276 report — 1845. 



Caranx Margarita, Richardson. Icon. Reeves, r, nullo numero ; Hardw 

 Acanth. 205. Chinese name, Hwang chang, " Yellow bowels" (Birch). 

 This Caranx much resembles C. flavo-aeruleus or cancroides in its profile, its height being 

 one-third of the total length, and the space between the snout and first dorsal flatly arched, 

 not steep, as in the Carangi. The breast is scaly, but no scales are shown on the cheek, nor any 

 teeth in the jaws. The arch of the lateral line terminates over the beginning of the anal and 

 under the ninth ray of the second dorsal, the straight part being pretty strongly armed by 

 about eighteen or twenty bucklers. The spines of the first dorsal are rather tall and stout, and 

 the fin ends at the foot of the second. The fish has a pearly hue throughout, with some faint 

 yellow tints on the upper half of the body and forehead. The caudal and anal are saffron- 

 yellow, the first dorsal and ventrals French-gray, and the second dorsal greenish-gray with 

 yellowish front rays. Length of figure 4*32 inches, height of body 1*50 inch. 

 Hab. Sea of China. Canton. 



Citulce. 



Caranx ciliaris, C. et V. ix. p. 129; Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 112. 

 Tchawil parah, Russell, 151. Rod. D. 8|-1|21 ; A. 2|-1|18; P. 15. (Spec. 

 C. Ph. Inst.) 

 Hab. Seas of China and Japan, Malay archipelago and Indian ocean. 



Scyris indica, C. et V. ix. p. 145. pi. 252 ; Riipp. Atl. taf. 33. f. 1 ; Icon. 

 Reeves, a. 17 ; Hardw. 213. Chinese name, Pih seu kung, " White-bearded 

 gentleman"; Pih seu kung, "White-bearded king" (Reeves); Pak su 

 kung (Bridgem. Chrest. 36). Rad. D. 7|19; A. 1|16; C. 17f; P. 17; 

 V. 1|5. (Spec. Br. Mus.) 



A dried specimen of this fish brought from Canton by Mr. Reeves was presented by him 

 to the British Museum. It measures 12*25 inches in length ; the height of the body is 5"65 

 inches, and the length of the head 3 inches. Three interspinous bones present their blunt 

 edges before the recumbent spine, which precedes the seven dorsal spines. 



Hab. China seas. Malay archipelago and Indian ocean. 



Equula nuchalis, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 126. " pi. 67. f. 1 " (not 

 yet publ.) ; Icon. Reeves, g. 90. et b. 85 set of small figures ; Hardw. 221 

 et 223. Chinese name, Kow yaou, " Dog's waist" (Birch). 

 Two specimens were brought from Canton by the Rev. George Vachell. 

 Hab. China and Japan. 



Equula rivulata, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 126. "pi. 67. f. 2" (not 

 yet published) ; Icon. Reeves, c. 86; Hardw. 219. Chinese name, Hwa 

 shin lih or kin tsze, " Flowery bodied " (Birch). 



The authors of the • Fauna Japonica' mention that the specimens they examined were in 

 bad condition, otherwise I should have hesitated in referring Mr. Reeves's most beautiful and 

 elaborately finished drawing to the species established by them, on account of a difference in 

 their relative heights. Mr. Reeves's figure shows the height of the body to be half the length 

 to the base of the caudal; but the description in the ' Fauna Japonica' gives to it a more 

 elongated form, and we have not seen the plate. The fish, as represented in Mr. Reeves's 

 drawing, is brightly silvery, with pale, wood-brown, short undulating bars pretty closely 

 ranged in two or three rows above the lateral line. They are continued down the sides by 

 silvery streaks. The fins are pale, slightly ochraceous, with a brighter yellow tint at the be- 

 ginning of the dorsal and anal. 



Hab. Seas of China and Japan. 



Mene maculata, Bl. Schn. p. 95. pi. 22 (Zeus). C. et V. x. p. 104. pi. 

 285; Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 127. "pi. 67. f '. 3 " (not published). 

 Mene Anne-Caroline, Lacep. v. pi. 14. f. 2. 

 Hab. Seas of China and Japan and Indian ocean. 



Xyphiid^, Agassiz. 

 Histiophorus orientalis, Temm. et Schl. F. J. Sieb. p. 103. pi. 35. 



Hab. Sea of Japan. Malay archipelago. 



