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that the number of upper-limb and lower-limb 

 spines began to decrease in number at about 20 to 

 25 mm. (table 1). They stated that the terminal 

 dorsal and anal soft-rays were not formed on some 

 specimens until the fish were 6.0 mm. long, but 

 that one 5.0-mm. specimen had these rays — my 

 data indicated that the adult complement of all 

 fin rays had begun ossification by about 8.0 mm. 

 Their ranges of dorsal and anal soft-rays coincided 

 with my tabulations. They mentioned that the 

 procumbent spine of the dorsal fin is an interneural 

 spine (see under Definitions, p. 420). A useful 

 listing of stomach contents of the larval and 

 juvenile specimens is given. The authors sug- 

 gested that crysos may spawn throughout the year 

 with the main spawning occurring from January 

 through August — specimens taken off the south- 

 eastern Atlantic coast had produced my estimation 

 that the spawning season contributing young 

 crysos to this area extended from April into 

 September. They listed specimens of 12.1 to 

 24.2 mm. from inshore at Matecumbe Key, Fla. — 

 these are the smallest crysos to be recorded from 

 inshore waters, but they could have been carried 

 inshore from the nearby Gulf Stream (Florida 

 Current) by temporary currents. 



Specimens were obtained from the following 

 sources in addition to those previously acknowl- 

 edged: Earl E. Deubler, Jr., University of North 

 Carolina (UNC); Donald C. Scott, University of 

 Georgia (UG) ; Loren P. Woods, Chicago Natural 

 History Museum (CNHM); Bernard Lewis, 

 Institute of Jamaica (IJ). 



SPECIMENS EXAMINED 

 Caranx crysos 



Atlantic Beach, Carteret Co., N. C, 27 Oct. 1956, (1 

 specimen), 126 mm. standard length, UNC 806, group 

 No. 42.— 30 c 00' N., 80° 10' W., Silver Bay sta. 476, 18 

 June 1958, (1) 14.5 mm., SAFI collection.— 29°54' N., 

 80° 11' W., Silver Bay sta. 481, 19 June 1958, (7) 15.5 to 

 25 mm., SAFI.— 29°48' N., 80° 12' W., Silver Bay sta. 470, 

 17 June 1958, (2) 17.5 mm. and 22 mm., SAFI.— 29°38' N., 

 80° 14' W., Silver Bay sta. 460, 13 June 1958, (6) 14.4 to 

 31 mm., SAFI.— 29°38' N., 80°09' W., Silver Bay sta. 471, 

 17 June 1958, (8) 13.1 to 25 mm., SAFI.— Gulf of Mexico, 

 Oregon sta. 2198, (15) 20.5 to 50 mm., SAFI. 



Caranx ruber 



32° 13.5' N., 64°32.5' W., off Bermuda, 6 Aug. 1948, (1) 

 94 mm., CNHM 49168.— 30°00' N., 80°10' W., Silver Bay 

 sta. 476, 18 June 1958, (6) 32 to 63 mm., SAFI.— 29°54' N., 

 80° 11' W., Silver Bay sta. 481, 19 June 1958, (9) 14.1 to 

 20 mm., SAFI.— 29°48' N., 80°12' W., Silver Bay sta. 



470, 17 June 1958, (13) 1 1.0 to 53.5 mm., SAFI.— 29°38' N., 

 80° 16' W., Silver Bay sta. 461, 13 June 1958, (2) 24.5 mm. 

 and 25.5 mm., SAFE— 29°38' N., 80°14' W., Silver Bay 

 sta. 460, 13 June 1958, (5) 15.5 to 22.5 mm., SAFI.— 

 29°38' N., 80°09' W., Silver Bay sta. 471, 17 June 1958, 

 (17) 14.8 to 59 mm., SAFI.— 29°19' N., 79°58' W., Silver 

 Bay sta. 454, 12 June 1958, (2) 20 mm. and 23 mm., 

 SAFI.— 27°53' N., 79°09' W., Silver Bay sta. 442, 9 June 

 1958, (5) 20 to 25 mm., SAFI. — Gulf of Mexico, Oregon 

 sta. 2196, (7) 18.5 to 23 mm., SAFI.— Gulf of Mexico, 

 Oregon sta. 2198, (22) 19 to 74 mm., SAFI. — Southwest 

 Cays, Glover Reef, Caribbean Sea, 16 Jan. 1940, (1) 160 

 mm., CNHM 39813. 



