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Table 6. — Caranx crysos: Location and date of capture, number and size range (in mm.) of 683 speciynens examined — Con. 



Location 



Atlantic Ocean— Continued 



Capo Romain, S. C 



33°07' N„ 77°20' W _ .... 



33°14.7' N., 76°23' W 



33°24' N., 76°25' W 



33°29' N., 76°40' W 



33°43.5' X.,76°56' W 



33°44' N., 77°00' W _ 



33°50' X., 75°58' W 



33°50' X., 75°59' W 



34°02.5' X., 76°15.5' W 



34°03.7' X., 76°14.5' W 



Gulf Stream, 33 mi. south Lookout Lightship. 



35°01' X., 75°45' W 



35°08'30" X., 75°10' W 



Edge of Gulf Stream, of? Cape Ilatteras 



Mouth of York River, Va 



37°48'30" X., 69°43'30" W 



3S°49.3' N., 71°37' W 



39°26' X., 68°03'30" W 



39°58'30" X., 70°16' W 



Gulf or Mexico: 



Drv Tortugas, Fla 



Bohefish Bank. Fla . 



28°17' X., 88°27' W 



28°17' X., 88°3.V W 



28°17' X., 88°37' W 



28°20' X., 88°37' W. 



150 mi. South of Mobile Bay 



Baypnrt, Fla _ 



28°45' X., 88°03' W 



28°47' X., 87°56' W 



7°57' W 



, 87°50' W 



, 87°58' W 



28°47' X., 

 28°48' X., 

 28°50' X., 



Do 



Do 



28°50' X., 87°50' W. 

 28°55' X.,87°50' W. 

 28°55' X.,87°30' W. 

 28°55' X., 87°57' W. 



28°5.V X., 88W W. 

 28°58' X., 87°55' W__._ 



29°01' X., 87°48' W 



Do 



Do 



Yankeetown, Fla 



Cedar Key, Fla___ 



Do- 



Caribbean Sea: 



Rocky Point, Jamaica- 



Date captured 



July 11, 

 Aug. 10, 

 May 8, 

 Aug. 11, 



do._ 



Sept. 28, 

 Aug. 11, 

 Aug. 12, 

 July 10, 

 Sept. 28, 

 Julv 10, 

 July 28, 

 Sept. 29, 

 Oct. 17, 

 June 6, 

 July 8, 

 Sept. 7, 

 Aug. 3, 

 Auk. 31, 

 Sept. 1, 



1933 

 1953 

 1953 

 1953 



1954 

 1953 

 1953 

 1954 

 1954 

 1954 

 1915 

 1954 

 1885 

 1903 

 1953 

 1884 

 1952 

 1885 

 IS99 



Xov. 27, 

 Julv 22, 



do.. 



Aug. 22, 

 July 21, 

 Aug. 

 Sept. 25, 

 July 24, 

 Julv 23, 

 Aug. 15, 

 Aug. 14, 

 July 24. 

 July 20. 



do 



Aug. 13, 

 Aug. 10, 

 June 21, 

 Aug. 21, 

 Aug. 20, 

 Julv 20, 

 Aug. 22, 

 do... 



19110 

 1950 



1955 

 1956 

 1955 

 1954 

 1956 

 1956 

 1955 

 1955 

 1956 

 1950 



1955 

 1955 

 1957 

 1955 

 1955 

 1956 

 1955 



Oct. 26. 

 Sept. 

 Oct. 28, 



1930 

 1956 



1950 



June 23, 1957 



Collection 



ChM 33.176.3. ._ 



SAFI, GH13, Reg. 60 



SAFI, GU12. Reg. 63 



do— 



SAFI, Gill 3, Reg. 64 



SAFI, Gill. 8, Reg. 65 



SAFI, Gill 3, Reg. 65 



SAFI, Gill 3, Reg. 72.. _ 



SAFI, Gill!, Reg. 72 



SAFI, G018, Reg. 71 



SAFI, Gill 7, Reg. 71 



USNM 164480, Fish Hawk 



SAFI, GWX, Reg. 77 



USNM 104530, Albatross Sta. 2596.. 



