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Caranz dentex Cuy. & Val., ix, 1833, 87 (Rio Janeiro); Giinther, ii, 441 (Ma- 
deira; (?) New Orleans); Steindachner, Ichthyol. Bericht. v, 36, pl. 1 
(Cadiz, Gibraltar, Malaga, Canary Islands). 
' Caranz luna Geoftroy St. Hilaire, Descr. Egypt. Poiss., 1809, pl. 23 (Egypt) ; 
Cuv. & Val., ix, 80. ; 
? Trachurus imperialis Rafinesque, Caratteri di Aleuni Nuovi Generi, 42, 1810 
(Sicily). 
Citula banksi Risso, Eur. Mérid., 1826, 422 (Nice). 
Caranx solea Cuv. & Val., ix, 1833, 86 (Brazil). 
Caranx analis Cuy. & Val., ix, 1833, 88 (St. Helena). 
Habitat—Both coasts of Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, Mediterranean Sea, 
Madeiras, and Canaries. 
We have made no study of this species; but follow authors in iden- 
tifying the Caranx luna of the Mediterranean with the Brazilian spe- 
cies (dente). The Scomber ascensionis of Osbeck, wrongly identified by 
Forster with Caranx lugubris, is probably this species, but the meager 
description does not authorize a change of name. Caranx solea, al- 
though not hitherto identified, seems to be certainly the present species. 
14. Caranx platessa Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
Caranx platessa Cuv. & Val., ix, 84, 1833 (East Indies). 
Caranx georgianus Cuv. & Val., ix, 85, 1833 (Australia); Giinther, ii, 440 
(Australia, New Zealand, Raoul Island, Norfolk Island); Giinther, Voy- 
age Challenger, Shore Fishes, 24, 1880 (Juan Fernandez, identified with 
Caranz chilensis). 
Caranz chilensis Gay, Hist. Chili Zool., 1850, ii, 235 (Juan Fernandez); 
Steindachner, Ichth. Beitr., ii, 17, 1875 (Juan Fernandez). 
Habitat.—South Pacific, New Zealand, Australia, coast of Chili. 
We follow Dr. Giinther in identifying the Chilian C. chilensis with the 
Australian species, there being no discrepancies in the description. We 
have compared the detailed descriptions of this species and of C. dentex 
given by Steindachner, and can find no difference likely to be per- 
manent. The sole difference indicated by Dr. Giinther (‘‘This spe- 
cies is closely allied to C. dentex, from which it differs by the presence 
of teeth on the palate”) has been shown by Steindachner and Vinci- 
guerra to be fallacious, being dependent on age. It is therefore probable 
that CO. platessa is identical with C. dentex, as well as with C. chilensis, 
but we hesitate to formally unite them here in the absence of specimens. 
15. Caranx ruber (Bloch) Jordan & Gilbert.—Cibi amarillo; Cibi carbonero. 
Scomber ruber Bloch, Ichth., taf. 342; Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 
29 (Ste. Croix). 
Caranz blochii Cuv. & Val., ix, 69, 1833 (Ste. Croix: same type) ; Giinther, ii, 
430 (West Indies). 
? Caranz bartholomai Cuy. & Val., ix, 100, 1833 (St. Bartholomew). 
Caranx cibi Poey, Memorias Cuba, ii, 224, 1860 (Cuba); Jordan, Proc. U. S. 
Nat. Mus., 1880, 486 (Cuba); Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 436. 
Carangoides cibi Poey, Syn. Pisce. Cub., 1867, 366; Enum. Pisce. Cubens., 77. 
? Carane iridinus Poey, Memorias Cuba, ii, 226, 1860 (Cuba). 
