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Caranz carangus C. & V., ix, 91, 1833 (West Indies); Giinther, ii, 448, and of 
authors. 
Caranx erithrurus La Cépéde, iii, 68, 1802 (based on S. hippos L.). 
Caranx carangua La Cépéde, iii, 74, 1802 (on a drawing by Plumier). 
Caranz defensor De Kay, N.Y. Fauna, Fishes, 1842, 120 (New York); Holbrook, 
Ichth. 8. Car., 87, 1860 (Charleston). 
Carangus esculentus Girard, U. 8. Mex. Bound. Surv. 1859, 23 (Texas). 
Carangus chrysos Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 434 (young). 
Carangus hippos Poey, Enum. Pise. Cubens., 1875, 75. 
Caranz caninus Giinther, Fish. Centr. Amer., 1869, 432 (Panama). 
Habitat.—Both coasts of tropical America, north to Cape Cod and 
Mazatian. East Indies. More abundant northward than any other spe- 
cies except C. chrysus. : 
20. Caranx lugubris Poey.—Tinosa. 
Scomber ascensionis Forster MSS ; Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichthyol., 1801, 33; 
Forster, Descr. Anim. ed. Lichtenstein, 412, 1844 (Ascension Island; not 
of Osbeck). 
Caranx ascensionis C. & V., xi, 102 (Ascension) ; Giinther, ii, 1860, 432; Giin- 
ther, Fische Siidsee, xi, 132, 1876, taf. 85 (St. Helena; Society Islands; 
Kingsmill) ; Giinther, Voy. Challenger, Shore Fishes, 1880, 4, 5 (St. Paul’s 
Rocks; Ascension). 
Carangus ascensionis Streets, Bull. U. 8. Nat. Mus., vii, 88, 1877 (Fanning 
Islands). 
Caranx lugebris Poey, Memorias Cuba, ii, 222, 1860 (Cuba); Jordan & Gilbert, 
Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 227 (Clarion Island). 
Carangus lugubris Poey, Syn. Pisce. Cub., 1868, 365. 
Caranx frontalis Poey, Memorias Cuba, ii, 222, 1860 (Cuba). 
Habitat.—Rocky islands in the tropics; Clarion Island (Revillagige- 
dos); West Indies; Mid-Atlantic; Mid-Pacific. 
We have compared our specimen from Clarion Island with one of 
Poey’s types and with the specimens obtained by Dr. Streets. These 
differ somewhat in form and in the height of the fins, but we have no 
doubt that all belong to the same species. The name ascensionis should 
not be retained for this species, having evidently been first given to 
some other, probably to C. dentex. 
21. Caranx melampygus Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
Caranz melampygus C. & V., ix, 1833, 116 (East Indies) ; Giinther, ii, 440, 1860 ; 
Giinther, ii, 440, 1860; Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, 133, 1876, pl. 86 (Poly- 
nesia, &c.); Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 230 (Socorro 
Island; Revillagigedos). 
Carangus melampygus Streets, Bull. U. 8. Nat. Mus., vii, 1877, 69 (Honolulu). 
Caranx stellatus Eydoux & Souleyet, Voy. Bonite. Poiss., 167, 1840 (Sandwich 
Islands). 
Caranz bixanthopterus Riippell, Neue Wirbelthiere, 1837, 49. 
Habitat.—Pacific Ocean generally, about islands in mid-ocean. Re- 
villagigedo Islands. 
22. Caranx speciosus (lorsk4l) La Cépede.—Mojarra; Dorada. 
Scomber speciosus Forskal, Descr. Anim., 1775, 54 (Red Sea). 
? Caranz speciosus La Cépede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 72, 1802. 
