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Figure 78. — Caranx lalus: Relation of the mean lateral-line ratio to standard length. 



respects, the fourth and fifth bars on the left side 

 converged ventrally to unite at the lateral line 

 and continue as a single bar for a short distance 

 below the lateral line. 



At 21.8 mm., pigmentation on the first dorsal 

 fin is more intense than at 16.1 mm. and is largely 

 restricted to the membranes connecting the 

 second, third, and fourth spines (fig. 70). By 

 80 mm. it has spread over the fin (fig. 72). The 

 anal spines and their membranes and the pelvic 

 fins are unpigmented at 31.9 mm. and above. 

 The second dorsal and the caudal fins have pig- 

 mentation at their bases at 31.9 mm. and the 

 anal at a slightly larger size, although it is not as 

 prominent on the anal or caudal fins as on the 

 dorsal. Pigmentation intensifies and migrates to 

 the edge of the dorsal fin by 40 to 60 mm. (fig. 72), 

 and becomes concentrated on the distal half of 

 the dorsal lobe. 



Distribution off Southeastern Atlantic Coast of the 

 United States 



Specimens have been reported from the following 

 specific localities within this area: The northern 

 Bahamas by Lee (1889: 670), Bean (1905: 302), 

 Breder (1934: 70; 1951: 170), Nichols (1937c: 

 3; 1938a: 2), Fowler (1944: 443), and Ginsburg 

 (1952: 92); Palm Beach, Fla., by Fowler (1915: 

 248); Charleston, S. C, by Gill (1863: 433); 

 Folly Island, S. C, by Nichols (1937c: 3) and 

 Fowler (1945: 191); Perry Island, Bird Shoal, 

 and Beaufort, N. G, by Smith (1907: 206); 

 Beaufort, N. G, by Ginsburg (1952: 92); and 

 near Cape Hatteras by Bean (1905: 302). 



Figure 95 shows the locations for specimens 

 taken on the Gill cruises, a USNM specimen 

 examined (Cape Lookout, N. G), the ChM 

 specimen examined (Folly Island, S. C), a speci- 

 men examined from Bears Bluff Laboratory 



