Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North Atnerica. 911 



1 Caranzomtmrn yhimierimms, Lac£i>£i>e, Hist. Nat. Poiss,, iii, 84, pi. 11,1802; scarculy idouti- 



fiable; from a fij^ure by Pli'MIEU, supposed to have been made in Martiuique. 

 'iV(it7mrH.s saioMs, Kafinesque, Indice d'lttiol. Siciliaria, 20, 1810; ba-scd on Scomber trachunm of 



LiNN.Kiss; Jordan &. Gilbert, Syuopsis, 911, 1883; Jouda.n ^t Gili!Ei;t, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., 188a, 191. 

 Cdiiaix seinispinosus, NlLssON, Prodr. Icbtliyol. Scand., 84,18.32, Scandinavia. 

 Tiiuliuriis emopiEus, Gronow, Cat., Ed. Gray, 1854, 125, seas of Europe; after Scumbc-r liiiea 



lulfirali curvo oinnino loricata of Gronow. 

 Tiachuriis Uimiei, Malm, Boliusliins Fauna, 421, Bohuslan, Sweden. 

 2Vac/iKn(s Iriwhunis, Lutken, Spolia Atlautica, 125, 1880. 



417. TRACHUROPS, Gill. 



Trachurops, GiLL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 431, 1862, (cnimoioplilhidiuus). 



This geuuH is close to Caranx, differing iu the more elongate form and 

 especially iu the structure of the shoulder girdle which has a deep cross- 

 furrow at its junction with the isthmus, with a tieshy projection above 

 the furrow. Species few, found in all warm seas. {lYachurus ; uip, 

 appearance.) 



1304. TRACHUROPS CRUMBiNOPHTHAL.lIUS (Bloch). 



(GOGGLER ; BlG-EYED SCAD ; GOGGLE-EYE JaCK ; ChICHARRO.) 



Head 3i ; depth 3i ; eye 3. D. VIII-I, 26 ; A. II-I, 22 ; scutes 35. Body 

 oblong elongate, little comjiressed, the back not elevated. Head elongate, 

 rather pointed, the lower jaw projecting ; maxillary reaching past the 

 front of the eye, which is very large, longer than snout, much deeper 

 than the cheeks, and greater than the interorbital width. A single series 

 of small teeth in each jaw ; verj' weak teeth on vomer and palatines; a 

 patch of teeth on tongue. Shoulder girdle near isthmus with a fleshy 

 projection, in front of which is a deep cross furrow ; adipose eyelid largely 

 developed. Scales comparatively large. Cheeks and breast scaly. Gill 

 rakers long, numerous. Lateral line scarcely arched, its scutes weak, but 

 little cariuated. Dorsal spines slender; free anal spines strong; pectorals 

 falcate, shortish, about ly in head. An angle at lower posterior part of 

 opercular region as iu Clupea. Bluish olive above, silvery below, a faint 

 opercular spot. Length about 2 feet. Both coasts of tropical America, 

 occasionally north to Cape Cod ; common iu the West Indies and on the 

 west coast of Mexico ; specimens examined by us from Cape San Lucas, 

 Mazatlan, Acapulco, and Panama. We are unable to see any difference 

 between the Pacific Coast form Trachurus brachychinis, Gill, and the ordi- 

 nary crumenojilithuhuuis. Specimens from Havana, Acapulco, and Mazatlan 

 agree perfectly. Also found on the coast of Africa and in most tropical 

 seas. (trwHit'H((, purse; o(p(hiAfi6r, eye.) 



Scomber a-umenophDuilmus, Blocii, Iclithyol., pi. 343, 1793, Acara in Guinea. 



Stoiiiher p)itmie)-i, Bloch, Ichtbyol., pi. 344, 1793, Antilles. 



Scomber hnlanlinplilhahuus, Block & Schneider, Sy.st. Iihtb., 29, 1801, Guinea. 



Car<mx macrophthalmus, Agassiz, Spi.x, Pise ISra.s., 107, 1829, Brazil. 



Trachurops brachychirm. Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pbila., 1862, 2G1, Cape San Lucas. 



Caranx crtimettopluhalmuii, LAcfipfiuE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 1(<7, IWi.i; Civif.r \- Valenciennes, 

 Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 02, 1833; Jordan \ Giluert, Syuoposis, 434; and of recent writers gen- 

 erally; GiNTiiER, Cat., II, 429, 180U. 



