of 
Caranx passer Valenciennes, fF 
Head 3 1/6 to 3 2/5; depth 2% 1 3 efot Dw 4, Vitie i, 
25 to 27; A. II - I, 23; scales 80 to 92+ 25 to 27; tubes 
about 75 in lateral line; snout 22 to 3 in head from upper 
jaw tip; eye 4% to s maxillary 2 4/5 to 3 1/8; interor- 
pital 3 to 3 7/8; 
Body strongly compressed, evenly fusiform, Head width 
2 to 22 in its length. Snout width 1% its length, Hind 
pupil edge about midway in head length, Mouth small, lower 
jaw slightly protrudes, Maxillary little beyond nostril, 
not quite to eye; expansion 2 in eye. Teeth in jaws short, 
rather blunt, biserial; teeth on palatines and vomer, Nos» 
trils small, together, near last 2/5 in snout. Interorbi- 
tal convex, Rakers 10 or 11722 or 23, lanceolate, little 
longer than filaments or 1¢ fin eye. Scales mostly adherent, 
‘eee striae 2 or % and circuli moderate; breast below pec- 
toral covered with small scales; lateral line well arched 
to straight section, about l 1/3. talk: 273 its veoe> curved 
section. Dorsal spines moderate. Sofy dorsal inserted 
about midway between nostrils and caudal base, Pectoral 
about half an eye-diameter shorter than head; ventral 2 im 
head, In alcohol dull brownish, with faded silvery reflec~ 
tions, back bluish gray. Blackish spot on hind opercle 
edge about half size of pupil. Fins all pale or dull browne 
ish, Spinous dorsal and soft dorsal lobe, dusky, Length 
208 to 235 mm, One from Sydney in the Wilkes collection, 
and 3 from Victoria in the Academy. 
