Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 353 
D.(@). P: (?). V.(@) A. (@). C.@). Length, 11 to 14 inches. 
Gulf of Mexico, Cuv. 
Scomber ruber, Brocn, pl. 342 ? 
tf «Red Mackerel, Saaw’s Gen, Zodl., rv. p. 600, pl. 86. 
Le Caranx de Bloch, Caranx Blochii, Cuv. et VaL., rx. 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. Ofa 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. 
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Called ‘‘ Jiguagua,’’ at Havana. 
Scomber carangus, Biocu, pl. 3402 - 
a if Carang Mackerel, Saaw’s Gen. Zodl., rv. p. 599. 
Le Carangue, Caranx carangus, Cov. et VAL., 1x. p. 91. 
4. Caranx punctatus, Cuv. 
Cylindrical, with a single finlet behind the dorsal and anal fins. Greenish blue on the 
back ; 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. 10-7, 21-1. P.19. V.5. A.2-9,25-1. C.19. Length, 8 inches. 
Caribbean Sea, Cuv. New York, Mircuriz. 
Called ‘* Quiaquia,’’ at Martinique. 
Hippos Mackerel, Mrrcuitr, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1 pl. 5, fig. 5. 
Scomber hippos, Mrrenmz, Amer. Month. Mag., 1. p. 246. 
Le Caranx ponctué, Caranx punctatus, Cuv. et Vat., rx. p. 38. 
Caranx punctatus, Spotted Caranx, Dexay’s Report, p. 122, pl. 73, fig. 233. 
5. Caranx chrysos, Mirren. 
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, Srorrer. New York, Mrrcniiu, Cuv., Dexay. 
