970 CONTKIBUTION& TO NOETH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY — IV. 
whitish lateral bands; all the fins white-margined. D. X-33; A. 33. 
Tropical seas, north to South Carolina. 
(Echeneis lineata Menzies, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. i, 187, 1791: Eclieueis trojnca Eu- 
plirasen, Nya Handl. 1791, 317; Echeneis lineata Gunther, ii, 382: Echeneis apicalis and 
sphtjrcenarum Poey, Mem. Cuba, ii, 254, 255.) 
Page 433. The identification of the species of Caranx may be facili- 
tated by the following key, which may be substituted for the analysis 
given in the text: 
a. Rays of soft dorsal I, 23 to I, 27 ; teeth subequal, or the outer a little enlarged. 
h. Shoulder-girdle below with a fleshy projection, in front of which is a cross- 
furrow ; body elongate; depth 3^ in length. ITrachurops Gill.) 
Crumenophthalmus. 
hh. Shoulder-girdle without peculiar appendage. 
c. Maxillary broad; dorsal- and anal usually more or less elevated anteriorly, or 
falcate ; head large, more than ^ length. 
d. Scutes 40 to 50. {Paratractus Gill.) 
e. Pectoral little longer than head; depth 3 in length Chrysus.* 
ee. Pectoral considerably longer than head; depth 3^ in length.. .Caballu.s. 
dd. Scutes (developed) about 30. (Carangoides Bieeher.) 
f. Length of pectoral equal to depth of body, which is 3 in length CiBi. 
J'f. Length of pectoral less than dejith of body, which is 2f in length. 
(Young of cibif) Beani. 
cc. Maxillary very narrow ; dorsal and anal scarcely elevated in front ; head small, 
not one-fourth length of body; lateral line very strongly arched; scutes 
about 50. {Carangojw Gill) Amblyriiynchu.s. 
aa. Rays of soft dorsal I, 20 to I, 22; body deep; teeth of the outer row enlarged, 
sometimes forming feeble canines; scutes 30 to 313. (CaranxA) 
g. Breast entirely scaly ; opercular spot very small Fallax. 
gg. Breast naked, except a small median area; oitercular spot large. 
Hippos. 
Page 443. Xo. G99 should be — 
699. T. glaaicais (Bloch) C. & V. 
(ChadodoH glancus Bloch, Ichth. vi, 76, jd. 210.) 
Page 489. After Ammocrypta pellucida add: 
762 (&) A. vivax Hay. 
Pellucid; sides with 10 dusky blotches, most distinct iiosteriorlj* ; 14 
similar blotches along back; top of head speckled; fins with a few 
dots. Yovin of A. pellucida. Maxillaries reaching front of orbit; teeth 
rather weak; eye 3^ in head, eipial to snout; cheeks and ojiercles scaly. 
Body covered with small, strongly ctenoid scales, except the regions 
immediately before and behind bases of paired fins. Spinous and soft 
* Scomber crgsos Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y. I, 424, \.8\b= Caranx pis- 
quctiis C. & V. 
t = Cara«^«8 Girard. The proper type of Caranx is Scomber carangus Bloch ^iScom- 
her hippos L. The word Caranx {Carangue) is a corruption of the Portuguese name 
Acaraana. 
