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forms, but we see uo reasou for doubting that ci/taris is the youiijj of </«Wtt», 

 as has beeu supposed by Dr. Day aud others. The uame gallun was, how- 

 ever, originally applied by Linna-us to Selene vomer. Our youug speci- 

 meus of crhntus, moreover, agree fully with the figures of ciUaris. We 

 think it, therefore, extremely probable that all the nominal species of 

 this type are forms of AhxHs ciUaris. As has been sliowu by Liitken 

 (Si)olia Atlantica, 197), the nominal genera Sci/rls, Blepluirh, and GaUich- 

 thys, are simply stages in the development of individuals, the charac- 

 ters assigned to these genera changing with age. {ciliarw, with long 

 lashes.) 



Zeus ciUarin, Blocii, Ichtliyol., vi, 2'J, pi. 29, 1788, East Indies ; youug. 



Scomber Jilamentosus, MuNGO 1'ark, Trans. Linn. Soc, m, 30, 1797, Sumatra. 



Gallits virescens, LackpiIde, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 583, 18U3; aftrr Linn.t-;us. 



Zeus criuiltis, Mitcuill, Amer. Journ. Sci. Arts, xi, 182G, 114, Shoreham. 



Blei)haris crinUiis, De Kay, N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, 123, 1842. 



Aledis crimlus, Joedan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 438, 1883. 



Blepharichthys crinilm. Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 18G2, 262. 



Caraux crinilas, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 350; ihld 1883, 211:5. 



Gallichthys a-initns, Li'TKEN, Spolia Atlantica, 131, 197, 1880. 



Bki)Jiai-is siUor, CuviEU & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 161, 1833, Caribbean Sea. 



Caranx sulor, Gi'NTHER, Cat., 11, 454, 1860. 



Blejiharis major, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., i.\, 163, 1833, West Indies. 



GalUcMhys chevola, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 175, 1833, East Indies. 



Carangoides 'blei>haris, Bleeker, Verhanil. Batav. GcnootscU., xxiv, Makr. G7, 1852, East 

 Indies. 



i'nraiKjoides gallicMlii/ii, Bleeker, I. c, 68, East Indies. 



Sci/rin aualk, PoEY, Synopsis, 360, 1868, Cuba; a largo specimen without iilamentous rays on 

 tlie anterior part of the anal; probably an accidental variation ; the dorsal has the second 

 ray as long as the body; the other filamentous rays shorter. A. I, 14. 



424. HYNNIS, Cuvier. 



i/;/H»i.s, Cuvier & Valencie.nnes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, 105, 1833, (gorcoisis). 



This genus has the high, compressed, angular bodj' of Selene, the dorsal 

 and anal lobes not ending in filaments, and the caudal peduncle armed 

 with a few weak plates, as in Jlecth. Its position is between Alectis and 

 Selene, with close affinities to both. As elsewhere stated, the separation of 

 these peculiarly formed genera from Caranx and from each othei' has no 

 basis in any structural character of importance. Tropical seas, {'wihc, a 

 vomer or plowshare.) 



a. Eye moderate, 5)/^ in head in adult; pectoials jialc. cuben.sis, 1326. 



aa. Eye very large, 3% in head in adult; pectorals tipped with dusky. ]10pkinsi, 1327. 



1326. HYNMS C'UBENSIS (Poey). 



Head 4 in total length with caudal (about 3i without) ; depth 3 (2i 

 without). D. I, 19 ; A. I, 1(5. Eye 5| in head in specimen of 21 feet. 

 Maxillary reaching nostrils. Teeth villifonn, present on jaws, vomer, and 

 palatines. Scales minute. Arch of lateral line very convex, its scutes 

 weak. Pectorals falciform, a little longer than head. Insertion of anal 

 opposite second third of pectoral. Dorsal moderately falcate, its height f 

 that of body below it. Caudal deeply forked. Silvery, with bright 



