4 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 98 



Family ACANTHOCYBIIDAE : Wahoo 



* Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



Cocos Island, August I, 1938. U.S.N.M. No. 107059. 1 specimen. 



Galapagos Islands, Hood Island, July 28, 1938. U.S.N.M. No. 

 107060. 2 specimens. 



The heaviest wahoo taken weighed 54 pounds and was caught at 

 Hood by Colonel Watson the afternoon of July 28. "Gamest fish of 

 trip. Red, or red and white feather is best lure." 



Family CARANGIDAE: Pampanos 

 Elagatis bipinnulatus (Quoy and Gaimard). Rainbow runner 



Cocos Island, August 1, 1938. U.S.N.M. No 107061. 1 specimen, 

 weight 20 pounds. 



Several specimens were taken at Cocos Island, August 1. The 

 President got the heaviest one, which was saved ; fresh weight 20 

 pounds, a record. Heretofore, the weight of this species has been 

 given as "at least 12 pounds." 



Seriola mazatlana Steindachner. Mazatlan yellowtail 



Galapagos Islands, Albemarle Island, Tagus Cove, July 25, 1938. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 107062. 1 specimen. 



* Seriola colburni Evermann and Clark. Pacific amberjack 



Galapagos Islands, off Hood Island, July 28, 1939. U.S.N.M. 

 No. 107063. 2 specimens. 



Taken off Hood Island, July 28, and South Seymour, July 29. 

 Heaviest about 28 pounds. The larger of the two Hood Island 

 specimens saved weighed 24 pounds here at the Museum after having 

 been pickled in formalin and then alcohol for some days. This appears 

 to be the first definite record of this species from the Galapagos 

 Islands. 



Caranx stellatus Eydoux and Souleyet. Blue crevally 



Mexico, Lower California, off San Jose del Cabo Bay, from fishing 

 banks, July 19, 1938. U.S.N.M. No. 107119. 1 specimen. 



Taken off Cape San Lucas, Socorro and Cocos Islands. The 

 heaviest of several specimens was caught by the President at Socorro, 

 July 20. It weighed about 38 pounds, a record for the species. 

 Heretofore, the weight of this species has merely been recorded as 

 "more than 20 pounds." 



* New to U. S. National Museum Collections. 



