108 TELEOSTEI : ACANTIIOPTEKI. — XX. 



cc. Pectoral fins short, not falcate. 

 t. Maxillary without suppliuaiital bone; anal similar to soft dorsal; 

 it!* bast' niucii loii^'ur tliaii iibiliniieii ; tail uiiuniR-d. (Tracliinolimc.) 

 j. Forolifad toinux; ti'itli small, lust with a^u ; nieiiibranu of spiiKjiis 



dorsal disapiH-ariiij^ with a^e 'ruAcniNoTfs, I'M. 



ii. Maxillary with sui)i>lenR'iital bone; A. shorter than soft D., its base 

 not loniCfr than al)di)niL'n. {StrivliiuB.) 

 k. 1). and A. without linlets. 



/. Membrane of D. spines disappearing with ago. 



Nauckatks, 140. 



U. Membrane of D. sjiines persistent Skiuoi-a, 141. 



]ck. I), and A. each followed by a two-rayed (inlet. Llagatis, 142. 



131. OLIGOPLITES Gill. (oX/yor, small ; ofrX/rjjr, ariiud.) 



273. O. saurus ( Bloch & Schncitk'r). Lp;atiii:i5-Jackkt. 

 RrNNKR. liltiisli, silvery below; fins yi-Uow. Body lanceolate; 

 fins low. Head 6; depth 4. D. V-1, 20. A. 11-1, 20. L. 18. 

 ^\'aI•In seas; rarely N. (<rai/pos, old name of some fish that skips 

 like a lizard.) 



132. DECAPTERUS Bleeker. (8«a, ten ; nrfpoi^, fin.) 

 a. Scutes about 40; teeth present. 



274. D. puuctatus (Afjassiz). Scad. Cigau-fisii. Round 

 lloiu.v. Bluish; a dark opercular sjMjt ; about twelve small Ma^-k 

 spots on lateral line anteriorly. Head 4j ; depth 5. 1). VIII-1, 

 30-1. A. 11,-1, 24-1. L. 12. AV. I., etc. ; occasional N. ; com- 

 mon S. (Lat., dotted.) 



aa. Scutes about 25; teeth obsolete. 



275. D. macarelluB (Cuv. & Val.). Lateral line unspotted; 

 I), soft rays X\. A. 27 ; depth 5|. W. I., rarely N. 



133. TRACHURTJS Rafinescjue. (Tpaxovpos, ancient name, from 

 Tpaxvs, rough ; ovpa, tail.) 

 27G. T. trachurus (L.). Hokse-mackkrkl. Saurkl. Scutes 

 all large, about- 72 (35-|-37) in number; depth alnMit 4. I). 

 VllI-1, 29. A. II- 1, 28. L. 12. S. Europe, etc., occasional 

 on our coast. {Eu.) 



134. TRACHUROPS Cill. (Trachurus; e5^, appearance.) 

 27 7. T. crumenophthalmus (Bloch)- Bio-kyed Scad. Chi- 



CIIARRO. (^(XJCi.KK. Eye very large, 3 in head, witli very large 



adipose eyelid; scutes 40. Head 3^; depth 3^. I). VIII-1, 20. 



A. 11-1,22. L. 12. Warm seas. N. to Cape Cod. (Lat., 



cnniutin, j)urse ; o$(])aXp6i. eye.) 



135. CARANX LacejtC-de. (A corruption of the Portuguese 



Ararauna, French Carangne.) 

 a. Tooth in jnws in fow sories, unequal, those above cnlargod, those below 



nniscrial; tooth on vomer, p.'ibitlnos nnd tongue; soft dorsal and aiial 



falcate iu front ; uia:k.iUuiy broad. (C'u/u/u..) 



