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87. CARANX PEEUANUS Tschudi. 



Caranx peruanus Tschudi, Fauna Peruana, Ichtli., 1845, p. 19. — Abbott, 

 Marine Fishes of Peru, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1899, p. 346. 



A doubtful species; recorded by Tschudi, also by Abbott, from 

 Peru. 



Genus VOMER Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



88. VOMER SETIPINNIS (Mitchill). 



Zeus setipinnis Mitchell, Trans. Lit. Pbilos. Soc. New York, 1815, p. 384; 

 New York. 



Vomer setipinnis Jordan and Evermann, Fislies Nortli and Mid. Amer., 

 vol. 1, 1896, p. 934 ; vol. 4, 1900, p. 144, fig. 392.— Gilbert and Starks, 

 Fishes of Panama Bay, Mem. California Acad. Sci., vol. 4, 1904, p. 80. — 

 Stabks, Fishes from Ecuador and Peru. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 30, 

 1906, p. 786. 



Vomer gabonensis Abbott, Marine Fislies of Peru, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1899, p. 347; not of Guiolienot. 



Genus SELENE Lacepede. 



89. SELENE VOMER (Linnaeus). 

 CABALLITO. 



Zeus vomer Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758, p. 266; America. 



Selene vomer Evermann and Jenkins, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 14, 1891, 



p. 138; Guaymas. — Jordan and Evermann, Fishes North and Mid. 



Amer., vol. 1, 1896, p. 936 ; vol. 4, 1900, pis. 144, 145, figs. 393, 393a.— 



Gilbert and Starks, Fishes of Panama Bay, Mem. Cal. Acad. Sci., vol. 



4, 1904, p. 82. — Starks, Fishes from Ecuador and Peru, Proc. U. S. 



Nat. Mus., vol. 30, 1906, p. 786. 



A single small example, field No. 1002, 6.5 cm. in length, from 

 Tumbes, taken with a casting net at the mouth of the Tumbes River. 

 There are 22 dorsal and 19 anal rays; the filamentous dorsal spine is 

 0.86 total length ; ventrals 2.82, filamentous. 



Genus TRACHINOTUS Lacepede. 



90. TRACHINOTUS PALOMA Jordan and Starkg. 



PAMPANO. 



Plate 6, fig. 1. 



Trachinotus paloma Jordan and Starks in Jordan, Fishes of Sinaloa, 

 Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 5, 1895, p. 437. — .Jordan and Ever- 

 mann, Fishes North and Mid. Amer., vol. 1, 1896, p. 945. — Gilbert and 

 Starks, Fishes of Panama Bay, Mem. California Acad. Sci., vol. 4, 

 1904, p. 84. — Starks, Fishes from Ecuador and Peru, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., vol .30, 1900, p. 786. 



One specimen, field No. 09725, 38 cm. long, from Lobos de Tierra. 

 Head 4.36 in length ; depth 2.6 ; eye 6.66 in head ; snout 3.4 ; maxil- 

 lary 2.83 ; pectoral 1.21 ; D. VII-I, 25 ; A. II-I, 23. 



