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their flesh is generally considered coarse and relatively 

 unpalatable. Small individuals are more flavorful and 

 bleeding immediately after capture is recommended. 

 According to Shipp (1986), some of the better seafood 

 cooks make delectable marinated specialties using C. 

 hippos. 



Caranx fischeri, new species 



Longfin crevalle jack 



(Figs. 1A, 4-7, 8, A-C, 11; Tables 1-4) 



Caranx hippos (not of Linnaeus): Clark, 1915:385 

 (listed; Ascension Island); Fowler, 1919:254 (brief 

 description; not distinct from American examples); 

 Norman and Irvine, 1947:140, Fig. 65 (biology; ar- 

 tisanal fishery; Ghana); Tortonese, 1952:302, Figs. 

 11-12 (description; Mediterranean specimens and 

 records); Franca, 1954:24, pi. 3 Figs. 2-3 (descrip- 

 tion; Luanda, Angola); Poll, 1954:131, Fig. 37, pi. 

 4, Figs. 1 and 3 (description); Cadenat, 1960:1392 

 (compared with "C carangus"=C. hippos); Cadenat, 

 1961:240 (listed); Bauchot and Blanc, 1963:43, Fig. 2c 

 (in part, composite description, also includes C. hip- . 

 pas; distribution); Daget and Stauch, 1968:40 (listed; 

 Congo );Williams, 1968:252 (maximum reported size 

 75 cm); Blache et al., 1970:313, Fig. 818 (identifica- 

 tion key; distinguished from "C. carangus"=C. hip- 

 pos); Daget and litis, 1965:238, Fig. 152 (description; 

 Ivory Coast); Tortonese, 1975:156, Fig. 64 (descrip- 

 tion; Mediterranean records, after Tortonese, 1952); 

 Okera, 1978:85 (beach seine fishery, occasionally 

 taken with "C. carangus"=C. hippos; Sierra Leone); 

 Smith-Vaniz and Berry, 1981: unpaginated; Fig. (in 

 part, composite description; distribution); Bianchi, 

 1986:49, Fig., color pi. II, Fig. 10 (habitat; biology; 

 fisheries utilization; Angola); Smith-Vaniz, 1986:824, 

 Fig. (in part, composite diagnosis; habitat; distribu- 

 tion); Bellemans et al., 1988:46, Fig., color pi. 2, Fig. 

 10 (local names; habitat); Papaconstantinou, 1988:95 

 (compiled; Greek seas); Edwards and Glass, 1987:1377 

 (unconfirmed records, St. Helena); Edwards, 1990:97, 

 Fig. 48 (compiled description; unconfirmed occur- 

 rence at St. Helena); Smith-Vaniz et al., 1990:732 

 (in part, composite synonymy; distribution); Afonso 

 et al., 1999:73 (listed; Gulf of Guinea); Bilecenoglu 

 et al., 2002:84 (Aegean and Turkish seas; compiled); 

 Edwards et al., 2003:2238 (J. R. Irvine's Ghanaian 

 specimens). 



Caranx carangus (non Bloch); Ehrenbaum, 1915:65 

 (misidentification, in part, Fig. of C. hippos after 

 Goode, 1984; description; Cameroon); Chabanaud and 

 Monod, 1927:18, Fig. 24 (listed, rare; Port Etienne, 

 Mauritania); Collignon et al., 1957:192, Fig. 47 (brief 

 description). 



Holotype ANSP 140256 (328 mm FL), Cameroon, 

 Douala, 22 Aug 1978, obtained by P. J. P. Whitehead. 



Paratypes One-hundred twenty-eight specimens 

 (33-530 mm FL) from 56 collections. SENEGAL: 



IRSNB 829 (530), Dakar, Madeleine Island, 9 Nov 

 1949, G. Marlier; MNHN 1978-260 (313), coast of Sen- 

 egal. GUINEA: ISH 163/62 (227), 9°45'N, 13°55'W, 17 

 m. SIERRA LEON: ANSP 158497 (237), Freetown, 

 8°29'24"N, 13°11'30"W, 6 m, hook and line, 9 Feb 1968, 

 RV Undaunted Cr. 6801, G. Beardsley; ANSP 158498 

 (239), 7°07'N, ir57'30"W, 18-21 m, Guinea Trawling 

 Survey I, RV La Rafale. Trans. 12, sta. 1, 13 Nov 1963; 

 BMNH 1928.8.3.14 (164.5), "Sierra Leone," J. Hornell; 

 USNM 279566 (2, 163-203), St. Anne Banana Islands, 

 15-25 m, Feb 1986, G. Naylor. LIBERIA: USNM 193784 

 (121), Mesurado River beach, 6°19'N, 10^48'W, 24 May 

 1952, G. C. Miller; USNM 193790 (148) and USNM 

 193792 (102), Mesurado River beach, 20 Jun 1952, G. 

