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slightly before center in head length. Mouth small; lower jaw 

 included slightly in upper. Maxillary to eye center, expansion If 

 to 2 in eye. Teeth fine, conic, in bands in jaws, on vomer and pala- 

 tines. Nostril about midway in snout. Interorbital level, with 

 superciliary and 2 median longitudinal bony ridges. Opercular 

 spines 2, short, of equal length, and spine at preopercle angle about 

 twice as long. Serrae strong on preopercle, opercle, suborbital and 

 preorbital ridges and edges. Rakers v, 4 + 14, lanceolate, equal 

 filaments, or 2 in eye. Scales narrowly imbricate; basal lobes 4 or 5; 

 apical serrae, 16 to 18, and striae all parallel vertically. Cheeks with 

 5 rows of scales. Tubes in lateral line simple. Spinous dorsal 

 inserted over pectoral origin; fourth spine 1| to 2 in head. Soft 

 dorsal origin much nearer caudal base than pectoral origin, or at 

 last third between hind pupil edge and caudal base; second ray, 1^ 

 to If in head. Anal opposite dorsal, similar; third spine, 1 J to 2 in 

 head; first ray, If to 2. Caudal strongly forked, IJ to If in head; 

 pectoral, 1^ to 1|; ventral, 1^ to IJ. 



Color in alcohol faded dull brownish, apparently each row of scales 

 with pale streak. Back gray-brown, line of demarcation along close 

 below lateral line. Lower surface with dull brassy tint. Iris and 

 side of head dull brassy-brown. Fins pale brown; some smaller 

 examples with dusky tint on outer portion of membranes between 

 first and second dorsal spines, and another between tenth and eleventh. 

 Length of 6 examples, 84 to 96 mm. Loando. 



Cuvier's figure does not show the black spot between first two 

 dorsal rays as mentioned in his text relative to his first example, 

 which without locality. The figure also shows the third anal spine 

 twice length of fourth and opercular flap behind the long opercular 

 spine black. 



TRICHIURUS LEPTURUS Linnaeus. 



Six examples Ii om Loando. 



CARANX ANGOLENSIS, new species. 



Head, 3i; depth, 4; D. VIII— I, 31; A. II— I, 27; P. ii, 20; V, I, 5 

 scales, 53 in curved lateral line, and 39 in straight portion with 8 of 

 latter on caudal base; head width, 2^ its length; mandible, 2; third 

 dorsal spine, 2| ; first dorsal ray, 2\ ; first anal ray, 2 J ; upper caudal 

 lobe, If; pectoral, 1|; ventral, 2^^; snout, 31 in head, measured 

 from upper jaw tip; eye, 3f; maxillary, 2§; interorbital, 3^. 



Body well compressed, elongately fusiform, front profiles evenly 

 convex and lower slightly more so behind to greater depth at spinous 

 anal origin. Caudal peduncle slender, moderately depressed, least 

 depth 2 and least width 3 in its length. 



Head well compressed, moderate in depth, pointed, and flattened 

 sides converge more below. Snout conic, width IJ its length. Eye 



