150 TELEOSTEI. ACAtfTHOPTERYGUI. 



Height of body 3 to 3 in length. 

 L. 1. becomes straight below 5th 

 dorsal ray. Teeth in jaws in a 



single row. Sc. 1. 40-44 14. C. kalla, p. 160. 



Height of body 3| to 4 in length. 



L. 1. becomes straight below 8th 



dorsal ray. Teeth in jaws in 



vffliform bands. Sc. 1. 26-28. ... 15. CV ire, p. 160. 



Height of body 3 to 3| in length. 



Sc. 1. 13 16. C. compressus, p.161. 



c'". Chest scaleless ; height of body 



not less than f of total length 

 Height of body 2^ times in total 

 length. Anterior dorsal rays -| 



height of body 17. C. dtropus, p. 162. 



Heig ht of body 2| in length . Ante- 

 rior dorsal rays f height of body. 18. C.malabaricus,^.lQ^. 

 Height of body 3^ in length. Ante- 

 rior dorsal rays f height of body. 19. C. oblonglts, p. 163. 

 Height of body 3| in length. Ante- 

 rior dorsal rays f height of body. 20. C. niyrescens, p. 164. 

 Height of body 2| in length. Ante- 

 rior dorsal rays as high as body. . 21. C. armatus, p. 165. 

 b'. First dorsal rudimentary or wanting ; 

 body elevated, anterior dorsal and 

 anal rays elongate. No scales except 

 along lateral line. 

 Eye 1| to If diameters from end of 



snout 22. C. gattus, p. 166. 



Eye f to 1 diameter from end of 



snout 23. C. ciliaris, p. 166. 



B. No teeth on the palate. 



Teeth in lower but not in upper j aw. Sc. 1. 



24-28 24. C. kptolepis, p. 167. 



Teeth in a single row in both jaws. Sc. 1. 



55-60 25. C. nigripinnis. p. 168. 



No teeth in jaws. Sc. 1. 13-15 26. C. spedosus, p. 168. 



908.- (1.) Caranx rottleri. 

 Scomber rottleri, Block, Ich. x, p. 40, t. 346. 

 Caranx rottleri, Riipp. Atl. p. 102, and N. W., Fische, p. 48 ; Day, 



Fish. India, p. 213 (see synon.). 



Karakara bdngada, Marathi ; Sora parah, Tel. ; Komara parah, Tarn. 

 D.6-8 | 1/9-1 1 + viii-x. A.2 | 1/8-9 + vii-viii. C.18. Sc.1.55*. 

 Length of head 4| to 5|, height of body 4| to 4| in the total 

 length. Eyes with broad anterior and posterior adipose lids, 

 both covering a portion of the pupil ; diameter from 3| to 4| in 

 length of head, 1 to 1| diam. from end of snout, and I apart. 

 Dorsal and abdominal profiles about equally convex. Cleft of 

 mouth very slightly oblique, lower jaw slightly the longer. Teeth 

 vilhform m upper jaw, with an outer row rather widely separated 



* Sc. 1. in this genus denotes the number of enlarged keeled scales on the 

 posterior portion of the lateral line. 



