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from Cuba by Poey (1860: 223), was placed in the 

 synonymy of Xurel fasciatus (Cuvier) by Jordan, 

 Evermann, and Clark (op. cit.) and by Howell y 

 Rivero (1938: 187). However, Jordan and Ever- 

 mann's genus Xurel (1927: 505) is taxonomically 

 unsound and has been disregarded, and most of 

 the species placed in this genus have been returned 

 to the genus Caranx. This would superficially 

 indicate that C. fasciatus Cuvier should be in the 

 genus Caranx. 



Mrs. M. M. Dick, Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology, kindly examined Poey's co types of 

 C. secundus and furnished information on four of 

 the characters commonly used to separate the 

 genera Caranx and Hemicaranx. In one character 

 there is a resemblance to Caranx: the greatest 

 width of the maxillary is greater than the diameter 

 of the pupil; however, this character may be 

 expected to vary with growth. The other three 

 characters are all of Hemicaranx affinity: there 

 are no vomerine teeth; all teeth in the jaws are 

 approximately equal in size, none enlarged; and 

 there are no bilaterally paired fleshy keels on the 

 peduncle. In view of the evidence, this form 

 should be currently considered as Hemicaranx 

 fasciatus (Cuvier). Cuvier is recognized as the 

 sole author of the name in accord with Bailey 

 (1951:249). 



A comparison of Poey's cotypes with Hemi- 

 caranx amblyrhynchus (Cuvier) of comparable 

 sizes, if available, should be made to determine 

 the relationship of these two forms. 



Uraspis Heidi Fowler 



Uraspis heidi Fowler, 1938, p. 150 (Manasquan, N. J.). 

 ? Caranx lugubris (non Poey), Longley, in Longley and 

 Hildebrand, 1941, p. 78 (Long Key, Tortugas, Fla.). 



Only two definite published records exist for 

 this species: the type, 273 mm. standard length 

 (320 mm. total length), from Manasquan, N. J., 

 Sept. 3, 1938, was described by Fowler (1938: 150) 

 and later illustrated (1952a, fig. 1). The species 

 was corroborated and further described by Gins- 

 burg (1952: 99, pi. 5, fig. b) from a specimen 

 207 mm. total length, from Oregon station 131, 

 29°20' N., 88°35.5' W., about 25 miles east of 

 Pass a Loutre, La., Sept. 24, 1950. 



A third known specimen, from off North 

 Carolina in September 1954, is cataloged as 

 USNM 163884. It agrees with the foregoing 



descriptions: standard length 192 mm.; total 

 length 238 mm. Dorsal VIII, 1-29. Anal 1, 1-22 

 (first anal spine covered by skin). Pectoral 1-22. 

 Gill rakers 6 + 14 (both sides). Scutes 36 (both 

 sides; about 25 of the scutes on each side have 

 forward-directed spines) . 



The specimen identified by Longley, in Longley 

 and Hildebrand (1941: 78) as C. lugubris was 

 probably this species. He described the specimen, 

 about 80 mm. long and found in the waste of 

 Long Key (Tortugas, Fla.) tern colony, as having 

 strongly antrorse or forward-directed spines on 

 the scutes of the posterior half of the straight 

 lateral line, a leaden color, and a shorter snout and 

 larger head than possessed by other Caranx species 

 at Tortugas. All of these characters are distinc- 

 tive of U. heidi and, since the specimen is appar- 

 ently no longer available, Longley's record should 

 be placed in the questionable synonymy of U. 

 heidi. 



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1855. Report on the fishes observed on the coasts of 

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