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torals falcate, reach anal. Dorsal rays, VII I, 28 ; anal 

 rays, II I, 25 ; lateral-line scutes, 50. West Indies north- 

 ward. Not common. 



C. hippos, L. (defensor, caninus, carangus, chrysos, esculentus, &c.) Horse 

 Crevall<6. Southern Caranx. 



Olivaceous above ; sides and below golden or silvery ; a black 

 blotch on opercle ; anterior edge of dorsals black ; head large 

 and deep ; back strongly arched ; teeth in upper jaw in a broad 

 band ; distinct canines in lower jaw ; arched part of lateral line 

 three-fourths that of straight part ; breast naked ; scales in front 

 of ventrals only ; about thirty lateral-line scutes. Dorsal rays, 

 VIII I, 20; anal rays, II I, 17. Cape Cod to West 

 Indies. Common southward. 



" This species is much more numerous during some seasons 

 than others, but is generally to be met with in August and Sep- 

 tember in small companies." 



BLEPHARIS, Cuv. 

 B. crinitus, Akerly (Zeus, Caranx sutor). Shoemaker. 



Body rhomboid, much compressed ; apparently naked, with 

 large scales on posterior part of lateral line ; bands of villiform 

 teeth in mouth ; first dorsal with rudimentary spines, disappear- 

 ing with age ; generic characters otherwise much as in Caranx ; 

 bluish above, golden below; blotch on opercle on dorsal and 

 anal ; mouth oblique in young ; first rays of dorsal filamentous ; 

 soft rays of second dorsal and anal, nineteen and sixteen respect- 

 ively. 



" This species is very rare on our coast, single specimens being 

 met with at long intervals." 



SELENE, Lac. 

 (Argyriosus.) 



S. vomer, L. (Zeus, capillaris, argentea, pa.cifi.cm.) Rostrated Dory. 

 Hair-firmed Silver-fish. Moonfish. Horsehead, &c. 



Body much compressed, with nearly circular profile, very 

 steep in front ; premaxillaries protractile ; tongue narrow, free ; 

 teeth minute; spines filamentous in young; lateral line un- 

 armed ; bluish above, below golden silvery ; soft rays, dorsal 

 and anal, twenty- two and twenty. Different varieties or stages 



