Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 355 
D. (2). P.(?). V.(2). A.(@). ©. (2). Length, (2). 
Gulf of Mexico, Cuv. 
Le Caranx & bandes, Caranx fasciatus, Cuv. et Vau., rx. p. 70. 
This is described by Cuvier from a figure. 
11. Caranx defensor, Dexay. 
Elliptical, much compressed. A recumbent spine before the dorsal. No finlet. Back 
bluish, with a resplendent golden yellow on the sides. Ventrals, anal, and caudal, wax- 
yellow ; the tips of the latter dusky. A dark round spot on the posterior margin of the 
opercle ; another on the inner base of the pectoral, and occasionally a short, black, vertical bar 
across the middle of the pectoral fin. Dorsals brownish above. Chin satin-white. The 
straight portion of the lateral line furnished with twenty-five bony plates, commencing ob- 
scurely at first, but becoming more elevated, and terminating in acute triangular spines, di- 
rected backwards. 
D.7,1-20. P.20. V. 1-5. A.2-17, C.19§. Length, 9 inches. 
New York, Dexay. 
Caranx defensor, Southern Caranx, DeKay’s Report, p. 120, pl. 24, fig. 72. 
GENUS XVI. BLEPHARIS, Cvv. 
Body much compressed, trenchant, with a rapidly declivous front. Small 
and nearly concealed spines in advance of the dorsal fin. Anterior rays of 
the dorsal and anal fins prolonged into very long filaments. Ventrals elongated. 
1. Blepharis crinitus, AKERLY. 
Body almost circular, much compressed, scaleless. Bluish above, white beneath. Dor- 
sal fin with seven filamentous, and eleven bifid rays. The first filamentous ray much the 
longest, the others successively shorter ; the bifid portion low and subequal. 
D. 18) P217: W.(?): “A. 16. C. (2): ‘Tength, 5:5: 
Connecticut, Linsney. New York, Axeruy. 
Zeus crinitus, Hair-finned Dory, Axerty, Amer. Journ. Sc., 1. p. 144, pl. 
Blepharis crinitus, Dekay’s Report, p. 123, pl. 25, fig. 76. 
2. Blepharis sutor, Cuv. 
Rhomboidal ; its length, including the caudal fin, is equal to once and a third its height. 
Plumbeous above, silvery upon the sides of the head, sides, and abdomen. Yellow spots 
upon the operculum. Fins of a yellowish brown. In immature specimens are seen four 
wide, vertical, dark bands upon the back. 
