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FrouRE 69. — Caranx latus juvenile, 16.1 mm. standard length (UF 4291). 



Figure 70. — Caranx latus juvenile, 21.8 mm. standard length (Gill 8, Reg. 29 to 30). 



line ratios are 1.75, 1.80, 1.68. Of these two 

 characters, the only value that overlaps the 

 predicted range of hippos is the mean number of 

 scutes on the 77-mm. specimen. 



A 17.4-mm. specimen of bartholomaei, ANSP 

 72689, from northwest of Cay Sal Bank, which 



Fowler (1950: 90) identified as latus, is discussed 



under bartholomaei, page 472. 



Characters 



Dorsal spines. — VIII and I. The third spine is 

 the longest at all sizes. An interspinous mem- 

 brane connects the first and second dorsal fins 



