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covering all but the pupil and middle of the eye; no finlets; 
lateral line complete and armed with about 40 bony scutes at 
posterior third; small teeth in jaws in single series, three dis- 
tinct patches of teeth on vomer, small teeth also on palatines 
and tongue. Premaxillaries protractile. 
Color in alcohol dull yellowish. 
10. Caranx ruber (Bloch). Carbonero. 
Scomber ruber Bloch, Ichth., pl. 342, 1793, St. Croix. 
Caranz rwber, Jordan & Evermann, op. cit., 919; Evermann & Marsh, op. 
cit., 130. 
Two specimens (mos. 103 and 104), each about 8.7 inches 
long, taken May 14, at Barbados. 
Head 3.2; depth 3; eye 4.3; snout 2.8; maxillary 2.7; D. 
VIII-I, 27; A. II-I, 24. No finlets; no fleshy projection from 
shoulder-girdle into gill-chamber; maxillary protractile; two or 
more rows of small sharp teeth in jaws, with 2 to 4 large canines 
anteriorly in each jaw; bands of small teeth on vomer, pala- 
tines, and tongue; 35 armed scutes om caudal peduncle. 
11. Caranz latus Agassiz. Jurel; Horse-eye Jack. 
Caranz latus Agassiz, Pisce. Brasil., 106, 1829, Brazil; Jordan & Ever- 
mann, op. cit., 923, pl. 142, fig. 389; Evermann & Marsh, op. cit., 132. 
One specimen (no. 106), 15.5 inches long taken May 14, at 
Barbados. 
Head 3.1; depth 2.5; eye 4; D. VIII-I, 21; A. II-I, 17; scales 
36; maxillary 2 in head. Breast scaled; two series of teeth in 
jaws, the outer wide-spaced canines. 
12. Bodianus ruber (Bloch & Schneider). Fino. 
Gymnocephalus ruber Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 346, pl. 67, 1801, 
Brazil. 
Bodianus fulvus ruber, Jordan & Evermann, op. cit., 1145. 
Bodianus ruber, Evermann & Marsh, op. cit., 150. 
One specimen (no. 143), 10.5 inches long, taken May 24, at 
Barbados. 
Head 2; depth 2.8; eye 3; snout 4; maxillary 2; D. IX, 15; 
A. III, 9; scales about 100. Teeth on jaws, vomer and pala- 
tines, those on jaws depressible. Caudal truncate. 
Color in alcohol dull yellowish, with numerous rows of black 
dots; two black spots on top of caudal peduncle, and two at tip 
of lower jaw. 
