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Figure 12 



First dorsal-fin pterygiophore of crevalle jack (Caranx hippos) 

 in dorsal (above) and lateral (below) views, scale bar = 5 cm: 



(A) USNM 377462. Guinea-Bissau, from 107 cm FL specimen; 



(B) ANSP uncataloged, Atlantic Mexico, from a 36-cm-FL 

 specimen. See discussion of geographic variation in C. hippos 

 species account. 



114594 (420), 2 mi above mouth of Rio Sarstoon; USNM 

 114618 (7, 326-557); USNM 134378 (92); USNM 157572 

 (196). HOUNDURAS; ANSP 158504 (5, 227-251). 

 COSTA RICA: USNM 89073 (122); USNM 94155 (114). 

 PANAMA; ANSP 45238 (2, 119-136); USNM 79965 

 (287); USNM 79981 (440); USNM 128657 (2, 350-364); 

 USNM 128658 (334). COLOMBIA: USNM 94769 (2, 

 142-1581; USNM 290077 (247). CURACAO; USNM 

 34914 (263). VENEZUELA; ANSP 161642 (2, 202-209); 

 USNM 121801 (9, 136-213). GUYANA: USNM 186190 

 (357). FRENCH GUIANA: ANSP 148238 (294). BRAZIL: 

 AMNH 3889 (300), Para Mkt., holotype of Caranx 

 hippos tropicus; AMNH 58046 (274); ANSP 121329 

 (102); CAS 11861 (178); CAS-SU 22133 (4, 223-235); 

 CAS-SU 51828 (2, 216-235); CAS-SU 51830 (231); CAS- 

 SU 53013 (300); CAS-SU 53015 (311); CAS-SU 53016 

 (3, 316-319); CAS-SU 53025 (233); CAS-SU 53026 

 (232); CAS-SU 53080 (2, 605-617); CAS-SU 53082 (2, 

 534-555). MAURITANIA: MNHN 1978-216 (331), Port 

 Etienne. SENEGAL; BMNH 1900.6.28.302-303 (2, 95— 

 109), St. Louise, M. P. Delhez; ZMUC 25 (565), Senegal, 

 Dakar, Dec 1927, H. Madsen. GUINEA-BISSAU; USNM 

 377462 (estimated 107 cm) anterior dorsal-fin pterygi- 

 ophore. May 2004, P. Sebile. LIBERIA; ANSP 158494 

 (16, 29.5-35.0), 6°31-7°07N', 11°29-11°57'30"W, sur- 

 face dip net, 12 Nov 1963, B. B. Collette, sta. BBC 888. 

 GHANA; CAS-SU 64646 (28, 34.8-68.4), mouth of Volta 

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

 373239 (3, 33-52), Volta River at Big Ada, 9 Mar 1960, 

 G. W. Bane; USNM 42228 (71), Ashantee, Beyah River, 

 27 Nov 1889, W. H. Brown; USNM 373241 (3, 48-57), 

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



USNM 373247 (66), 0.4 km above mouth of Rio Hwini, 

 Takoradi, 26 Nov 1959, G. W. Bane; USNM 300496 (78), 

 Takoradi swimming pool, 10 Aug 1961, G. W. Bane; 

 USNM 368825 (65), Takoradi Fisheries Station bay, 

 14 Aug 1961, G. W. Bane. NIGERIA: MNHN 1896-328 

 (150), Campagne Toutee; BMNH 1968.11.15.29-30 (2, 

 93-94), Lagos Lagoon, 1967, S. O. Fagade. EQUA- 

 TORIAL GUINEA: MNHN 1893-14 (155), Pobeguin. 

 CONGO: MNHN 1967-0286 (88), Tchitemo, May 1964, 

 A. Stauch. WEST AFRICA; MNHN 1978-230 (274) 

 "coast of tropical French Africa." 



Caranx caninus GiJnther, 1867 



Pacific crevalle jack 



(Figs. 1C, 6-7, 11, 13-15; Tables 1-4) 



Caranx caninus Giinther, 1867:601 (original description; 

 Panama; holotype BMNH 1863.12.16.19); Gunther, 

 1868:432 (expanded description); Walford, 1937:72, 

 color pi. 51, Fig. A (diagnosis; comparison with C. hip- 

 pos; habits); Walford, 1974:15 ("disagreement among 

 ichthyologists as to whether species is distinct from 

 C. hippos;" distribution); Eschmeyer and Herald, 

 1983, Fig. 40 (diagnosis; possible synonym of C. hip- 

 pos; distribution); Allen and Robertson, 1994:126, pi. 

 VIII-4 (color photograph; brief description); Franke 

 and Acero, 1993:57 (size at sexual maturity; Colom- 

 bia); Grove and Lavenberg, 1997:362, Figs. 37 (color), 

 192, 193 (brief description; Galapagos); Garrison, 

 2000:166, color photograph (uncommon; Costa Rico, 

 Cocos Island); Lea and Rosenblatt, 2000:122 (occur- 

 rence in San Diego Bay). 



