7a CARANGID^ CARANX. 
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terorbital space. Maxillary reaching front of eye. Teeth on vomer and 
palatines, none on tongue; teeth in jaws in single series. Lateral line 
little arched ; arch of lateral line nearly as long as straight part. Scutes 
numerous, deep, crowded, about 40. Pectorals short, shorter than 
head. Breast, cheeks, and top of head scaly. Dcx)th 5 in length; 
head 4^. D. VIII-I, 30-1; A. II-I, 24-1. L. 12 inches, ifew York to 
the West Indies ; not common on our coast. 
{Caranx punctatue Agassiz, Si»x. Pise. Bras, 1829, 108: Caranx punctatua Giinther, 
II, 42G.) 
G83. D. macarellus (Cuv. & Val.) Gill. — Mackerel Scad. 
Silvery, idumbeous below; a small black spot on the oi)ercle. Lat- 
eral line nearly straight. Head .5 ; deiith G. I). VIII-1, 33-1; A. II — I, 
27-1; scutes 25. (Ounther.) Warm parts of the Atlantic, northward 
to Cape Cod ; scarce on our coast. 
{Caranx macarellus Cuv. & Val. ix, 40: Caranx macarellus Giinther, ii, 426.) 
221.— CARANX Lac^pfede. 
Crevalles. 
{Caranx, Carangops, Carangus, Paratractus, and Trachurops Gill; Caranx, G-nathanodon, 
Selar, Carangoides, Carangichlhys, etc. Bleeker.) 
(Commerson; Lac^pMe Hist. Nat. des Poiss. 1802, iii, 72: type Scomber spedosus 
Forskil.) 
Body ovate or oblong, compres.sed, the back sometimes considerably 
elevated, sometimes little arched. Head moderate or rather large, more 
or less comjiressed. Mouth moderate or large, oblique; maxillary with 
a well- developed suijplemental bone, extending to below the eye. Pre- 
maxillaries protractile. Teeth variously developed ; sometimes minute, 
granular, and deciduous {Caranx)., sometimes with an outer row of 
stronger teeth {Selar, etc.) or with small canines [Carangus)', villiform 
teeth often present on vomer, palatines, and tongue. Gill-rakers long. 
Eye large, with an adipose eyelid. Dorsal spines rather low, connected ; 
second dorsal long, elevated in front; both fins depressible in a groove. 
Anal fin similar to second dorsal and nearly as long, i)receded by two 
rather strong spines, its base longer than the abdomen. Caudal fin 
strongly forked, the peduncle very slender. Ventral fins moderate; 
pectorals falcate; no finlets. Scales present, usually very small. Lat- 
eral line with its posterior portion armed with strong bony plates, which 
grow larger on the tail, each plate armed with a spine; a short dorsal 
branch of lateral line, usually X)resent. Preopercle entire in the adult, 
serrate in the young, usually with a membranaceous border. Species 
Bull. Nat. Mus. No. 16 28 
