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BULLETIN OF THE Bl'REAF i»K FISHERIES. 



of maxillary, their length 2 in head, their tips reaching first anal spine; pectoral 1.1 in head, tin' tip reaching 



origin of anal; caudal deeply forked, its length 1.1 in head. 



Color in spirits, yellowish white, a tint of blue above; tip of snout and tip of under jaw dusky; no distinct 

 opercular spot, hut posterior margin of opercles with some slight shading of dusky : dorsals slightly tinted with 

 dusky, most distinct on margin of soft dorsal: scarcely a trace of dusky on tip of caudal: pectorals, ventral-, 

 and anal unmarked. 



This species is uear< '. hoops, of which we have many specimens. It may he at once separated, however, by 

 the more anterior location of the anal spine-, the less projecting under jaw. greater length of head, and greater 

 width of the interorbital space. 



Fig. i.— Caranx freeri Evermann & Seale, Dew species. Type. 



One specimen (no. 3324, type, no.. 5591 31". S. National Museum: 9.1 in. long), from San Fabian; collector. 

 Mr. C. L. Hall. 



We take pleasure in naming this species for Dr. Paul C. Freer, who, a- director of the Philippine Bureau 

 of Science, is doing so much to advance our knowledge of the natural resources of the Philippine Islands. 



63. Caranx cynodon Bleeker. 



One tine specimen from Bacon (?) (no. 4165: length 13 in.). 



Head 3.4 in length; depth 2.9: eye 3.85 in head; snout 3.75; pectoral long and falcate, 2.75 in length; 

 maxillary 2 in head, its distal end on line with posterior margin of eye. 



Caranx cynodon Bleeker, Nat. Tijils. Ned. Ind.. i. :4ti2, 1850, Batavia; Giinther, Cat., n, 447. 



64. Caranx affinis Ruppell. 



Two specimens from Bulan (no. 39S1 and 3s: 17: length 5 and ~t.^> in.). Differing from Hawaiian spec- 

 imens apparently only in the somewhat larger black opercular spot. 



Caranx affinis, Ruppell, Neue \\'irl>.. Fisehe, 49, pi. 14. fig. 1. 



65. Caranx speciosus (Forskal). 

 One specimen from Bulan (no. 3638; length 6.5 in.). 



Scomber speciosus Forskal. Descr. Anim.. 54. 1775, Red Sea. 

 Caranx spt CiOSUS, Giinther, Cat.. II. 444. 



66. Caranx ophthalmotsenia (Bleeker). 



Four specimens from Bulan (no. 3907 to 3910: length 3 to 4.5 in.). Dorsal vm, 27; anal n— i, 23; depth 2: 

 head 3.05; anterior dorsal and anal rays elongate; a brown band from base of mandible upward and back- 

 ward thru eye to nuchal region: ventrals dusky. 



Carangoidt s ophthalmot&nia Bleeker. Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., ill, 270, 1852, Amboyna; Giinther, Cat., II, 451. 



