1849.] Ca talogue of Malayan Fishes, 1111 



the posterior margin of the caudal ; the depth at occiput equals the 

 length. The transversal diameter of the orbit is a little less than ^ 

 of the length of the head. The teeth of both jaws, of the vomer and 

 the palatals are velvety, but those on each side of the symphysis of 

 the jaws are a little longer than the rest. The tongue is very small, 

 linear, and with the exception of the apex, covered with velvety teeth. 

 The arched portion of the slightly undulating lateral line terminates 

 opposite the posterior third of the second dorsal ; the straight portion 

 is covered by 35 to 36 plates, none of which exceeds -^ of the greatest 

 vertical diameter of the body, which is about 2\ in the total length. 

 The pectorals equal the length of the head. Single individuals occur 

 at Pinang at all seasons, and are eaten, fresh or dried, by the natives. 

 Caranx nigripes, Cuv. and Val. 



Russell, CLII. Mais Parah. 



Caranx nigripes, Cuv. and Val. IX. 122. 



Caranx nigripes, Richardson, Report, 1845, 275. 



Caranx nigripes, Bleeker: Verho Batav. Gen. XXII. 4. 



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

 and body shining silvery with rose coloured reflections ; abdomen 

 white : on the upper part of the opercle an indistinct bluish black 

 spot ; base and anterior margin of ventrals white, rest greenish black, 

 and between these fins a black spot ; first dorsal greyish, minutely 

 dotted with black ; . the rest of the fins white, the second dorsal and 

 caudal minutely dotted with black towards the margin ; at the symphy- 

 sis of the lower jaw a black spot ; branchiostegous rays and membrane 

 silvery white, the latter broadly brimmed with black between the four 

 lower rays. Iris silvery, upper orbital margin bluish black. 



D 8—1/21 or 22, C 17|, A 2—1/18, 19 or 20, V 1/5, P 19, Br. VII. 



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



Coromandel, Bay of Bengal, Java, Balli, Madura, China 



Seas. 



Total length : 6 inch. 



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

 the posterior caudal margin ; the depth at occiput exceeds by £ the 

 length. The transversal diameter of the eye is 3£ in the length of 

 the head. The greatest vertical diameter of the body is 2\ in the 

 total length. The horizontal, immoveable, spine in front of the first 



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