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Genus CHLOROSCOMBRUS Girard 



Chloroscomhrus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1859, p. 168. (Geno- 

 type, Seriola cosmopolita Cuvier and Valenciennes = (Scomber chrysurus Lin- 

 naeus.) (Ref. copied.) 



CHLOROSCOMBRUS CHRYSURUS (Linnaeus) 



Scomber chrysurus Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, p. 194, 1766 (Charleston, 

 S. C.) (ref. copied). 



U.S.N. M. Nos. 123054 to 123056, 3 specimens, 131 to 192 mm., U. S. S. Niagara 

 Estanques Bay, December 7-8, 1294. 



U.S.N. M. No 123057, 3 specimens, 25.5 to 27 mm., south coast, U. S. S. Niagara, 

 November 15, 1925. 



Genus SELENE Lacepede 



Selene LacepJ^de, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 4, p. 560, 1802. (Genotype, 

 Selene argentea Lacepede = Zeus vomer Linnaeus.) 



SELENE VOMER (Linnaeus) 

 LaMPAROSA O PeZ LUNA 



Zeus vomer Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 266, 1758 (America). 

 Selene vomer Rohl, Fauna descriptiva de Venezuela, p. 398, fig. 212, 1942 (Coast 

 of Venezuela). 



The following collections were made by the U. S. S. Niagara in the 

 Gulf of Venezuela in 1925: 



U.S.N. M. No. 123053, one specimen, 79 mm., Cape San RomdL, April 2. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 123050, one specimen, 49 mm., Jacuque Point, January 26. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 123049, one specimen, 32 mm., Point MacoUa, April 19. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 123051, one specimen, 135 mm.. Gulf of Venezuela, February 20. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 123052, one specimen, 138 mm., Piedras Bay, March 14. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 123063, one specimen, 260 mm., Amuay Bay, May 15. 



Genus TRACHINOTUS Lacepede 



Trachinotus Lacepede, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, p. 78, 1802. (Geno- 

 type, Scomber falcatus Forskil.) 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF TRACHINOTUS REPORTED FROM VENEZUELA 



la. Dorsal rays VII, 17 to 21; anal III, 16 to 20; second or soft dorsal and anal 

 fins greatly elongate, falcate anteriorly in adults. 

 2a. Depth 1.45 to 1.9; dorsal rays usually VII, 19 to 21; anal III, 17 or 18; gill 

 rakers 9 to 12 on lower part of first arch with 2 or 3 more rudiments; no 



vertical dark bars on sides Trachinotus falcatus (Linnaeus) 



2b. Depth. 1.9 to 2.65; dorsal rays usually VII, 19 or 20; anal rays III, 17 or 18; 

 gill rakers on lower limb of first arch 8 to 10 with 2 or 3 more rudiments; 

 sides with 4 or 5 narrow dark crossbars, absent on specimens 75 mm. in 



standard length Trachinotus glaucus (Bloch) 



16. Dorsal rays usually VII, 23 to 25; anal III, 20 to 23; depth 2.0 to 2.35; gill 

 rakers on lower part of first arch 7 to 9, not including rudiments, usually 

 3 of latter; anterior rays of soft dorsal and anal fins reaching about to 

 middle of base of fins in adults Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus) 



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