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BULLETIN OF THE lUTREAU OF FISHERIES. 



(if iiiaxillaiT, tlieir Irngtli 2 in head, their tips reaching lirst anal spine: pectoral 1.1 in head, the tip reaching 

 origin of anal: candal deeply forked, its length 1.1 in head. 



Color in spirits, yello%vish white, a tint of blue above; tip of snout and tip of under jaw dusky; no distinct 

 opercular sjxit, but posterior margin of opercles with some slight shading of dusky; dorsals slightly tinted with 

 duskv. most distinct on margin of soft dorsal: scarcely a trace of dusky on tip of caudal: pectorals, ventrals, 

 and anal uiunarked. 



This species is near ( '. hoops, of which we have many specimens. It may be at once separated, however, by 

 the more anterior location of the anal spines, the less projecting under jaw, greater length of head, and greater 

 widtli of the interorhital space. 



Fig. a.— CaTanx ireeri Evcr:ii;inn ^t .Scale, new species. Type. 



One specimen (no. 3.324, type, no., 55913 U. S. National Museum : 9.1 in. long), from San Fabian : collector, 

 Mr. C. L. Hall. 



We take pleasure in naming this species for Dr. Paul C. Freer, who, as director of the PhiHppine Biu-eau 

 of Science, is doing so much to advance our knowledge of the natural resources of the Philippine Islands. 



63. Caranx cynodon Bleeker. 



One fine specimen from Bacon {'.) (no. 4165: length 13 in.). 



Head 3.4 in length: depth 2.9: eye 3.So in head: snout 3.75: pectoral long and falcate. 2.75 in length: 

 maxiUarj' 2 in head, its distal end on line with posterior margin of eve. 



Caranx ctinodon Bleeker, Nut. Tijds. Ned. Ind.. i. 362, 1850, Batavia; Gunthcr, Cut., n. 447. 



64. Caranx affinis Rilppell. 



Two specimens from Bulan (no. 3981 and 3897; length 5 and 5.5 in.). Differing from Hawaiian spec- 

 imens apparently only in the somewhat larger black opercular spot. 

 Caranx a ffmis. Rilppell, Neue Wirb., Fische. 49, pi. 14, fig. 1. 



65. Caranx speciosus (Forsk&l). 



One specimen from Bulan (no. 3638: length 6.5 in.). 



Scomber speciosus Forsk&l, Descr. Anim., .54, 1775. Red Sea. 

 Caranx speciosus. Giinther, Cjit., n, 444. 



66. Caranx ophthalniotsema (Bleeker). 



Four specimens from Bulan (no. .3907 to 3910; length 3 to 4.5 in.). Dorsal vm, 27: anal n— i. 23: depth 2; 

 head 3.05; anterior dorsal and anal rays elongate: a brown band from base of mandible upward and back- 

 ward thru eye to nuchal r<'gion: ventrals duskv. 

 Carangoidfs ophlluilmols-nia Bleeker. Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind.. ni. L'7II. 1S5l>. Amboyna: (ninthfr. Cat.. 11. 451. 



