CATALOGUE 



OF 



AFRICAN FRESH-WATER FISHES. 



Suborder VIII. A C A N T HOPTERYGI1 (cout.). 



Fam. 9. CARANGIDiE. 



Scombiiform fishes with the prsemaxillaries more or less protractile; 

 body covered with small scales or naked, often with enlarged scutes on 

 each side of the body or of the tail ; dorsal spines few, or slender or 

 rudimentary; a more or less developed spine ad n ate to the soft portion 

 of the anal, often preceded by a pair of spines separated from the rest 

 of the fin ; ventral fins thoracic. Vertebrae 24 to 26 ; ribs behind the 

 transverse processes ; epipleurals on the transverse processes, rarely on 

 the ribs. 



Seas of the temperate and tropical regions, a few species entering 

 fresh waters. 



1. TEACHYNOTUS. 



Lacep. Hist. Poiss. iii. p. 78 (1802) ; Cuv. & Vid. Hist. Poiss. viii. p. 398 (1831) ; 

 Giinth. Cat. Fish. ii. p. 480 (I860). 



Body strongly compressed, deep, covered with minute scales. Mouth 

 rather small ; very small teeth in jaws and on palate, usually disappearing 

 with age. 7 branchiostegal rays ; no pseudobranchia?. Dorsal fin with 

 5 to 7 short spines, preceded by a smaller one directed forwards. 2 anal 

 spines separated from the principal portion of the fin. Vertebrae 24 

 (10 + 14). Air-bladder forked behind. 



Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. 



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