928 Bulletin 4j, United States Natio?ial Museum. 



1322. (JNATHANODON SPECIOSUS (Forskal). 



(MOJARRA DORAUA.) 



Head 3^ ; depth 2^- to 2. Second D. I, 20; A. I, 16; scutes weak, about 

 15. Teeth very niiuute, disappearing early ; none ou vomer or pahitiues; 

 cheeks scaly ; breast entirely scaly. Curve of lateral line 1^ in straight 

 part. Body broadly ovate, strongly compressed ; vertical tins somewhat 

 falcate; the lobe of the soft dorsal about half head; pectoral falcate, \ 

 longer than head. Gill rakers i-iumerous, long, about 20 below angle. 

 Color brilliant golden, with broad, dusky cross bands, a narrow stripe 

 between each pair of broad ones; opercular spot obsolete, a small black 

 axillary spot ; caudal lobes Avith dusky inner edge ; no dark spots on 

 caudal in young or old. Length 2 feet. Tropical parts of the Pacific 

 and Indian oceans. Cape San Lucas to the Eed Sea ; on sandy shores ; an 

 excellent and valued food-fish. The three dark blotches on the caudal 

 tin described and figured by authors as characteristic of G. upcciosun are 

 not found in our specimens. (sj>ecios(/s, beautiful.) 



Scomber specio!^ts:, ForsAl, Descr. Aniin., 1775, xii, Red Sea, at Djidda, Arabia. 



Scomber rim, ForskAl, /. <-., 1775, 54, Djidda. 



Caranx poloosoo, Richardson, Voy. Erebus & Terror, Iclitli., pi. 58, fig. 4 and 5, 1844; i-alk-il 



Caranx speciosiis in text; Australia. 

 Carmu speciosus, GiiNTHER, Cat., n, 444, 1800; Guntiier, Fish. Centr. Aiiier., 4yl, 1SU9; Jordan 



& GiLREBT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 375; ibid, 1883, 202 

 Caraiix panamensis, GiLL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1863, lG(i, Panama. 



421. CARANGOIDES, Bleeker. 



CaraiKjoides, Bleeker, Batav. Genootsch. Verb., xxiv, Makreek', 1851, {plagiotniiiu; teeth eijiKil 

 several series iu both jaws ami on palate and tongue). 



Teeth persistent, all small, in villiform bands ou jaws, vomer, pala- 

 tines, and tongue. Lateral line scarcely arched in front. Body oblong, 

 not much elevated; none of the dorsal rays produced. Otherwise essen- 

 tially as in Carawa;. Tropical seas. (Caranxj deSoc, likeness.) 



1323. CARANGOIDES ORTHOGRAMMUS (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Head 2f ; depth 3f ; eye large, broader than preorbital, its diameter 1^ 

 in length of snout, 4| in head. Second D. I, 32; A. I, 26; scutes 17. 

 Body elliptical, compressed, the back regularly but not strongly arched, 

 the ventral outline forming a rather even but less convex curve. Head 

 longer than deep, rather pointed in profile, its median ridge somewhat 

 elevated. Mouth low, oblique, the maxillary extending to nearly oppo- 

 site front of pupil, its length 2^ in head; lower jaw slightly projecting. 

 Teeth all equally minute, in villiform bands on jaws, vomer, palatines, 

 and tongue. Adipose eyelid little developed. Cheeks and temporal 

 region with fine scales; rest of head naked. Scales rather small, those 

 below pectorals smaller; a naked area on breast, becoming wider for- 

 ward from base of ventrals. Lateral line almost straight, slightly 

 undulated and curved upward above pectorals, becoming straight by 



