Jordan and Ever>nann. — Fishes of North America. 921 



Cmanx xanlhopygiis, CuviER & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 109, 1833, Isle de France. 



Caianu; eJcala, Cdvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 117, 1833, Vizagapatam; alter 

 Ekala parah, of RussELL. 



Caranx atililUirum, Bennett, Whalinir Voyage, ii, 282, 1840, 'West Indies. 



Caranx deft'iisnr, DeKay, N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, 120, 1842, New York; Holbrook, Iclitli. SoiiDi 

 Carolina, 87, 1800. 



Carnnijii!' escHlcidnt:, Giraru, U. S. 5Iex. Bound. Surv., 23, (iI. xi, figs. 1-3, IS.")'.), Brazos San- 

 tiago, Texas. (Coll. Wiirdemann.) 



Caraiigus chrysos, GiLL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 4.34, 1802; young. 



Caraiix raniims, Gvntheh, Fish. Centr. Amer., 432, 1S(;9, Panama. 



Curtiiiyits hqipos, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 433, and elsewhere; Poey, Eni'imeratio, 

 75, 187r). 



Catai:x hippns, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mug., 1882, 269; Jordan A (Jilbert, Synopsis, 

 437; Jordan A Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 200. 



Subgenus PARATRACTUS, Gill. 



1314. CARANX CKYSOS (Mitchill). 



(IIarpTail; Riinner; Jurel ; Yellow Mackerel ; Cri^valle.) 



Head Sf; depth 3 J. D. VIII-I, 24; A. II-I, 19; lateral line 50 (scutes). 

 Body oblong, moderately elevated, the dorsal and ventral outlines about 

 equally arched. Profile forming a uniform curve. Snout rather sharp. 

 Mouth slightly oblique, a little below axis of body. Maxillary reaching 

 about to middle of orbit. Teeth comparatively large; a single series in 

 lower jaw ; upper jaw with an inner series of smaller teeth ; no canines; 

 teeth on vomer, palatines, and tongue. Eye rather small, shorter than 

 snout, 3^ in head. Gill rakers long and numerous. Pectoral as long as 

 head, liarely reaching anal ; rarely longer than head in certain specimens 

 from Kej'West, possibly referable to C. cabaU us. Scales moderate; cheeks 

 and breast scaly. Lateral line with a weak arch anteriorly, which is 

 about half length of straight portion. Lateral scutes numerous, devel- 

 oped on whole straight part of lateral line. Greenish olive, golden 

 yellow or silvery below ; a black blotch on opercle; fins all pale. Length 

 1 foot or more. Cape Cod to Brazil ; generally abundant, common farther 

 north than any of the other species of Caranx ; a well-known food-fisli 

 rarely exceeding a foot in length, not found in the Pacific, where it is 

 replaced by Caranx cabaJlus, (xpvouc, gold.) 



Scomber crijsos, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y., i, 1815, 424, New York. 



Ciiranx pi!>quiiit<:, Cuvier & A'alenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 97, 1833, San Domingo, Cuba, 

 and Brazil; Jordan & Gilbert, Synop.sis, 435, 1883. 



Trachurus Kiiiiamo>:u!i, Gronow, Cat. Fishes, Ed. Gray, 125, 18.54, Carolina. 



Caranx cnjms, De Kay, N. Y. Fauna : Fishes, 121, 1842; Gvntiier, Cat., ii, 445, 1860. 



Paralractnsjii'uiuiflii.^, GiLL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1802, 432; Poey, Synopsis, 336, 1S68. 



Caranx rhriisiif, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, 190; Jordan & Gilbert, Synop- 

 sis, 970, 1883. 



1315, CARANX CABALLUS (Giinther). 



(Cocinero ; CociNERo DoRABO ; Jurel.) 



Head 4 ; depth 3h. D. VIII-I, 24 (22 to 24) ; A. II-I, 21 (20 or 21^ : hit- 

 eral line 41 (developed scutes). Pectoral usually longer and scutes fewer 

 than in Caranx cryson. Form of C. crysos ; rather elongate, not greatly 



