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FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM ZOOLOGY, VOL. i. 



Caranx latus Agassiz. 



One specimen. 



Length, 12 inches. 



Head, 3 1-5; depth, 3; D. viii, 1-21; A. ii, 1-15; scutes, 28; eye, 

 3^; snout, 4; pectoral, 2^. Its tip reaching beyond straight 

 portion of the lateral line and beyond the front of the anal. 



Longest dorsal rays, i^ in head. Curved portion of lateral 

 line, iJ/2 in the straight portion. Body elongated and less com- 

 pressed than other species of Caranx in the collection. Opercu- 

 lar spot quite distinct. 



Caranx sansum (Forskal). 

 Four specimens. 



Chorinemus sanctipetri C. & V. 



Three specimens. 



The smaller specimen has the anal finlets connected by a mem- 

 brane; the dorsal less so. 



The tip of the pectoral fin reaches to about seventh anal ray. 

 The curved portion of the lateral line \y$ to i^ in the straight 

 portion. The upper lobe of the caudal end of longest dorsal 

 soft rays dark, nearly black in the smallest specimens. 



Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus). 



One specimen. 



Length, 8^ inches. 



Head, 3^; depth, 2^; D. vi, 23; A. ii, 120; eye, 3^/3; snout 

 4; maxillary, 3; longest dorsal ray, i 2-5 in the head. Lateral 

 line with the anterior half slightly arched; axil black; snout 

 blunt, vertical before the eye. 



SCOMBRID^:. 



Scomber microlepidotus Ruppel. 

 Five specimens. 



