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Figure 8 



Longfin crevalle jack iCaranx fischeri) (A-C) and crevalle jack iCaranx hippos) (D and E): (A) 31 

 cm FL, Benin, FAO; (B) 20.9 kg and ca. 100 cm PL, Gabon, IGFA; (C) ca. 26 kg, Gabon, A. Choinier; 

 (D) Florida Bay, Gulf of Mexico, J. P. Reid; E) Angola, IGFA. 



(36.4); head length 29.0-31.6 (29.9). As percentages of 

 head length: postorbital head length 49.5-57.4 (50.5); 

 snout length 24.4-28.4 (26.1); eye diameter 16.4-25.2 

 (23.1); upper jaw length 43.1-46.3 (45.2). 



Fresh coloration of adults (Fig. 8, A-C) olive to green- 

 ish-blue dorsally, changing to silvery white on lower 

 sides and ventrally; prominent black spot, approximate- 

 ly diameter of pupil, posteriorly on opercle at level of 

 eye; an oval black spot on lower pectoral-fin rays and 

 in upper axil of pectoral fins; dorsal fin dark brown; 

 anal-fin lobe mostly white, especially anteriorly, and 

 remainder of fin brownish-yellow; pelvic fins white and 

 caudal fin brownish-yellow. 



In preserved adults, the dark spot on the opercle 

 and dark blotch on lower pectoral-fin rays are readily 

 apparent, the latter on rays 6 or 7 to 14-16 (counting 

 ventrally). The relatively pale anterior of the anal-fin 

 lobe in comparison to the remainder of the fin is also 

 evident. Small juveniles have five dusky bands on body; 

 lack the dark blotch on the pectoral fin, have a heavily 

 pigmented spinous dorsal fin and the dorsal-fin lobe is 

 dark distally. Two juveniles, 35-40 mm FL (CAS-SU 

 69861) collected near the mouth of the Volta River, 

 Ghana, had the identical pigmentation of 28 specimens 

 of C. hippos (CAS-SU 64646) taken in the same col- 

 lection, including some in the same size range. Berry 



