



Stover's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 101 





D.(>). P. (?). v. (?) 



Gulf of Mexico, Cuv. 



A. (?)• C (.')• Length, 11 to 14 inches. 



Scomber ruber, Bloch, pi 



" " Red Mackerel, Shaw's Gen. Zo'dl., iv. p. 600, pi. SG. 



Le Caranx de Eloch, Caranx Blochii, Crv. et Vai .., ix. p. 69 



3. Caranx carangus, Cuv. 



Body compressed ; its greatest height is one third its whole length ; its thickness is 

 equal to one third its height. Of a beautiful silver-color, plumbeous or violet above ; a black 

 spot upon the operculum. The fins are yellow. The posterior edge of the extremity of the 

 dorsal fin bluish ; the margin of the tail brownish. A round black spot at the base of the 

 pectoral fin. Twenty-nine or thirty plates upon the lateral line. 



D. 7 or 8, 1-19 to 20. P. 22. V. 1 - 5. A. 2, 1-17. C. 17. Length, 24 feet. 



Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called " Jiguagua," at Havana. 



Scomber carangus, Bloch, pi. 340? 



" " Carang Mackerel, Shaw's Gen. ZoiSl., IV. p. 599. 



Le Carangue, Caranx carangus, Cuv. et Val., ix. p. 91. 







4. Caranx punctatus, Cuv. 



Cylindrical, with a single finlet behind the dorsal and anal fins. Greenish blue on the 

 hack ; yellowish along the lateral line and on the caudal fin ; silvery white on the throat, 

 and belly whitish. A smutty oblong spot under each eye, and a dark spot on the margin of 

 the operculum. Dorsals brownish. About twelve black points along the unarmed portion 

 of the lateral line. 



D.-10-3, 21-1. P. 19. V. 5. A. 2-t, 2f-l. C. 19. Length, 8 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. New York, Mitchill. 



Called " Quiaquia," at Martinique. 



Hippos Mackerel, MrrcBiLL, Trans. Lii. ami Phil. Soc. of N. Y., I. pi. 5, fig. 5. 

 er hippos, Mitckiix, Amer. Month. Mag., n. p. 246. 



Le Caranx ponctue, Caranx | ctatus, i . ■ el \ u is p 33. 



Caranx punctatus, Spotted Caranx, Dekay's Report, p. 122, pi, 73, 6g. 233. 







5. Caranx chrysos, Mitchill. 



Elongated, compressed. A naked, recumbent spine anterior to the first dorsal. No finlet. 

 Of a greenish blue color upon the back and upper portion of the sides; the greater portion of 

 the sides of a bright yellow color. An obscure dark-brown blotch at the posterior superior an- 

 gle of the operculum. Abdomen yellowish white. Dorsal and pectoral fins yellowish brown. 

 Ventral and anal fins the color of the sides. Caudal fin yellowish throughout the greater ex- 

 tent. Lateral line armed with about forty-eight bony plates. 



D. 8, 1-24. P. 21. V. 1-4. A. 2, 1-20. C. 19|. Length, 8 inches. 



Massachusetts, Storer. New York, Mitchill, Cuv., Dekav. 





