CA RANCID.*:. 
44 L 
Mene oMonga, var. jmsilla, F. Bassani, Atti R. Accad. Sci. Napoli 
[2] vol. iii. (1889), no. 6, p. 78, pi. xiv. fig. 5.— Lower 
Miocene ; Chiavon, Vicentin. [Imperfect small fish ; 
Geological Museum, University of Pad ua.] 
Genus CARANX, Cuvier. 
, [Regne Animal, vol. ii. 1817, p. 314.] 
Trunk laterally compressed, more or less elongated, regularly 
fusiform, with much constricted caudal pedicle. Head large, with 
low supraoccipital crest, extending forwards between the orbits ; 
e ye very large ; mouth small or of moderate size, with very minute 
tee th; maxilla expanded behind, with a supramaxilla; preopcr- 
culum not serrated ; about 7 branchiostegal rays. Paired fins small, 
th f pectorals falciform ; an anterior dorsal fin of about 8 feeble 
spines, closely followed by a more extended dorsal of articulated 
ra ys ; anal fin opposed to the posterior dorsal and of equal extent, 
preceded by two short and separate anal spinos ; caudal fin forked. 
Scales thin and small, thickened or enlarged at least along the 
caudal portion of the lateral line; lateral line arched in front, 
straight behind. 
Numerous species of Caranx are common in tropical and tem- 
perate seas. No extinct species are represented in the Collection, 
J ut the following have been described on the evidence of imperfect 
specimens : 
Caranx earangopsis, J. J. Heckel, Jahrb. k. k. gcol. Reichs- 
anst. vol. iii. pt. ii. (1852), p. 161; F. Steindacbner, 
Sitzungsb. k. Akad. Wise., math.-naturw. Cl. vol. xxxvii. 
(1859), p. 685, pi. v. figs. 2-12, pis. vi., vii.— 
Upper Miocene ; Hemals, near Vienna. [ Detached bones, 
several thickened by hyperostosis ; Court Museum, 
Vienna.] 
Caranx gracilis, D. G. Kramberger, Beitr. Paliiont. Oesterr.- 
Ungarns, vol. ii. (1882), p. 128, pi. xxvii. figs. 2-4, and 
Rad Jugoslav. Akad. vol. cvi. (1891), p- 82. Upper 
Miocene; Radoboj, Podsused, Vrabce, & Dolje, Croatia. 
Upper Oligocene; Sagor and Trifail, Croatia. [Nearly 
complete fish ; University Geological Museum, Agram.] 
Caranx haueri, D. G. Kramberger, loc. cit. 1882, p. 126, pi. xxvi. 
figs. 3, 4, pi. xxvii. fig. 1.— Upper Miocene : Podsused, 
Croatia. [Imperfect fish ; University Geological Museum, 
Agram.] 
