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914. (7.) Caranx sansun. 



Scomber sansun, Forsk. Descr. Anlm. p. 55, no. 74. 



Caranx sansun, Day, Fish. India, p. 216, pi. 1, fig. 5 (se3 synon.). 



D. 8 | 1/19-20. P. 20. A. 2 | 1/16-17. C. 19. Sc. 1.30-32. 



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

 with a narrow posterior adipose lid, diameter 3| in length of 

 head, 1 to 1| cliam. from end of snout, and 1 apart. Dorsal profile 

 more convex than .that of abdomen. Lower jaw a little the 

 longer ; the maxilla reaches to below the last third of the eye. 

 Greatest depth of preorbital equals | diameter of the eye in the 

 young to 1| in the adult. Teeth villiform, an outer row en- 

 larged but irregular in size in the preinaxillaries ; a single row 

 irregularly sized in the lower jaw, some much larger than others, 

 and a pair of minute canines at the symphysis ; a triangular spot 

 on the vomer, a band on the palatines and in a narrow patch along 

 the middle of the tongue. Fins third dorsal spine the highest, 

 equalling 3 height of body and f of rays at commencement of 

 second dorsal. Pectoral | longer than the head. Caudal deeply 

 forked. Scales on body, chest, and cheeks. Lateral line 95 

 scales ; its arched portion ending below sixth dorsal ray, height of 

 arch 5 of its length, and its length f to | of the straight portion. 

 Keeled scales commence about the third scale of the horizontal por- 

 tion, becoming well developed beneath last part of soft dorsal, where 

 their height is g to ^ of that of the body. Colour silvery along 

 the back, becoming golden below, all the fins yellow, first dorsal 

 greyish. No opercular spot. 

 JIab. Eed Sea and seas of India. 



915. (8.) Caranx gymnostethoides. 



Carangoides gymnostethoides, Bleeker, Batavia Nat. Tijdsch. i, 



p. 364. 

 Caranx gymnostethoides, Day, Fish. India, p. 217, pi. xlviii, fig. 6 



(see synon.). 



D. 8 | 1/30-31 . P. 21. A. 2 | 1/25-27. C. 17. Sc. 1. 22-25. 



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

 with a narrow posterior adipose lid, diameter 5| in length of head, 

 2 diam. from end of snout, and 1| apart. Abdominal profile 

 rather more convex than dorsal. Lower jaw somewhat the 

 longer ; maxilla reaches to nearly below front edge of orbit. The 

 preorbital in its deepest part equals 1 diameter of the orbit. Teeth 

 villiform in both jaws, on the vomer, palatines, and along the 

 middle of the tongue. Fins dorsal spines not strong, third and 

 fourth longest and f- of height of body ; first portion of soft dorsal 

 highest, and f of height of body. Pectoral rather longer than 

 head. Caudal forked. Scales extended over the cheeks and body, 

 but none on the chest from below the pectoral fin. Lateral line 

 at first makes a long, low curve to below the 16th dorsal ray, the 



