] 849.] Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. 1115 



Of the velvety teeth those of the symphysis of both jaws are some- 

 what stronger than the rest. The greatest vertical diameter of the 

 body in front of the second dorsal is 2\ in the total length, measured 

 to the centre of the posterior margin of the caudal. The lateral line is 

 slightly arched, following the profile of the back it terminates opposite 

 the second third of the dorsal. The straight portion is covered by 40 

 strongly keeled plates, none of which exceed \ of the greatest vertical 

 diameter of the body. The point of the horizontal spine in front of 

 the first dorsal is exposed. The elongated anterior ray of the second 

 dorsal exceeds by \ the greatest vertical diameter of the body, of which 

 the anterior ray of the anal is but f . The falcated pectorals equal the 

 lobes of the caudal, and are 2\ in the total length. The ventrals are 

 \ of the pectorals. A single individual occurred at Pinang in Septem- 

 ber, 1843. 



Caranx speciosus, (Forskal.) 



Scomber speciosus, Forskal, Fauna Arab. 54, No. 70. 



Scomber speciosus, Linne, Syst. 1332. 



Lacepede, III. Tab. 1, Fig. 1. 



Russell, CXLIX. Poloosoo Parah. 



Scomber speciosus, Shaw, IV. 603. 



Caranx a six bandes, Quoy et Gaim. Tab. 65, Fig. 4. 



Caranx speciosus, Riippell, Atlas, 96. 



Caranx speciosus, (Syn. C. petaurista : Isid. Geoff. Eg. Tab. XXV. 

 Fig. 1. Adult.) Cuvier, R. A. II. 209 (') 



Caranx speciosus, Cuv. and Val. IX. 130. 



Caranx speciosus, Riippell : Neue Wirbelth. Fische, 45. 



Zonichthys subcarinata, Swainson : II. 248. 



Caranx speciosus, Bleeker: Verh. Batav. Gen. XXII. 4. 



Ground colour citrine or king's-yellow with a bluish black oblique 

 band from the centre of the orbit to the occiput ; a second from the 

 occiput vertically over the posterior margin of the opercle ; a third 

 narrow line from in front of the first dorsal to a little below the lateral 

 line ; a fourth broad band from the middle of the first dorsal to abdo- 

 men ; a fifth narrow line from between the dorsals ; a sixth broad 

 band from the anterior part of the second dorsal ; a seventh narrow 

 line from the middle ; an eighth broad band from the posterior part ; 



