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Color ill life silvery ; olive above, scarcely tinged with golden below; 

 iris coppery, the adii)o,se eyelid very large, and covering its posterior 

 half. A very small, but distinct black opercular spot. A distinct shade 

 of dusky on lower i)art of pectoral toward the base, suggesting the 

 black pectoral spot of C. hippos. Caudal rather bright yellow; other 

 fins plain grayish ; soft dorsal and caudal edged with darker. Veutrals 

 white. This species rarely exceeds 15 inches in length. 



66. Caranx hippos L. Jack. 



Common in the deep waters, and taken with hook and line. This 

 species reaches a length of 3 to 4 feet, and is a food fish of fair quality. 



67. Caranx crinitus MitcLill. Sunfinh. 



A single specimen about 15 inches long obtained. The species is not; 

 uncommon. 



68. Selene vomer (L.) Moovfish. 



A single young specimen of the style known as '■'■Argyriosus vomer'''' 

 obtained. Probably not uncommon. 



69. Seriola lalandi Cuv. & Val. Amber Jack. 



{Seriola (ji<juH Pocy.) 



Rather common ; a food-fish of some importance ; taken with the 

 trolling-line. Numerous large specimens (20 to 30 pounds) seen, and 

 one small one obtain<;d. It is said to reach a weight of 100 i)ounds. 



Coloration essentially as in S. dumcrili. Dorsal fin dusky, with a 

 light yellow submarginal band. l*ectoral dusky yellowish ; ventrals 

 yellow and blackish ; anal blackish, with i)ale edge. Young and old 

 specimens have essentially the same general form, being at all stages 

 more slender than S. dumerili. 



Depth, 3| to 4^ in length; head, 3^ to 3f. Soft dorsal, 1, 34; A. 1, 

 21. Dorsal lobe, 2;^ in head. Maxillary, 2^. 



70. Seriola dumerili (Ki^sso). Almicore; Amber fish. 



(? TracKurus aliciolus Raiinesque, 1810. 

 Trachwns fanciattis Rafin('s(iue, 1810. 

 Caranx dumerili Risso, 1810. 

 ^ Seriola bemicoronala Pocy, 1800.) 



Eather less common than the preceding, and reaching a smaller size. 



Color in life pale grayish, silvery below ; a gilt band through eye to 

 base of caudal ; another through temporal region to front of soft dorsal. 

 No traces of dark cross bauds ; fins plain. 



Body deep, robust, not strongly compressed ; mouth larger than in 

 /S'. dorsalis, about as in *S'. lalandi, the maxillary reaching middle of pni)il, 

 2i in head; lobes of dorsal and anal low, not quite half length of 

 head; nape scarcely carinated. 



Head, 3yV in length ; depth, .3. D. 1, 32 ; A. 1, 21 ; length of specimen 

 described, about 2 feet. Specimens apparently of this species have beeu 

 obtained by Professor (lilbert at Aspinwall. 



