63 FISHES OF SINALOA. 435 
go. Alectis ciliaris (Bloch). PAmpano. 
Obtained by Dr. Gilbert; not’seen by us. We have 
hitherto been unable to distinguish the specimens of this 
species from the two coasts of Mexico. We are further- 
-more unable to find any distinction between the American 
form called crznztus, and the East Indian species, A /ec/7s 
ciliaris. We do not believe that any distinction exists, 
and therefore find ourselves compelled to believe that this 
species, like Caranx hippos and Caranx J/atus, is almost 
cosmopolitan in the tropical seas, ranging from the coast 
of Arabia to the West Indies. None of the three are 
found in the Mediterranean. 
gi. Hynnis hopkinsi Jordan & Starks, n. sp. PAm- 
PANO. Plate xxxv. 
One large specimen taken with the seine in the harbor 
at Mazatlan. 
leadi24 o"depth: 24 5;Di Vier, roy A, Il, 153 snout: 
234; eye 3¢ in head; maxillary 234 ; pectoral, 34 in body: 
ventral, 24% in head; dorsal lobes 2 in head; caudal 
lobes 12 in head; anal lobe, 2%; preorbital, 4% in head. 
Body oblong, compressed, elevated, with angular out- 
lines, ventrals outline sharp. Top of head sharply cari- 
nate; profile nearly straight from snout to nape, there 
boldly convex, then nearly straight to elevated front of 
soft dorsal; a concavity in profile before soft dorsal and 
before anal. Mouth oblique, rather large, the jaws 
equal. Broad bands of small sharp teeth on jaws, vomer 
and palatines. Eye very large. Dorsal and anal lobes 
low. Lateral line with a long arch, as long as straight 
part, which has about twelve elevated scutes and thirty- 
seven scales in all from end of curve; curved part of lat- 
eral line undulating behind. Gill-rakers short rather few, 
twelve in all, those above angle obsolete. Body minutely 
