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spines, though from the large space which intervenes between the anus and anal it is pro- 

 bable that such exist. Colour of the back olive-green, with a diffused yellow tinge over the 

 lateral line and temples. There is a very slight tint of lake along the under side of the la- 

 teral line, and the under parts are pearly and silvery. Pectorals and ventrals pure sulphur- 

 yellow, the former having a carmine streak across the base, edged with bluish-gray. There is 

 also a reddish stripe along the bases of the dorsal and anal, and the tips are red. A small black 

 spot exists on the edge of the gill-cover, and the membrane connecting the last ten dorsal rays 

 is tipped with black. 



Hab. China sea. Canton. 



Carangi, 



Caranx forsteri, C. et V. ix. p. 107. Yarradanree para, Russell, 147? 



Scomber hippos, Forster, Hist. Anim. p. 199; Icon. G. Forster in Bib. 



Banks, No. 221 ; Reeves, 214 ; Hardw. 207 ; Chinese name, Fang che, 



" Square mackerel" (Reeves); Fong chi (Bridgem. Chrest. 107). 



Hab. Mauritius, Indian ocean, China seas, Malay archipelago, New Zealand and Austra- 

 lian seas. 



Caranx malabaricus, Bl. Schn. p. 31 (Scomber}. C. et V. ix. p. 121. 

 Tallamparah, Russell, 150; Icon. Reeves, j3. 21 ; Hardw. 208. Hwa 

 tsang (Birch) ; Fa tsong, " Flowered or variegated mackerel" (Reeves) ; 

 Fa tsong (Bridgem. Chrest. 151). Fad. D. 8|-1|22 ; A. 1|18 vel 19, &c. 

 (2 Spec. C. Ph. Inst, from China.) 

 Hab. China seas, Indian ocean and Red sea. Canton (Vachell). 



Caranx equula, Teram. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 111. pi. 60. f. 1. " Bad. 



D. 8|-l|24; A. 2|-1|23," &c. (F.Jap.) 



The figure in the ' Fauna Japonica' has a near resemblance to Mr. Reeves's drawing /3. 21, 

 which is quoted above as representing C. malabaricus, but its profile is more sloping. 

 Hab. Sea of Japan. 



Caranx nigripes, C. et V. ix. p. 122 et p. 141 (Olistes atropus). Mais pa- 

 rah, Russell, 152; Icon. Reeves, 181 ; Hardw. 224. 



The Brama atropus, Bl. Sch. p. 98. t. 23, seems to be also this fish, and Schneider indeed 

 mentions the first dorsal and the spines before the anal, as he observed them in the dried spe- 

 cimen recumbent in their respective grooves. He also points out its Scomberoid characters. 

 Atropus is therefore the prior specific name, but being compounded of Greek and Latin it is 

 objectionable, and may be allowed to give place to the appellation of the same import proposed 

 in the 'Histoire des Poissons.' M. Valenciennes states that a specimen preserved in Bloch's 

 museum is labelled Brama melampus and Scomber ciliaris. Examples of the species from 

 China exist in the British Museum and the Chinese collection at Hyde Park. 



Hab. China sea and Indian ocean. 



Caranx flavo-c^eruleus, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 110. pi. 59. f. 2 ; 

 Icon, Reeves, 213; Hardw. 204. Chinese name, Hwang joo, "Yellow 

 milk" (Birch) ; Wang joo, " Yellow breast" (Reeves); Wong u (Bridgem. 

 Chrest. 112). 



A specimen of this fish exists in the Chinese collection at Hyde Park. 



Hab. Seas of China and Japan. 



Caranx chrysophrys, var. hyemalis, C. et V ix. p. 77 ? Icon. Reeves, 

 239 ; Hardw. 209. Chinese name, Tung hwa tsang (Birch) ; Tong hwa 

 tsong, " Winter gourd " (Reeves). Bad. 8|-1|21 ; A. 2|-l|19, &c. (Reeves's 

 drawing.) 



This figure closely resembles that of chrysophrys in the ' Histoire des Poissons,' except 

 that the snout is rather blunter ; there is a small incurvature of the profile at the nostrils, the 

 points of the dorsal and anal are scarcely so long, and the cheek, as well as the belly nearly 

 to the anal spines, are represented scaleless. The golden tint of the eyebrow is very obscure. 

 Length of figure 14 inches. 



Hab. China sea. Seychelles ? 



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