 C. Miller; USNM 193779 (2, 148-163), Monrovia, Free- 

 port, 5 May 1953, G. C. Miller. IVORY COAST: MNHN 

 1978-200 (253). GHANA: BMNH 1930.8.26.49-50 (2, 

 91-139), Accra, Mar 1930, F. R. Irvine (Irvine 53); 

 BMNH 1938.12.15.48 (114), Volta River, Amedica, May 

 1938, F. R. Irvine (Irvine 237); BMNH 1939.7.12.12 

 (271), Prampram, Sep 1938, F. R. Irvine (Irvine 316); 

 CAS-SU 64645 (118), Volta River; CAS-SU 64648 (124), 

 Lower Volta River, Jun-Jul 1963, W. Titiati; CAS-SU 

 64700 (69), Battor River, 2 Mar 1964, T. R. Roberts; 

 CAS-SU 66674 (41), Voha River at Amedia, 8 Mar 1963, 

 T. R. Roberts; CAS-SU 69861 (2, 35-40), mouth of Volta 

 River at Little Ada, 12 Jan 1963, T. R. Roberts; USNM 

 373240 (17, 33-52), Volta River at Big Ada, 9 Mar 1960, 

 G. W. Bane; USNM 300660 (113), Tema Nunga, 18 May 

 1962, G. W. Bane; USNM 373242 (22, 37-52), beach at 

 Tema fishing harbor, 15 Dec 1959, G. W. Bane; USNM 

 365702 (16, 71-90). Dix Cove Amaful, 25 Jan 1961, G. 

 W. Bane; USNM 373244 (56), Ahiado River W. of Aman- 

 ful, Takoradi, 4 Feb 1961, Amegah; USNM 368973 (3, 

 49-88), Ashantee, Beyah River, 27 Nov 1889, W. H. 

 Brown, U.S. Eclipse African Exped. TOGO: ZMH 14575 

 (155), lagoon near Anecto, "Dr. Liebl," summer 1909. 

 BENIN: MNHN 1967-826 (198), 6°15'N, 2°38'E, 23 m, 

 27 Jul 1964, A. Crosnier and J. Marteau. NIGERIA: 

 BMNH 1968.11.15.31-32 (2, 85-169), Lagos Lagoon, 

 1967, S. O. Fagade; ANSP 158495 (3, 154-163), 4°15'N, 

 6°49'E, 15 m, Guinea Trawling Survey II, RV Thierry, 

 trans. 43, sta. 1, 5 Apr 1964; CAS 38373 (135), 6°21'N, 

 2°54'E, 15 m, Guinea Trawling Survey II, RV Thierry, 

 trans. 36, sta. 1, 19 Mar 1964; CAS 38375 (2, 145-160), 

 4°28'N, 5°07'E, 19 m, Guinea Trawling Survey II, RV 

 Thierry, trans. 41, sta. 7, 2 Apr 1964; CAS 38395 (2, 

 146-150), 5°15'N, 5°09'E, Guinea Trawling Survey II, 

 RV Thierry, trans. 40, sta. 1, 30 Mar 1964; ISH 1147/64 

 (145), 5°09'N, 4°39'W, 20 m; ZMUC P.46362 (450), Bonny 

 River, 22 Feb 1946, "Atlantidae" sta. Ill; MNHN 1896- 

 327 (153), Campagne Touree; BMNH 1956.9.6.68 (183), 

 Lagos Tarkwe, F. Williams. CAMEROON: ANSP 140288 

 (156), Victoria, 23 Aug 1978, FAO; BMNH 1936.12. 29.7 

 (172), Victoria, Cross River; D. Tovey; CAS-SU 15883 

 (2, 41-44), Bwanjo, Bwanjo River, 15 Sep 1936, A. I. 

 Good; CAS-SU 15884 (150), Kribi, 25 Oct 1938, A. I. 

 Good; CAS-SU 15885 (171), Kribi, 23 Feb 1940, A. I. 

 Good; CAS-SU 18221 (77), Mbode, 23 Dec 1940, A. I. 

 Good; CAS-SU 18222 (82), Kribi, Kribi River, 24 Sep 



