/an/an and Everinann. — Fishes of iVori/i America. 899 



CeiUrunotiis wijeiittms, Lac£p£iie, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 316, 1802, Equatorial America. 

 Lichia (jitiebra, QuuY & Gaimakd, Voy. Freyc, Zoiil., 365, 1824, Equatorial America. 

 Ohoriiicmus sallaus, ('uviKu & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., viii, a'Ji, 1831, Martinique; 



Brazil, and San Domingo. 

 Chorincmm iiiUebra, Cuviek & Valenciennes, I. c, viii, 39G, 1831. 

 Scoinb7oides oceidi'tUalis, Joudan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 447, 1883. 

 Olkjoplites iiionialiix, GiLL, I'roc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1G6, 1863, Panama. 

 Chorinemiis inumutun, GCnthek, Fish Centr. Anicr., 433, 1869. 

 OUijopUlcs s««r«», Jordan & Gilbeut, Syuojisis, 973, 1883; Jukdan, Piuc. U. S. Nut. Mus., I>SS5, 



375. 



1285. OLIGOPLITES SAUEXS (BIocU). 



(Savteur.) 



Head 5^ iu total length with caudal ; depth 4i^ (with caudal). D. IV-I, 

 19 ; A. II-1, 20. Upper maxillary very narrow posteriorly, reaching beyond 

 vertical from posterior rim of orbit ; length of intermaxillary half that of 

 head ; snout a little longer than eye ; the infraorbital, situated above the 

 maxillary, is broader than the bone next above it ; none of these bones 

 reach to anterior preopercular edge. Posterior margin of infraorbital 

 ring nearly vertical. Coloration uniform. (Giinther.) West Indies ; not 

 seen by us; perhaps not distinct from OligopUttis miirm. Length 1 foot. 

 {saUetis, leaping.) 



Scomber salu'W, Bloch, Ichtliyologia, pi. 335, 1793. .Seo Vol. ,\. 

 Scomberokles saitiilor, Lac£i'6de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, pi. 19, fig. 2, 1800. 

 Clwrinemiis saUeH\ Cuvieb & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., viii, 389, 1831. 

 OligopUtes salieits, GOstheu, Cat., ii, 475, 1860. 



Represented in Lake Maracaibo, in fresh or brackish waters, by 



1285a. OLIGOPUTES SALIENS PALOMETA (Cuvier & Valuucieiiues). 



Entirely similar, but with the posterior margin of the infraorbital ring 

 deej)ly concave. (Giinther.) Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela; said to be a 

 food-tish of some importance, {palometa, a Spanish name applied to var- 

 ious species oi Bramida, Stromateidw, and Caranyida;.) 



Chonnemus paluiiiela, CvviEK A Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., viii, 392, 1831, Lake Mara- 

 caibo. 



12S6. OLKiOPLITES ALTl'S (Giiiithcr). 

 (.Iiia.L ; Monda.) 



Head 3^ to 4^ ; depth 3 to 3i ; eye Sg to 4 in head ; snout 3^' to 4 in head; 

 maxillary very narrow, Ii? in head, not quite reaching posterior border 

 of orbit. D. V-I, 19; A. II-I, 19. Lower jaw projecting. Lowest bone 

 of infraorbital broader than the bone above it. Pectoral lin longer than 

 the ventral, iiearlj' as long as the head without snout. Hody much deeper 

 and more compressed than in other species. Color silvery, bluish above. 

 Pacitic Coast of tropical America from Mazatian to Panama : a pretty fish, 

 rather common, easily distinguished by the deep l)ody. (dllitti, high.) 



Cliorinemus altim, Gi'NTHEU, Fishes Centr. Anier., 433, 1809, Panama. 



OliijoplUes altu!', Jorhan A; Gilbert, Proc. V. t^. Nat. Mus., 1882, 374; ibiil. Bull. \J. S. Fisli. Cuiiiui., 

 1882, 106 and 110; Jokua.v, Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., 1885, 375. 



