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? Carangoides iridinus Poey, Syn. Pisce. Cub., 1867, 366; Enum. Pisce. Cubens., 
Kir 
Caranx beani Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 486 (Beaufort, N. C.); Jor- 
dan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 436. 
Habitat.—W est Indies; North Carolina to Brazil. 
We have united under the above head a number of nominal species 
from the West Indies, which from the published descriptions we are 
unable to distinguish. 
Since the description by Professor Jordan of Caranx beani, we have 
examined the young of various species, and have now little doubt that 
the much greater depth of the body in beani, as distinguished from cibi, 
is due to the immaturity of the types of the former. There is nothing 
in Poey’s description of C. iridinus to distinguish it from C. cibi (color 
plumbeous instead of yellow, &c.), and our notes on types of the two 
preserved in the National Museum likewise fail to indicate any differ- 
ence. C. bartholomai is said to have 33 to 35 lateral shields, and is more- 
over compared with CO. chrysus. The description otherwise agrees fully 
with C. cibi, and it is possible that 5 or 6 of the smalier scales were in- 
cluded in the enumeration of the scutes. So far as we can see, C. blochii, 
as described by Giinther and Cuvier &, Valenciennes, agrees with (. 
cibi. The earlier name ruber, although inappropriate, the original red- 
ness of the type coming from spoiled alcohol, and having been inten- 
‘sified into carmine by the artist, can hardly be set aside. 
16. Caranx caballus Giinther.—Jurel. 
Trachurus boops Girard, U. 8. Pac. R. R. Expl., Fish, 1859, 108 (San Diego; 
not Caranx boops C. & V.). 
Caranz boops Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 261. 
Caranx caballus Giinther, Fish. Centr. Amer., 1869, 431 (Panama); Jordan & 
Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1880, 45 56; 1881, 46, 232; 1882, 359 (Porto 
Escondido; Cape San Lucas; Meagan: Panama). Notan & Gilbert, 
Syn. Fish. N. A., 435. 
?Caranz caballus Giinther, Voyage Challenger, Shore Fishes, 1880, 10 (Bermuda, 
probably an error). 
Caranz girardi Steindachner, Ichthyol. Notizen, ix, 25, 1869 (based on Tra- 
churus boops Grd.). 
Habitat.—Pacific coast of tropical America, San Diego to Panama. 
?? Bermuda Islands. 
This species is closely related to C. chrysus, of which it is a represent- 
ative on the Pacific coast. 
17 Caranx chrysus (Mitchill) De Kay.—Hard Tail; Jurel; Yellow Mackerel ; Cojinera. 
Scomber crysos Mitchill, Trans, Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y., 1, 424, 1815 (New 
York), 
Caranz chrysos De Kay, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 1842, 121; Giinther, ii, 445; Jor- 
dan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1883, 970; Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. 
Nat. Mus., 1883. 
Caranx pisquetus Cuv. & Val., ix, 97, 1833; Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 
435. 
