75. CARANGIDiE — CARANX. 437 



vex. Mouth very small, oblique, the maxillary scarcely reacliiog the 

 middle of the orbit. Head small, short, about as deep as long. Eye 

 large, as long as snout, 3| in head. Gill-rakers shortish, rather strong, 

 20 below arch; anal spines small, the second longest; upper lobe of the 

 caudal falcate, more than a third longer than the lower. Lateral scutes 

 numerous, very strong. Teeth rather strong, in one series in each jaw; 

 teeth on tongue few or none; those on vomer and palatines minute, 

 deciduous; scales small; cheeks naked, breast scaly; lateral line strongly 

 arched, the arch about one-third the straight portion ; scaly sheaths of 

 dorsal and anal very high, extending the whole length of fin. Pectoral 

 falcate longer than head, reaching anal. Head 4^; depth 2J. D. 

 YII-I, 28; A. II-I, 25; Lat. 1. (scutes) about 50. West Indies north- 

 ward; not common. 



(Holbrook, Iclitli. S. C. 18G0, 94 : Caranx amilyrhynclms Gimther, ii, 441, pt. not 

 of C. & v.: Caraugops falcatus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1802, 431.) 



aa. Teeth unequal ; lower jaw with small canines. {Carangus * Grd.) 



690. C. fallax C. & V. 



Bluish, sides golden or silvery, a very small, black opercular spot. 

 Form of C. Mppus^ but the profile not so strongly arched. Teeth as in 

 G. Iiippus. Breast entirely scaly ; anterior part of soft dorsal fin black ; 

 no spot on the pectorals. Scutes present on whole of straight part of 

 lateral line; arched part of lateral line 1§ in straight part; an abrupt 

 angle at junction of the two i)arts. Pectoral shorter than head, max- 

 illary reaching posterior edge of pupil ; cheek and upper parts of opercles 

 scaly; scaly sheaths of fins little developed. HeadSf; depth 2|. D. 

 VIII-I, 22; A. II-I, 10; Lat. 1. 35 (scutes). Warm seas, north to South 

 Carolina ; not common. 



(Cuv. &, Val. ix, 95: Caraiix /njipos Giinther, ii, 449: Caranx richardi Holbr. Ichth. 

 S. C. 18G0, 9G.) 



691. C. Iiippus (L.) Giinther. — CrcvaUe ; Horse Crevalle. 



Olivaceous above ; sides and below silvery or golden ; a distinct black 

 blotch on opercle and one on lower rays of pectorals, the latter some- 

 times wanting; axil of pectoral dusky; anterior edge of dorsals black; 

 upi)er edge of caudal peduncle dusky. Body oblong, the anterior pro- 

 file very strongly arched. Head large and deep. Mouth large, low, and 

 nearly horizontal below axis of body ; lower jaw included ; maxillary 

 extending to nearly opposite posterior border of eye. Teeth in upper 



* Girard, U. S. Me.x. Bound. Surv. Ichth. 1829, 23; type Scomber car an g us Bloch; name 

 a modification of Caranx. 



