EVIBLE FISHES OF QUEENSLAND.— OGILBT. 
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CITULA CHRYSOPHRYS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
Caranx chryi^ophrys Cnvicv & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, lS3rl, p. 77, pi. ccxlvii; Kner, 
Eeise Novara, Piscli., i)t. 2, 1805, p. 355; BouIenKer, Proe. Zool. Soc. London, 1887, p. 661. 
'1 Caranx chryfioplirys var. hycmalis Richardson, Hep. lehth. Cliiria & Japan, 1845, p. 275. 
Carangoides chrysopJiryoidcs Blecker, Xat. Tijds. Xederl. Ind., i, 1851, p. 366j id,, Verb. 
E'atav. Gen., xxiv, 1852, ilakreel., p. 63. 
Caranx diry-^opliryoidcs Gunther, Brit. Hus. Catal. Pisli., ii, 1860, p. 452 (after Bleelcer). 
Citula chryso 2 >iirys Bleeker, Xederl. Tijds. Dierk., iv, 1873, p. 132; id., in Pollen & van Bam,. 
Panne Hadagascar, pt. 4. 1875, Poiss., ]i. 00. 
LOXG-XOSPB TREVALLY. 
(Plate XXIV.) 
Ttjpe localifics: — Seyclielles {C. chrysophrijs) . 
Batavia {C. cJtrijsoplinjoides) . 
Body ovate and strongly compressed, the dorsal contour evenly rounded 
and more elevated than the ventral, which is linear and moderately declivous 
between the tip of 1he mandible and the ventral fins, feebly emarginate between 
the ventrals and the anal, the base of which is feebly convex and more strongly 
acclivous; width of body ;h95 to d-Oo in its depth, which is 2 to 2-1 in its length 
and 1*5 to 1-67 time the length of the head; abdominal region moderate, its 
length 1-7 to BSo in lhat of tlu' aiial ; caudal pedum-le about one fourth deeper 
than wide, its width 2-1 to 2-25 in the eye-diameter. II(‘ad rather large, the 
profile linear and moderat(dy ac'divous to above the eye, the oecipito-nuchal 
region gently convex, its M’idth 2*85 in its length, which is e(|ual to its dt‘])th and 
8 to 8.25 in the l)ody-length ; craniomuchal keel well developed. Eye moderate, 
with the adi])OS(‘ lid but little develo])ed, not nearly reaching to the pupil in 
front or behind, its diameter 8*4 to 8*75 in the lengih of the head, 1-85 in that 
of the snout, and a txdfle more than the elevated and amitely couAa'x interorbital 
width. Lower jaw slightly protruding; mandible extending to below the middle 
of the eye, maxillary to a little beyond its anterior border or even to below that 
of the ])npi]. its length 2*4 to 2-0 in that of the licad, the width of its concave 
distal extremity e*tnal to or a little less than its distance from the eye and 1*85 
to 2 in the eye-dianpder. Angle of preoi)tT*cle moderately crennlate. 
Jaws with broad bands of vitliform teeth, the outer series slightly enlarged ; 
head of vomer witli an angular band of similar teeth, the shaft smooth; villiform 
teeth in Avell developed hands on the palatines ; tongue toothless. 
Cheeks, temples, and nj>per edge of oi)er('les scaly : rest of head, a narroAv 
strip{' alo!ig each side of tlu* nuchal ridge, aud breast naked; preorbital and 
preo])erc]e crossed l>y ramulose rmicons canals; nuchal stripe with a similar 
canal, Avhich do('S not extend to th(‘ level of tlu' dorsal. Lateral line moderately 
curved to beloAv the 18 th dorsal ray, the length of the curved section three fifths 
more than tliat of the straight, which is weakly armed posteriorly Avith 20 to 
26 feeble plates, the Avidest of AA’liich, on the peduncle, is about one sixth of the 
eye-diameter. 
