CARANGIDAE. 99 



Caranx hippos (Linn^). 



Jordan, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1895, ser. 2, 5, p. 432. Gilbert & Starks, Mem. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1904, 



4, p. 77. 

 Scomber hippos Uss&, Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 1766, 12, p. 494. 



Two specimens 3^ and 6 inches long from Panama Bay. M. C. Z. 29702, 

 (1 specimen). 



Caranx caballus (Gunther). 



Trans. Zool. Soo. London, 1869, p. 431. Gilbert & Starks, Mem. Cal. .A.cad. Sci., 1904, 4, p. 78. 



One individual, No. 3125, 111 inches long from Panama. 



Caranx marg-inatus Gill. 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1866, p. 166 Gilbert & Starks, Mem. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1904, 4, p. 78. 



Two specimens, No. 3352 and 3353, M. C. Z. 29865, lOj and 11 inches long 

 from Acapulco. 



One specimen. No. 3126, 11 inches long from Panama. 



One specimen, M. C. Z. 29403, 4| inches long from Perico Island, Panama 

 Bay, two fathoms. 



Three specimens M. C. Z. 29589, each about 5 inches long from Station 

 4619, Lat. 7°, 15' N.; Long. 82°, 8' W. 



Dorsal VIII-I, 19 in two of them, and anal is 16 and 15; in the third the 

 dorsal is VIII-I, 20; anal 17; each one has 30 scutes; depth is about 1.88 in 

 length; head about 2.83; ej'e about 2.40 in head. 



General color silvery, somewhat punctulate with dusky, especially on top 

 of head and back, and caudal peduncle; six rather broad dusky cross-bars on 

 body, growing fainter below, the first under front of spinous dorsal, 6th across 

 caudal peduncle; anterior portion of spinous dorsal black, rest of spinous dorsal 

 translucent with dusky rays, all the other fins are colorless in one example and 

 yellowish in others. 



Caranx guara (Bonnaterre). 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 926. 

 Scomber guara Bonn., Encycl., 1788, p. 139, pi. 58. 



One specimen. No. 3197, M. C. Z. 29717, 15^ inches long from Easter 

 Island. 



One specimen. No. 3172, about 21* inches long probably from Easter Island. 



These specimens are provisionally identified as this species although the 

 head is considerably longer than that given in the description by Jordan and 

 Evermann (Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., p. 926). 



