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anal white ; pectoral, caudal and second dorsal yellowish, the point 

 and margin of the latter, and the posterior margin of the caudal 

 minutely dotted with brown, so as to appear greyish. Iris silvery, 

 bluish black towards the orbit. 



D 8—1/20 or 21, C 17f A 2—1/15, 16 or 17, V 1/5, P 19, Br. VII. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang. 



Total length : 4f inch. 



The length of the head is a little less than 3£ in the total, measured 

 to the centre of the posterior margin of the caudal fin ; the depth at 

 occiput equals the length. The diameter of the orbit is 3^ in the 

 length of the head. The infraorbital is longer than broad : its greatest 

 breadth, along the superior margin equalling | the diameter of the 

 orbit. The arched, very slightly undulating, portion of the lateral line 

 terminates opposite the fifth or sixth ray cf the second dorsal ; the 

 straight portion is covered by 30 to 31 plates, none of which exceed 

 about £ of the greatest diameter of the body, which is 3-J- in the total 

 length of the body. The length of the falcated pectorals equals 

 that of the head. Single individuals occur at Pinang at all seasons. 

 They appear nearest to correspond to the description of C. forsteri. 



Caranx malabaricus, (Bloch-Schneider.) 



Scomber malabaricus, Bloch-Schn. p. 31. 



Russell, CL. Tallam Parah. 



Caranx malabaricus, Cuv. and Val. IX. 121. 



Caranx malabaricus, Richardson, Report, 1845, 275. 



Head above and back pale silvery sea green ; sides of the head and 

 body shining silvery with blue reflections ; abdomen white ; at the 

 upper part of the opercle a bluish black spot ; pectorals, second dorsal 

 and caudal yellowish white, the two latter sparingly dotted with black 

 towards the margin ; anal and ventrals white ; first dorsal hyaline. 

 Iris silvery, minutely dotted with brown ; upper orbital margin bluish 

 black. 



D 8—1/22, C 17f, A 2—1/18, V 1/5, P 20, Br. VII. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang, Malayan Peninsula, Singapore. 

 Coromandel, Bay of Bengal, Red Sea, China Sea. 



Total length : 8 inch. 



The length of the head is 3^ in the total, measured to the centre of 