USXM 53106 



UF884-. 



USXM 131600, Albatross Sta. 2223.. 



SAFI, Caryn- 



USXM 92618, Albatross Sta. 2569... 

 USXM 73248, Fish Hawk Sta. 7070. 



USXM 38597 



USXM 57312, Orian..- 

 UF 3914, Oregon 1.587.. 

 UF3911, Oregon 1586.. 

 GFEGR, Oregon 1380. 

 UF3917, Oregon 1585.. 



GFEGR, Oregon 



UF3744... — 



UF 3920, Oregon 1590.. 

 UF 3915, Oregon 1589.. 

 GFEGR, Oregon 1367. 

 GFEGR, Oregon 1365. 

 UF 3918, Oregon 1591.. 

 UF 3912, Oregon 1593.. 

 UF 3919, Oregon 1593— 

 GFI, Oregon 1363.. ... 

 GFEGR, Oregon 1356. 



SAFI, Oregon 1835 



GFEGR, Oregon 1372. 

 GFEGR, Oregon 1370. 

 UF 3916, Oregon 1582.. 

 GFEGR, Oregon 1374. 



GFI, Oregon 1374 



....do 



UF 1420 



SAFI 



....do 



Number 

 of speci- 

 mens 



UF (uneataloged). 



Size (mm.) 



107 

 7.0 



12. 4-29. 3 



79 



12-29 



71-82 



13.8 



7.5 



17-24. 5 



82.5 



11-19 



5. 7-7. 7 



76-83 



13. 2-16. 5 



16.6 



106-115 



21.0-24.2 



90-105 



25.5 



52.5 



88 



83.5 



80-145 



225-266 



19-23 



34. 5-49. 5 



54. 5-72 



133-219 



37. 5-41. 5 



12-37. 5 



20. 5-44 



23. 5-44 



17.59 



247-267 



14. 5-37. 5 



14 



22. 5-86 



15.5 



15-72 



20-49 



27. 5-33 



17. 5-53 



27. 5-41 



17 



142 



191 



193 



230 



Caranx ruber (Bloch) 



(Figures 34-38) 



Scomber ruber Bloch, 1793, p. 75, pi. CCCXLII (St. Croix, 



West Indies). 

 Caranx ruber, Bloch and Schneider, 1801, p. 29. 

 Caranx blochii Cuvier, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1833, 



p. 69 (St. Croix, West Indies; Gulf of Mexico). 

 ? Caranx dentex (non Bloch and Schneider), Giinther, 



1860, p. 441 (New Orleans). 

 Caranx iridinus Poey, 1860, p. 266 (Cuba). 

 Carangoides iridinus, Poey, 1868, p. 366. 

 Caranx (Elaphroloxon) ruber, Fowler, 1905a, p. 76 (new 



subgenus). 

 Elapholoxon ruber, Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, 1930, 



p. 271 (altered orthography; West Indies and coast of 



the Carolinas). 

 Caranx crysos (non Mitchill), Fowler, 1940, p. 766 (Rio de 



Janeiro, Brazil, but locality questioned). 



Nomenclature 



The nomenclature of Caranx ruber (Bloch) has 

 been decisive since Jordan and Gilbert (1884: 32) 



amended their earlier synonymization (1883: 198) 

 of this species with C. bartholomaei Cuvier. 



Material 



Measurements and counts were taken on a series 

 of 76 fish from 12.4 to 246 mm. standard length, 

 and meristic values were recorded for an additional 

 78 specimens within this size range. The 426 

 specimens identified are listed in table 10. 



Three young specimens from New Orleans 

 (presumably Louisiana) that are in the British 

 Museum (Natural History) and were recorded by 

 Giinther (1860: 441) as dentex are not that species, 

 but apparently are ruber. G. Palmer of the 

 Museum has kindly furnished information on 

 these specimens: 41 mm., 51 mm., and 59 mm. 

 standard length; dorsal soft -rays 27 (2), and 28 (1 ) ; 

 anal soft-rays 24 (3) ; lower-limb gill rakers 33 (3); 

 lateral-line ratio 1.31 (1), and 1.37 (2); no pig- 



