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THE FISHES OF MALABAR. 
Fam. CARANGIDjE. 
Genus CARANX, Cuv. & Val. 
Olistus, scyris, blepharis, gallichthys, et hynnis, Cuv. & Val. 
Megalaspis, decapterus, selar, carangoides, lieglossus, uraspis, selaroides et 
gnathanodon, Bleeker. 
Carangus, Girard. 
Branchiostegals, seven: pseudobran chise. Body oblong or elevated, and more or less compressed. 
Eyes lateral. Cleft of mouth moderate. Infraorbital bones do not articulate with the preopercle. Two 
dorsals, the first having in front of it a recumbent immoveable spine directed forwards, the spinous less 
developed than the soft dorsal or anal, which are of nearly equal extent: whilst several of the posterior 
rays of both these last fins may be detached from the rest ( Megalaspis , Bleeker), or only one ( Decapterus , 
Bleeker). Two spines separated by an interspace from but in front of anal fin. Ventrals thoracic. Teeth 
disposed in various manners, and in some species the dentition changing with age. Scales small. 
Lateral line continuous, and curved anteriorly, with its posterior portion straight, and mailed with scaly 
plates, each of which is keeled and has a spinate termination. Air bladder bifurcated posteriorly. Pyloric 
appendages numerous. 
a. With eight or nine detached rays, behind dorsal and anal fins. 
Caranx Eottleri. 
Scomber Eottleri, Blocli , x. p. 40, t. 346. 
Woragoo, Bussell , pi. 143. 
Caranx Eottleri, Cuv. & Val. ix. p. 29; Cantor , Catal. p. 124; Gunther , Catal. ii. 
p. 424. 
B. vii. D. 8 | yo-TT viii.-ix. P. 21. Y. A. A. 2 | gk vii.-viii. C. 18. Keel 55. Vert, if 
Length, of head §, of pectoral J, of caudal of base of first dorsal of base of second dorsal 
(excluding free rays) of base of anal (excluding free rays) yy of total length. Height of head }■, 
of body §, of first dorsal of second dorsal of anal 4, of ventral 1, of total length. 
Eyes—Rather close to profile, diameter ^ of length of head, 1 diameter from end of snout, 
1 diameter apart. 
Body compressed, with a raised keel along the vertical portion of the lateral line. A gradual 
rise from the snout to the first dorsal. 
Lower jaw the longest: the maxilla extends to beneath the centre of the orbit. 
Teeth—Villiform in a single series except at the centre of the jaw. 
Fins—Pectoral and ventral in a line. First dorsal arises over the anterior fourth of pectoral, 
second dorsal over posterior fourth of pectoral : anal opposite ninth ray of dorsal. First dorsal 
triangular, with a procumbent spine in front, the interspinous membrane scarcely notched; both it 
and the anal spines can be received into grooves. Second dorsal highest in front, with from eight 
to nine free rays extending posteriorly as far as the root of the caudal. Pectoral falciform extend¬ 
ing to the twenty-fifth plate of lateral line. The second of the two spines before the anal the 
longest: the anterior rays of the anal higher than the posterior : eight or nine free rays behind the 
anal fin. Caudal deeply lobed. 
Scales—Small on the body, but not so over the head or before the ventral fin. 
