158 TELEOSTEI. ACAKTHOl'TEKYGJl. 



919. (12.) Caranx djedala. 



Scomber djedaba, Forsh. Descr. Anim. p. 50, no. 75. 

 Caranx djeddaba, Day, Fish, India, p. 218, pi. xlix, fig. 3 (see 

 synon.). 



D. 8 | 1/22-25. P. 21. A. 2 | 1/19-20. C. 17. Sc. 1. 46-53. 



Length of head 4| to 5, height of body 3| in the total length. 

 Eyes having a broad posterior adipose covering, extending on to 

 the pupil in the adult; diameter 4 to 4| in length of head, 1 to 1^ 

 diam. from end of snout, and 1 \ apart. Dorsal and abdominal profiles 

 about equally convex. Lower jaw a little the longer; the maxilla 

 reaches to below the first third of the eye. Depth of preorbital 

 equal to of the diameter of the eye. Central crest along the 

 head well developed. Teeth a fine pointed row in either jaw, a 

 triangular patch on vomer, a narrow band along palatines, also a 

 bony plate, which is finely toothed, on the centre of the {ongue, 

 Fins dorsal spines of moderate strength, the third a little the 

 longest and equals -j4_ to 5 height of body, and nearly as 

 high as anterior rays of second dorsal. Pectoral falciform, j to 

 f of entire length of fish. Anal commences under the third or 

 fourth dorsal ray. Caudal deeply forked. Scales over body, 

 chest, cheeks, and above hind third of eye, also forming a well- 

 developed sheath to both dorsal and anal fins. Lateral line 86 to 

 90 scales, strongly curved anteriorly, becoming straight below first 

 dorsal ray ; the height of the arch equals about ^ of its length ; 

 length of arch is -| of that of straight part ; keeled plates commence 

 on first scale of straight portion, becoming most developed below 

 last third of second dorsal, where they are g to of height 

 of body. Colour silvery blue along the back, becoming golden 

 on the sides and below ; a large black blotch on the opercle at its 

 posterior-superior angle. Fins yellow, the first dorsal tinged 

 with grey, as is also the upper edge of the second dorsal except 

 its most elevated portion, which is white ; upper lobe of caudal 

 darker than the lower. In a specimen over 13 inches in length, 

 the summit of the soft dorsal is white and the rest of the fin black ; 

 the first dorsal is dark ; the anal has a black spot at the base of its 

 first six rays. 



Hab. Red Sea, east coast of Africa, seas of India, Malay Archi- 

 pelago and beyond. Common in Madras and considered fair eating ; 

 attaining at least 13 inches in length. 



920. (13.) Caranx affinis. (Pig. 56.) 



Caranx affinis, Eiqyp. N. W., Fische, p. 49, t. xiv, fig. 1 ; Day, Fish. 



India, p. 219, pi. xlix, fig. 4 (see synon. j. 

 Warn parah, Tarn. 



D. 7-8 1 1/24. P. 24. A. 2 | 1/19-20. Sc. 1. 42-47. Cjec. pyl. 20. 

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



