Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 919 



widest about eciiialiiig diaiueter of orl)it, aiul more than twice as wide as 

 the light interspaces ; breast blackish ; head dusky ; end of suout black; 

 a distinct black blotch on upper angle of opercle ; fins somewhat dusky; 

 the lower yellow in life; pectoral without spot; axil dusky; anal white 

 at tip of lobe. Pacific Coast of Mexico, Mazatlan to Punta Arenas. A 

 well-marked species, abundant about the entrance to the Gulf of Califor- 

 nia, its range extending thence to the coast of Central America, {vinctus, 

 banded.) 



Caraiix iihc/hs, Jordan & Gii.ueut, Troc. U. S. Nat. Mns., T881, 340, Mazatlan ; (Typn, Nos. 



28365 and 2836G. Coll. Gilbert); Jordan & Gti.REiiT, Proc. V. S. Nat. Miis., 1883, 107. 

 Caratix, sp., Lav & Bennett, Beochey's Voyage, 55, 1840, San Bias; Mazatlan. 



Subgenus CARANX. 



l;Jll. CARANX RUBER (Blocli). 



(CiBi Mancuo ; Cakbonero.) 



Head .S^ ; depth 3*. D. VII-I, 26; A. II, I, 22; scutes 25 to 29. 

 Straight portim of lateral line considerably longer than curved part, 2i 

 in body. Lateral line not strongly arched; maxillary scarcely reaching 

 front of eye ; teeth on vomer and palatines persistent, those on jaws in 

 a few series without canines. Dorsal low, its anterior rays slightly 

 falcate, 2^ in head. Color bluish olive, silvery below, scarcely yellowish 

 in life; a vaguely defined horizontal stripe of clear blue just below the 

 dorsal; dorsal yellowish gray, other fins dusky olive, a distinct black- 

 ish bar extending along lower lobe of caudal. West Indies ; not rare. 

 {ruier, red, which the species is not; it was originally named from a 

 drawing erroneously colored.) 



Scomber ruber, Blocii, Ichthyologia, plate 342, 1793, Ste. Croix. 



Caranx ruber, Bloch & Schneider, Syst, Iclithyol., 29, 18U1; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. 



Nat. Mns., 1884, 32; Gunther, Cat., ii, 430. 

 Caranx blochii, CuviER & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poisa., ix, 69, 1833, Ste. Croix; sann^ type. 

 Caranx iridimis, PoEY, Memorias, ii, 220, 1860, Cuba. 

 Carangoides iridinus, PoEY, Synopsis, 366, 1868; Poey, Eiuimeratio, 77, 1875. 



1312. CAUAXX BARTHOLOMjEI, Ouvier * Valencieuues. 

 (Yellow Jack ; Cini Amarillo.) 



Head 8! ; depth 2*. D. VIII-I, 27 ; A. 11-1,23 ; scales 28. Body ovate, 

 deep and compressed, somewhat elliptical ; the profile anteriorly not ele- 

 vated, forming an even curve continuous from the snout to the base of 

 the dorsal, the snout therefore not blunt. Top of head not much com- 

 pressed. Premaxillaries on the level of the lower edge <Jf the pupil ; 

 maxillary not reaching to opposite the front of the pupil. Teeth rather 

 small, in a narrow band on each jaw, without distinct canines ; villiform 

 teeth on tongue, vomer, and palatines. Cheek about as deep as the eye, 

 which is rather small, considerably shorter than snout; adipose eyelid 

 little developed. Cill rakers long. Breast entirely scaly ; soft parts of 

 the vertical tins densely covered with small scales. Dorsal low, its anterior 

 rays slightly falcate. Pectoral fin falcate, a little shorter than the head, 