Caranx bartholomoei 



Flatts Inlet, Bermuda, (1) 61 mm., CNHM 48629.— 

 Offshore between Beaufort Inlet and Cape Lookout, N. C, 

 Sept. 1956, (1) 156 mm., UNC 896.— 30°00' N., 80° 10' W., 

 Silver Bay sta. 476, 18 June 1958, (3) 20.5 to 38.5 mm., 

 SAFI.— 29°38' N., 80°16' W., Silver Bay sta. 461, 13 June 

 1958, (1) 24 mm., SAFI.— 29°38' N., 80°09' W., Silver Bay 

 sta. 471, 17 June 1958, (3) 28.5 to 33.5 mm., SAFI.— 

 29°22' N., 80°05' W., Silver Bay sta. 227, 24 Nov. 1957, 

 (1) 24 mm., SAFI. — East end of Kingston Harbor, 

 Jamaica, 14 May 1957, (1) 62.5 mm., UF collection. 



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



29°48' N., 80° 12' W., Silver Bay sta. 470, 17 June 1958, 



(1) 11.0 mm., SAFI. 



Caranx latus 



Flatts Inlet, Bermuda, (1) 52 mm., CNHM 48629.— 

 Richardson's Cove, Bermuda, 2 Sept. 1948, (2) 55 mm. 

 and 64 mm., CNHM 48356.— Flatts Inlet, Bermuda, 31 

 Jan. 1933, (1) 41.5 mm., CNHM 48652.— Little River at 

 Calabash, N. C, 23 Oct. 1957, (2) 40 mm. and 61 mm., 

 SAFI.— St. Simons Island, Ga., 18 Aug. 1958, (1) 65 mm., 

 SAFI. — Jekyll Causeway, Brunswick, Ga., 4 Aug. 1958, 



(2) 114 mm. and 124 mm., SAFI.— Garden Key, Tortugas, 

 Fla., 20 Mar. 1951, (7) 116 to 155 mm., UG collection.— 

 Alacran Rocks, Campeche Banks, Gulf of Mexico, Oregon, 

 27 Aug. 1951, (1) 478 mm., CNHM 46773.— Alacran Rocks, 

 Campeche Banks, Oregon, 27 Aug. 1951, (1) 602 mm., 

 CNHM 46772.— Southwest Cays, Glover Reef, Caribbean 

 Sea, 16 Jan. 1940, (1) 319 mm., CNHM 39717.— Runaway 

 Bay, Eaton Hall, Jamaica, about 12 June 1958, (1) 259 

 mm., UF collection. 



Caranx hippos T 



Plantation Key, Fla., 12 June 1956, (1) 12.8 mm., UF 

 collection. 



Caranx hippos 



Great Egg Harbor, N. J., 10 July 1958, (2) 34 mm. and 

 41 mm., SAFI.— Ocean View, Va., (1) 105 mm., CNHM 

 1164.— Little River at Calabash, N. C, 23 Oct. 1957, (2) 

 35.5 mm. and 50 mm., SAFI. — East shore of Scuppernong 

 River, Albemarle Sound, about 3.5 miles northwest of 

 Columbia, N. C, 7 Aug. 1956, (1) 60 mm., UNC 345 — 

 Jeremy Creek, McClellansville. S. C, 21 Aug. 1956, (2) 

 126 mm. and 127 mm., SAFI. — Jeremy Creek, Cape 

 Romain, S. C, 2 Nov. 1956, (2) 45.5 mm. and 53.5 mm., 



