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MFMOJU^ OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
them respeetively from Humatra, Xia.s. Singapore, Banea, Java, and Celebes 
(para) and Java and iMadura (cnnthon). 
DhiheiisioHs : — Ft is rather diffienlt to say to what size this species really 
grows; of the Nl examples obtained by the ‘‘Endeavour” the largest does not 
('xceed 190 millim. \bihoicieimes noti'S the lenglli of his specimens as to about 300 
millim.. Avhile Day e(mji)Iieates the matter by stating in 1865 that it attains a 
length of over 600 millim., but eleven years later reduces that measurement by 
two thirds, without making any exj^lanation of the discrepancy. Probably 
Valenciennes' computation may l)e talom as the most correct. 
Illustration : — Taken from a Queensland specimen, 182 millim. in length. 
noAv in the State .Museum. Reg Xo. T. 14/2233. 
CxVRAXX (Commerson MS.) Lacepkie. 
Caranx (Coimnerseu XtS.) Lacep^'ile. IHst. Xat. Poiss., iii, 1802, p. 57 (xy>p( 7 'oN».s-). 
UnaUionodou Hleoker, Xat. Tijds. Xederl. Irid.. i. 1S51. p. 352 (specUmis) . 
fhipocaranx Khins'diijj-or, Fiseh. Hoth. Meor., 1884, j>. 03 (speciosus). 
liody suho^■ate to ovate, compressed. S('ales small and t'ycloid, covering the 
\\ hole ])ody ex<'ept tlu* niu'hal ridge, ijatt'ral iim^ with a long and gentle curve, the 
st'utes few and weak. Head rather large, compressed, with convex proble and 
long rounded snout, tlu' (diedvs. temples, and o('ciput mostly scaly. ]Mouth 
ti*rminal. pi'otractile, witli moderate obli(pie cleft, the ui)[)er jaw the longer; 
maxillary rather sliort, dilateii distally, its upper edge covered by the mem- 
hranous border id* the i>reorbital ; sui>])lemental bone well developed. Young 
with minute tiadh. which wholly disapp(*ar with age. Xhstrils sinall and ('on- 
tiguous. Eyes small, lateral, median, tlu^ adipose lid little developed. Preopercle 
entire, the l)ord(M* membranous. Spinous tlorsal low, with 8 feeble spines, some 
of wliich are absorb(*d in the adult; sold dorsal and anal with moderate t^qual 
lobes, the formei* with 18 to 21, the la1t(u* with 15 to 17 soft rays; anal spines 
small. Caudal deeply and widely forked. Pectoral long and falcate, with 22 
ra\'s. Ventrals moderate, originating below lower angle of ]mctoral-base. Gill- 
rakers well developed and rather stout, in moderate number. (From the 
Fnmch name raranpiK which is said to be a corruption of the Portuguese 
acaraiina.^^)'^^ 
Fishes of moderate size, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Indian and 
Pacific Oceans. Two, [>erhaps three, s])ecies r(a*ognisal)le. 
The main diiferences between C. riippf lUi and C. speciosus are as follow; — 
<n. Head about 4 in total lenjxtU; maxillary extending to below anterior border of eye or not 
quite so far . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . , . . . speciosus. 
(r. Head about 5.67 in total length; maxillary extending to below or beyond middle 
of eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . rUppellii.^~ 
“Similarly our vernacular name ‘‘trevally” is undoubtedly a corruption of the Spanish 
‘ ‘ crevalle. ’’ 
“’Gunther, Brit. Mrs. Catal. Fish., ii. 3860, p. 445 = C. petaiirisfa Kuppel], Atlas Fiseh. 
Eoth. ileer., 3 828, p. 95, pi. xxv, tig. 2. Xot of Geoff roy. 
