale greenish hue. Length of the drawing 4£ inches. 

 Hab. China seas. Canton. 



Caranx cestus, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, a. 39 ; Hardw. 206. Chinese 

 name, Tac yu, " Girdle-fish" (Birch) ; Te yu (Reeves). 



This drawing is remarkable among the other representations of the Chinese Scomberoids 

 in Mr. Reeves's portfolio for the size and definite form of the scales. The shields on the keel 

 are strong and pointed, and run forward to beneath the beginning of the second dorsal. The 

 lateral line appears to be but slightly arched over the pectoral. In form the fish is regularly 

 elliptical, the ventral and dorsal curves equal, and not more convex in the anterior than in 

 the posterior half of the ellipse. Height one-third of the length, including the central caudal 

 rays. Head forming a fourth of the same length. Snout rather acute. Eye somewhat large. 

 Teeth apparently in a single row, email and slender. Pectorals falcate, reaching over the an- 

 terior quarter of the anal. This fin and the dorsal are acute and higher anteriorly, but not so 

 much so as to be falcate. The spinous dorsal one quarter lower than the fore-part of the second 

 fin. Three anal spines are shown as incumbent on the first soft ray of the anal, but no free 



