282 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. voi,. 56. 



First few front rays moderately elevated, graduated down from first or 

 longest ray. Anal spines short, depressible in groove, posterior little 

 longer, origin of fin opposite that of soft dorsal. Soft anal, like soft 

 dorsal, inserted about opposite pectoral tip, or about midway between 

 hind eye edge and caudal base. Caudal well forked, small slender 

 lobes (damaged) apparently pointed and equal. Pectoral moderately 

 long, falcate, origin about level with lower eye rim. Ventral mod- 

 erate, little longer than post-ocular region. Vent close before 

 spinous anal origin, well behind ventral tips. 



Color in alcohol dull brownish with somewhat leaden tint on back, 

 sides and lower surface whitish, with silvery reflections. Black 

 blotch on upper opercle edge not quite deep as vertical pupil-diameter. 

 Fins all pale brownish, except large black blotch on dorsal near tip 

 and along front edge, its diameter slightly less than eye. Iris yellow- 

 ish. Peritoneum pale. 



Length about 140 mm. (caudal tips damaged). 



Type.— Csit. No. 42301 U.S.N.M. Loando, Angola. Wm. Harvey 

 Brown, U. S. Eclipse Exp. 1889. 



Besides the above, also Nos. 42302 and 42300, including five 

 paratypes, same data. These show: head, 3^ to 3|; depth, 3f to 

 31; D. VIII— I, 31, sometimes 29 or 32; A. II— I, 27 or 28; scutes, 33 

 to 39 in straight section of lateral line; snout, 3 to 3^ in head from 

 upper jaw tip; eye, 3f to 3-|-; maxillary, 2f to 2f ; interorbital, 3§ 

 to 3^; length, 120 to 137 mm. 



This species is allied with Caranx ruber (Bloch) from the West 

 Indies and falls within the subgenus Elajihrotoxon. It differs strik- 

 ingly, however, upon comparison, in the last dorsal and anal rays 

 being semidetached or at least much further separated from their 

 penultimate rays, suggestive of Decapterus. These last isolated 

 rays are, however, connected by at least basal membranes with their 

 antecedents. 



Caranx sanctae-helenae Valenciennes * is doubtfully referred by 

 Gtinther ^ to Caranx maruadsi Schlegel. Valenciennes gives more 

 dorsal (35) and anal rays (30). He says the last dorsal and anal rays 

 each form a "fausse nageorie bien distincte." The scutes are in 

 agreement with my Loando examples. If a Decapterus, as allowed 

 by Poey, it is not satisfactorily defined. 



(Named for Angola.) 



POMADASIS SUILLUM (Valenciennes). 



Head, 2| to 2|; depth, 2f to 2|; D. X or XI, I 16, rarely 15; A. 

 Ill, 8, sometimes 9 or 10; scales 50 to 54 in lateral line to caudal 

 base and 9 to 14 more on latter; 5 to 7 scales above lateral line to 



I Hist. Nat . Poiss., vol. 9, 1833, p. 28. Sainte-H<?16ne. 

 ' Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1860, p. 428. 



