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that they may have been spawned within this area 

 (12.4 to 15.7 mm. and 14 to 17 mm. specimens off 

 North Carolina, and 14.5 to 49 mm. specimens 

 about 350 miles off Virginia). Spawning in this 

 area probabl}' occurs in association with the Gulf 

 Stream since the small juveniles are found there. 

 Spawning to the south of this area that contributes 

 young ruber to the area probably occurs in waters 

 contributing to the Gulf Stream. 



Caranx bartholomaei Cuvier 



(Figures 48-54) 



Caranx bartholomaei Cuvier, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 

 1833, p. 100 (Saint- Barthelemi, West Indies). 



Caranx cibi Poey, 1860, p. 224 (Cuba). 



Carangus bartholomaei, Poey, 1866, p. 14 (Cuba). 



Carangoides cibi, Poey, 1866, p. 15 (Cuba). 



Caranx beani Jordan, 1881, p. 486 (Beaufort, N. C). 



Carangus cibi, Jordan and Gilbert, 1882b, p. 436 (West 

 Indies to Florida). 



Carangus beani, Jordan and Gilbert, 1882b, p. 436 (Beau- 

 fort, N. C). 



Caranx ruber (non Bloch), Jordan and Gilbert, 1883, p. 

 198 (in part; West Indies to North Carolina). 



Caranx pisquetus (non Cuvier), McCormick, in Smith, 

 1896, p. 175 (Biscayne Bay, Fla.). 



Caranx latus (non Agassiz), Jordan and Evermann, 1900, 

 pi. CXLII, fig. 389 (figure only). Fowler, 1950, p. 70 

 (northwest of Cay Sal Bank). 



Elaphotoxon bartholomaei, Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, 

 1930, p. 272 (West Indies, north to North Carolina). 



Caranx guara (non Bonnaterre, fide Jordan and Evermann), 

 Fowler, 1945, p. 292, fig. 307 (Boca Chica, Key West, 

 Fla.). Fowler, 1950, p. 70, fig. 3 (northwest of Cay 

 Sal Bank). 



Nomenclature 



The nomenclature of Caranx bartholomaei Cuvier 

 has been decisive since Jordan and Gilbert (1884: 

 32) amended their earlier consolidation (1883: 198) 

 of this species with C. ruber. As pointed out by 

 Bailey (1951: 251), Cuvier should be recognized 

 as the sole author. However, Fowler (1944: 443; 

 1952a: 127; 1952b: 99; and elsewhere) has regarded 

 Valenciennes as the only author. 



Material 



Measurements and counts were taken on a series 

 of 78 fish from 6.0 to 243 mm. standard length, 

 and meristic values were recorded for an additional 

 8 specimens within this size range. The 6.0-mm. 

 specimen is tentatively identified as this species. 

 A damaged specimen of 315 mm. was the largest 

 examined. The 125 specimens identified are listed 

 in table 14. 



A 17.4-mm. specimen of bartholomaei, ANSP 

 72689, northwest of Cay Sal Bank, 23°50'N., 

 80°40'W., March 26, 1948, identified as a 22-mm. 

 total length latus by Fowler (1950: 70) has 26 

 dorsal and 22 anal soft-rays, 20 lower-limb gill 

 rakers, 4 upper-limb and 7 lower-limb preopercular 

 spines, and traces of 4 vague bars above the lateral 

 line. This combination of characters distinguishes 

 bartholomaei of this size from the other species of 

 Western Atlantic Caranx. 



Two specimens of bartholomaei, ANSP 70973-74, 

 24.4 mm. and 45 mm. standard length, from Boca 

 Chica, Key West, Fla., that were labeled guara, 



Figure 48. — Caranx bartholomaei (?) larva, 6.0 mm. standard length (Gill 2, Reg. 2). 



