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6§1. T. »»aHi-us Rat.' 



Body comparatively deep and compressed, the dejith 4; scutes 34 to 

 36+36 to 38, the anterior scutes scarcely lower than the posterior, their 

 height three-quarters diameter of eye; length of curve of lateral line 1^^ 

 to If in straight part; maxillary reaching \)i\s{ front of pupil, 2| to 21 in 

 head ; lining of opercle dusky. Coasts of Europe ; occasional on our 

 South Atlantic and Gulf coasts. 



{Scomber irachurun L. Syst. Nat. Cuv. & Val. ix, 11 : Tracliurus trachurus Day, F'isli. 

 Gt. Brit. 1880, 124: T^ Caranxomorus phimierianua Lao. Hist. Nat. Poiss. iii, 84, pi. 11: 

 Trachurus saurus Raf. Caratteri, etc. 1810, 20.) 



Page 135. Caranx pluquetus is known on the Gulf coast as "Hard-tail" 

 or "Jure!" ; Decajytenis jiKnctatus as ^^Cil^&r-^iih'\ The lateral scutes in 

 Caranx clhl are about 28 in number, as in C. beani, which is j)0ssibly 

 the young of the same species. 



Page 436. Instead of Caranx faleatus read: 

 689. C. amblyi-hyii<;hi88 C. & V. 



Add to its synonymy : 

 {Caranx ambliirln/nchim C. & V. i,\, lUO, pi. 248.) 



Page 437. Caranx fallax can hardly be said to have "canine teeth," 

 the teeth being smaller than in C. Mppus. 



Page 443. Trachynotus goreensis, the " Permit " of the Florida coast, 

 is j)robably distinct from T. ovatiis, differing in the much more elongate 

 form. It reaches a large size. Trachynotus (jlaucus, the " Gafit-top-sail 

 Pompano," rarely grows beyond a foot in length. In the description of 

 the latter the words "Lower California" should be erased. 



Page 444. Instead oi Seriola Jalandi read: 

 701. S. (lofsalis (Gill) J. & G. 



The identity of the Californian " Yellow-tail," with the ISeriola lalandi 

 of the Atlantic is questionable. For the synonymy of the species sub- 

 stitute : 



{Hahttraclu>^ dormlis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nut. Sci. Phila. 18G3, 84.) 



A species apparently the true lalatidi, however, occurs on the coast 

 of Florida and may be added as — 

 YOl {h). S. lalaiBdi C. & V. 



It agrees in general with the description of ^STo. 701, but the mouth 



*Tlie description of T. saurus given in the text was taken from specimens from 

 Venice, belonging to a third species or variety {declivis Jcnyns) not yet found in 

 America north of Cape San Lucas. Its scutes are usually 38 to 40+38 to 42. In 

 form and other characters it is intermediate between saurus and picluratus. 



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