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Table 14. — Caranx bartholomaei: Location and dale of capture, number and size range of 125 specimens examined — Con. 



Caranx sp. ("latus and/or hippos") 



(Figures 65-68) 

 Material 



Nine specimens measuring from 5.4 to 8.3 mm. 

 standard length (table 15) are included in this 

 series (abbreviated in the text and figures to 

 "latus and/or hippos") because no specimens of 

 latus smaller than 16.1 mm. or of hippos smaller 

 than 15.3 mm. standard length that were suitable 

 for comparison were available. However, mor- 

 phometric trends, meristic values, and pigmenta- 

 tion delimit the series to these two species. The 

 term "latus and/or hippos" is utilized for con- 

 venience in briefly denoting relationship without 

 implying a specific nomenclatorial identity. This 

 series is not homogenous in all of the characters 

 examined, but it is impossible to determine if 

 one or both species are represented. I believe 

 that the largest specimen (fig. 68) is latus, because 

 of the nature of the pigmentation of the first 

 dorsal fin (compare with figs. 69 and 81), and 

 because the number of its anal rays (18) was found 

 in 8 out of 82 specimens of latus that were counted 

 while the maximum number counted in 132 

 specimens of hippos was 17. The 4.9-mm. speci- 

 men illustrated in figure 64 and identified as 

 Caranx sp. may belong to this series. Several 



characters of the specimen suggest this: body 

 depth (2.6 mm.), second anal spine length (0.23 

 mm.), and preopercular angle spine length (0.53 

 mm.). This specimen was taken at Gill 3, Reg. 

 60, 33°07' N., 77°20' W., August 10, 1953. 



Morphometric values of the "lotos and/or hippos" 

 series have been plotted on the graphs of latus 

 and hippos. Their description is. treated sep- 

 arately here and not under the accounts of latus 

 or hippos. 

 Characters 



Dorsal spines. — VIII and I. The spines are 

 well-formed at 5.4 mm. standard length (fig. 65). 

 The third and fourth spines are the longest and 

 are nearly equal in length at 5.4 mm. and 6.1 



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Figure 64. — Caranx sp. (latus or hippos'!) larva, 4.9 mm. 

 standard length (Gill 3, Reg. 60). 



