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whitish lateral bands; all the fins white-margined. D. X-33; A. 33. 

 Tropical seas, north to South Carolina. 



C Eclinirix HiH'iitu Menzies, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. i, 1^7, 1791: Echeneis tropica En- 

 phrasen, Xya Haudl. 1791, 317; Echciu-in lineata Guuther, ii, 382: Evhenda apicalis and 

 xjilii/rifiHtriim 1'oey, Mem. Cuba, ii, 254, 255.) 



Page 433. The identification of the species of Caranx may be facili- 

 tated b}- the following key, which may be substituted for the analysis 

 given in the text: 



a. Rays of soft dorsal I, 23 to I, 27; teeth subeqnal, or the outer a little enlarged. 

 1. Shoulder-girdle In-low with a fleshy projection, in front of which is a cross- 

 i'un*ow ; body elongate; depth 3 in length. {Traclturopa Gill.) 



CuUMKXOPin HALM US. 



56. Shoulder-girdle without peculiar appendage. 



<. Maxillary broad; dorsal and anal usually more or less elevated anteriorly, r 



falcate ; head large, more than J length. 

 d. Scutes 40 to 50. (Paratractus Gill.) 



e. Pectoral little longer than head; depth 3 in length ............. CHRYSIS.* 



ee. Pectoral considerably longer than head; depth 3 in length.. .CAUALi.rs. 

 dd. Scutes (developed) about 30. (Carangoides Bleeker.) 



/. Length of pectoral equal to depth of body, which is 3 in length ---- CIBI. 



ff. Length of pectoral less than depth of body, which is 2J in length. 

 (Young of ci&i?) ................................................ BKANI. 



cc. Maxillary very narrow ; dorsal and anal scarcely elevated in front ; head small, 

 not one-fourth length of body; lateral line very strongly arched; scutes 

 about 50. (Carangops Gill) ........................ A.MBLYKIIY \rnrs. 



oa. Rays of soft dorsal I, 20 to I, 22; body deep; teeth of the outer row enlarged, 



sometimes forming feeble canines; scutes 30 to :!.">. (Car<iiu:i) 

 g. Breast entirely scaly; opercular spot very small ............. FALLAX. 



gg. Breast naked, except a small median area; opercular spot large. 



Jlll'POS. 



\\\\. No. G99 should be 



699. T. Klaatcais (Bloch) C. & V. 

 (r!,,i't<Kl<>n glaiicns Bloch, Ichth. vi, 76, pi. 210.) 



I 'a!;-c IS!>. After Ammocrypta pdlucida add: 

 7G2 (ft) A. vivax liny. 



IVlhiriil; sides with 10 dusky blotches, most distinct posteriorly; 14 

 similar blotrlies alon-' back; top of head speckled; lins with a lew- 

 dots. l-'onn <>!' A. jxllni'idii. Maxillaries rcacliin- front of orbit; teeth 

 rather weak; eye :i.\ in head, '(inal to snout; elieeksand operdes scaly. 

 Body covered with small, strongly ctenoid scales, e\ce])t the regions 

 immediately l>efore ;m(| hehind bases of ]>aired lins. Spinous and soft 



*5com6er oryo Mitchill, Drana i.ii. ^ 1'hil. Soc. N. V. I, 1-M, lHir>=Crwx 



>lli,t ux C. & V. 



i = ('(ii-uii<iitx Cirard. The proj)er type of Caranx is Scumlxr riintiif/ux Bloch = Sc0i- 

 / hii>i>OH L. The word ('m-iimc (f'arangne) is a corruption of the Portuguese name 



Aaarauna. 



