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54. REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATEOMUSEUM 
Genus DECAPTERUS Bleeker. 
The Mackerel Scads. 
Decapterus punctatus (Agassiz). 
Scad. Round Robin. 
This fish may be easily distinguished from our other mackerel- 
like forms by the detached dorsal and anal finlet. 
Only known from a few examples on our coast. Reaches a 
length of a foot. 

Scad. Decapterus punctatus (Agassiz). 
Decapterus punctatus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 813.— 
Moore, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 361. 
Genus CARANX Lacépede. 
The Crevalleés. 
Key to the species. 
a. Breast naked, except a small rhombic area before ventrals. HIPPOS 
aa. Breast entirely scaly. 
b. Scutes about 40; body subfusiform. CRYSOS 
bb. Scutes about 30; body oblong-ovate. LATUS 
Caranx hippos (Linnzus). 
PrAnE 27, 
Yellow Caranx. Yellow Mackerel. Southern Caranx. Crevallé. 
Head 3%; depth 2t/,; D. L, VUl-l,, 2164, A. 4b 7s 
scutes in straight part of lateral line to base of caudal; mandible 
