Caranx forsteri Cuvier, 
Head 2 9.10; depth 23 to 2 7/8; D. I, VIII - I, 20 to 
22; A. II = I, 16 or 17; scales 46 to 56731 or 32; snout 
3% to 4 in head from upper jaw tip; eye 3 1/6 to 3 3/5; 
maxillary 2 to 2 1/10; interorbital 3% to 3 %. 
Body well compressed, evenly fusiform, Head width 2 
to 22 in total head length, Snout width about 7/8 its 
length, “ind pupil vee about midway in head length, little 
advanced in young. Adipose= eyelid covers about last 
fourth of age, less in young. Lower jaw slightly protruded, 
Maxillary nearly to hind pupil edge; expansion < in eye, 
Teeth conic, slightly enlarged in front of jaws; few small 
short teeth in inner row above; minute teeth on vomer; pale 
atines and tongue. Nostrils together, close before eye, Ine# 
terorbital convex, Rakers iv or Vv, 3 or 4414, iii or iv, 
lanceolate. Scutes without striae; circuli 17 to 40; breast . 
entirely scaled; curve of lateral line 1% to 1 3/5 in straight 
section, Third erect dorsal spine 2 2/5 to 2$ in head, 
Soft dorsal inserted about midway between eyeecenter and can- 
dal base, first branched ray 1 4/5 to 2; pectoral but little 
shorter or equals head; ventral 2 1/8 to 244 Om alcohol 
brownish, much paler below. Fins all dull brown. Two from 
Fiji, one from Tahiti and one from Sulu, Length 98? to 1353 
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