FISHES OF THE PHOENIX AND SAMOAN ISLANDS 87 



TRACHINOTUS BAILLONII (Lacepede) 



Caesiomorus baillonii Lacepede, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, pp. J)"J, 

 93, pi. 3, fig. 1, 1802. 



115323, Enderbury Island, reef, May 15-19, 1939, 1 specimen. 



115322, Canton Island, seined in channel and lagoon, April 24, 1939, L. P. 

 Schulfz and Arthur Petit, U. S. N., 3 specimens. 



TRACHINOTUS OVATUS (Linnaeus) 



Oastcrosteus ovatus Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 29G, 1758. 



52312, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 

 82949, Samoa, Wilkes Exploring Expedition, 1 specimen. 



Genus SCOMBEROIDES Lacepede 



Scomberoides Lacepede, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, p. 50, 1802. 

 [Type, Scomheroides commersonianus Lacepede {=Scomber lysan ForskSl).] 



SCOMBEROIDES SANCTI-PETRI (Cuvier) 



Charinemns sa7icti-pctri Cuvieb, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle 

 des poissons, vol. 8, p. 379, pi. 236, 1831. 



115331, Canton Island, off channel, April 27, 1939, caught by Mr. Jessie, sailor 

 on the U. S. S. Bushnell, 1 specimen, 435 mm. in standard length. 

 52361, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 3 specimen.s. 



Genus CARANX Lacepede 



Caranx LACEpfeoB, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, p. 57, 1802. [Type, 

 Scomber carangus Bloch (=Caranx hippos Linnaeus), as restricted by 

 Bleeker, the first reviser.] 



CARANX FERDU (ForskAl) 



Scomber ferdu Forskal, Descriptiones animalium . . ., pp. 12, 55, 1775. 



115324, Rose Island, lagoon, June 16, 1939, 2 specimens. 



51729 (type of Caranx gilberti Jenkins), Samoa, 1902, U. S. Bur. Fisheries. 



CARANX ARMATUS (Forskil) 



Sciaena annata Forskal, Descriptiones animalium . . ., p. 53, 1775. 



51728, Samoa, 1902, U. S. Bur. Fisheries, 1 specimen. 

 51839, Apia, Samoa, U. S. Bur. Fisheries, 1 specimen. 



CARANX LUNDINI (Jordan and Scale) 



Drcaplcrns lundini Jordan and Seale, Bull. U, S. Bur. Fish., vol. 25 (1905), 

 p. 229, fig. 27, 1906. 



51727 (type of Dccapterus lundini), Samoa, 1902, U. S. Bur. Fisheries. 



CARANX MELAMPYGUS Cuvier 



Caranx melampygus Cuvier, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des 

 poissons, vol. 9, p. 116, 1833. 

 115310, Hull Island, reef, July 12-15, 1939, 8 specimens. 



115314, Canton Island, seined in channel and lagoon, April 24, 1939, L. P. 

 Schnltz and Artliur Petit, 1 specimen. 

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