152 TELEOSTEI. ACAlfTHOPTERYGII. 



below. A deep black spot on upper margin of opercle; upper 

 surface of head minutely dotted with black. Fins yellow, darkest 

 at their edges. 



Hab. Eed Sea, throughout the seas of India and the Malay 

 Archipelago. A small species, attaining 6 or 7 inches in length ; 

 it arrives in Madras about October. 



910. (3.) Caranx melampygus. 



Caranx melampygua, Cuu. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. ix, p. 116 ; Day, Fish. 

 India, p. 214, pi. 1, fig. 3, Suppl p. 789 (see synon.). 



Kuroogoo parah, Tel. 

 D. 8 | 1/21-23. P. 22. V. 1/5. A. 2 | 1/17-19. C. 19. Sc. 1.34-36. 



Length of head from 4| to 4|, height of body 3| in the total 

 length. Eyes with broad posterior adipose lids, extending f 

 across the iris, diameter 3| to 4| in length of head, lj diam. from 

 end of snout, and 1 apart. Dorsal profile rather more convex 

 than abdominal. Lower jaw slightly the longer; the maxilla 

 reaches to below the middle of the orbit. Teeth in a villiform 

 baud in the premaxillaries, the outer row conical and enlarged, a 

 single row in the lower jaw ; teeth also occur on vomer, palatines, 

 and tongue. Fins dorsal spines of moderate strength, third 

 highest and 5 height of body ; soft dorsal having its anterior rays 

 elongate, and f height of body ; anal similar but rather lower. 

 Pectoral falciform and of total length. Scales on upper margin 

 of head, on cheeks, chest, and body ; a low sheath along bases of 

 soft dorsal and anal fins. Lateral line 90 to 95 rows of scales ; 

 at first it slightly ascends, then curves to below the 6th or 8th 

 dorsal ray, height of arch not quite | of the length ; keeled scales 

 along most of the straight portion, the highest g or ^ the height of 

 the body. Colour greenish gold along the back, silvery along the 

 abdomen ; a small black spot on the opercle ; dorsal and anal fins 

 dark anteriorly. 



Hob. Eed Sea, seas of India to the Malay Archipelago aud 

 Pacific. The largest specimen I have seen was 2 feet long. 



911. (4.) Caranx jarra. 



Caranx jarra, Cuv. $ Vol. H. N. Poiss. ix, p. 109 ; Day, Fish. India, 

 p. 215 (see synon.). 



Korandilli parah, Tarn. ; Jarra-dandree parrah, Tel. 

 D. 8 | 1/22. P. 21. V. 1/5. A. 2 | 1/18. C. 18. Sc. 1. 33-36. 



Length of head 4^, height of body 3| in the total length. Eyes 



with broad posterior adipose lids extending f across the iris, 



diameter 4j in length of head, 1| diara. from end of snout, and 



rather above 1 apart. Dorsal profile a little more convex than 



E the abdomen. The jaws are of about the same length ante- 



