912 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY JV. 
6§1. T. saiirus Raf.'^ 
Body coniparatively deep aud eouipressed, the depth 4 ; scutes 34 to 
36+3G to 38, the anterior scutes scarcely lower than the posterior, theiSr 
height three-quarters diameter of eye; length of curve of lateral line 1-2 
to If in straight part ; maxillary reaching past front of pupil, 2^ to 24 in 
head ; lining of opercle dusky. Coasts of Europe ; occasional on our 
South Atlantic and Gulf coasts. 
(Scomier irachiirus 1^. Syst. Nat. Cuv. & Yal. ix, 11: Trachurus trachurus Day, Fish. 
Gt. Brit. 1880, 124: Caranxomorus pJuvnerianus Lac. Hist. Nat. Poiss. iii, 84, pi. 11; 
Trachurus saurus Raf. Caratteri, etc. 1810, 20.) 
Page 435. Caranx ijisquetus is known on the Gulf coast as “Hard-tail” 
or “Jure!”; Hecapterws as “Cigar-fish”. The lateral scutes in 
Caranx cihi are about 28 in number, as in C, heani, which is possibly 
the young of the same species. 
Page 43G. Instead of Caranx falcatm read: 
6§9. C. UBnUjSyB'IayBicIiMS C. & Y. 
Add to its synonymy : 
{Caranx amhliirlninchns C. & 1". ix, 100, pi. 248.) 
Page 437. Caranx fallax can hardlj" be said to have “canine teeth,” 
the teeth being smaller than in C. Mppus. 
Page 443. Trachynotus gorecnsis, the “Permit” of the .Florida coast, 
is probably distinct from T. ovafus, differing in the much more elongate 
form. It reaches a large size. Trachynotus ylaucns, the “ Gaff- top sail 
Pompano,” rarely grows beyond a foot in length. In the description of 
the latter the words “Lower California” should be erased. 
Page 444. Instead of Seriola lalandi read : 
701. S. dorsalis (Gill) J. &■ G. 
The identity of the Californian “ Yellow-tail,” with the iSeriola lalandi 
of the Atlantic is questionable. For the*synonymy of the species sub- 
stitute : 
{Halatractus dorsalis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 186:5, 84.) 
A species apparently the true lalandi, however, occurs on the coast 
of Florida and may be added as — 
701 {h). S. lalandi C. & Y. 
It agrees in general with the description of No. 701, but the mouth 
*The (lescriptiou of T. saurus given iu the text was taken from specimens from 
Venice, belonging to a third species or variety {decUvis Jenyns) not yet found in 
America north of Cape San Lucas. Its scutes are usually 38 to 40-t-38 to 42. In 
form and other characters it is intermediate bet ween saurus and picturatus. 
