102 Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



Scomber chrysos, Yellow Mackerel, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., r. p. 424. 

 Le Carangue jaune (Scomber chrysos, Mitch., Scomber hippos, Lin.), Cuv. el Val., ix. p. 98. 

 Caranx chrysos, Yellow Caranx, Dekay's Report, p. 121, pi. 27, fig. 85. 

 " " " " Siorer, Proceed. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., p. 143. 



6. Caranx macarellus, Cuv. 



Elongated. Pectorals moderate-sized ; a finlet back of the dorsal and anal fins. Silvery, 

 plumbeous above. A small black spot upon the operculum. Twenty-five small plates on 

 the lateral line. 



D. 8-1,33-1. P. {'). V. (?). A. 2-1,17-1. C. (?). Length, more than a foot. 



Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le Caranx faux maquereau, Caranx macarellus, Cuv. et Val., ix. p. 4u. 



7. Caranx fallax, Cuv. 



Differs from the carangus in having no black spot upon the operculum ; in the second dor- 

 sal fin always having twenty-one soft rays ; in having the edge of its anterior and pointed 

 portion black ; and in having all the fins of a less bright yellow. The number of lateral 

 plates, thirty-five or thirty-six. Breast scaled ; in the carangus naked. 



D. (?). P. (?). V. (?). A. (?)• C. ( ; ). Length, 2 feet. 



Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Le fausse Carangue, Caranx fallax, Cuv. et Val., ix. p. 95. 



8. Caranx pisquetus, Cuv. 



Body more elongated than that of the carangus and fallax ; the fins are greenish ; the ex- 

 tremities of the caudal black. Forty-four or forty-five plates upon the lateral line. 

 D. 8, 1-24. P. (?). V. ( ; ). A. 2, 1-20. C. ( : ). Length, 14 inches. 

 Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



Called " Pisquet," at St- Domingo ; " Cojenudo," at Cuba. 

 Le Carangue pisquet, Caranx pisquetus, Cuv. et Val., ix. p. 97. 



9. Caranx Bartholomaei, Cuv. 



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Less elongated than the pisc[uetus. Silvery, without any black spot. Fins yellowish ; 

 thirty-three to thirty-five plates on the lateral line. 



D. 8, 1-26. P. (?)• V. (?). A. 2, 1-22. C. (?). Length, 5 inches. 

 Caribbean Sea, Cuv. 



La Carangue de Saint-Barthelemi, Caranx Barlholomrei, Cuv. et Val., ix. p. 100. 



10. Caranx fasciatus, Cuv. 



Above, greenish. Eight or ten vertical dull bands upon the sides. Lateral line with a 

 high arch, assuming a straight course beneath the commencement of the second dorsal. 



