Old Wife ; Gaff-topsail Pampano 



bb. Body moderately compressed; sides without narrow black 

 crossbars. 



d. Body broad, ovate, the back arched. 



e. Lobes of vertical fins much elevated, that of dorsal in adult much 



longer than head; colour pale. 



/. Caudal lobes about 2f in length of body ; falcatits, 315 



ff. Caudal lobes longer, about 2| in body; rhomboides, 3 1 5 



ee. Lobes of vertical fins low, that of dorsal in adult shorter than 



head; colour dusky; culvert, 316 



JJ. Body oblong, the profile not strongly arched. 



g. Axil with a jet-black spot; depth about 2\ in length; 



kennedyi, 316 



gg. Axil not black; depth about 2f ; goodei, 316 



aa. Dorsal with 25 to 27 soft rays; anal with 22 to 26. 

 //. Dorsal with 25 soft rays; anal with 22. 



/. Body very deep, half as deep as long; argenteus, 317 



//. Body more slender, the depth f the length. 



/. Head moderate, about % as long as body; dorsal lobe pale; 



carolinus, 317 



jj. Head larger, 3^ to 3^- in body; dorsal lobe black;. .. .paloma, 319 

 hh. Dorsal with 27 soft rays; anal with 26; cayennensis, 317 



Old Wife; Gaff-topsail Pampano 

 Trachinotus glaucus (Bloch) 



This beautiful fish is found from Virginia to the Caribbean Sea. It 

 is found at Key West and is common about Porto Rico and doubt- 

 less about others of the West Indies. 



It attains a length of a foot or more, but is not highly valued as 

 food. In Porto Rico, however, it is handled by the fishermen and 

 ranks with the species of Carangus in food-value. 



Colour, bluish above, golden below; lobes of dorsal and anal 

 black; caudal dark; other fins pale; body with 4 narrow vertical 

 black bars, second and third longest and plainest. 



Pampanito 

 Trachinotus rhodopus Gill 



This fish is found from the Gulf of California southward to 

 Panama. It is very common on sandy shores, replacing on the 

 Pacific Coast, T. glaucus, which it much resembles. 



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