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forms of Caranzx gallus. We, however, follow Liitken in retaining the 
American name until specimens can be actually compared. As has 
been shown by Liitken (Spolia Atlantica, 197), the nominal genera 
Scyris, Blepharis, Gallichthys, and Hynnis are simply stages in the devel- 
opment of the individuals, their characters changing with age. 
26. Caranx setipinnis (Mitchill) Jordan & Gilbert.—Blunt-nosed Shiner ; Jorobado ; 
Moon-fish ; Horse-fish. 
§ (Setipinnis.) 
Zeus setipinnis Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y., 1, 384, pl. 1, f. 9, 1815 
(New York). 
Argyreiosus setipinnis Giinther, ii, 459, 1860. 
Vomer setipinnis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 436, and elsewhere. 
Selene setipinnis, Liitken, Spolia Atlantica, 1880, 135; Steindachner, Beitr. 
Kenntniss. Fische Afrikas, ii, 10, 1882; Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 
440. 
Caranex setipinnis Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882. 
Vomer browni Cuv. & Val.,ix, 189, pl. 256, 1833, and of various writers. 
Platysomus browni, spizi, and micropteryx Swainson, Nat. Hist. Classn. Fishes, 
ii, 1839, 405. 
Argyreiosus unimaculatus, Batchelder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., ii,78 (Maine: 
young); Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 78, pl. xiv, f. 2. 
Vomer sancte-marthe, columbiensis, martinicensis, dominicensis, noveboracensis, 
sancte-petri, brasiliensis, cayennensis, and cube Guichénot, Ann. Soe. Linn. 
Maine et Loire, 1865, 38 to 44. 
Vomer curtus Cope, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. Phila., 1870, 119 (Rhode Island). 
$§ Var. gabonensis.) 
Argyriosus setipinnis, var. A, Giinther, ii, 459. 
Vomer gabonensis Guichénot, l. c., 42 (Gaboon). 
Argyreiosus gabonensis Steindachner, Fisch-fauna des Senegals, 1869, 38. 
$$$ (? Var. dorealis.) 
Argyreiosus setipinnis, var. B, Giinther, ii, 459. 
Vomer dorsalis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 436. 
Vomer senegalensis and goreensis Guichénot, 1. ¢., 35, 37. 
Habitat.—Tropical America and Western Africa; Cape San Lucas to 
Peru; Maine to Brazil. 
This species is generally abundant within its range. Some local 
variations occur, but most of the above nominal species are based on 
the changes due to age, or on individual peculiarities shown by single 
specimenss. It is possible that C. gabonensis (having the depth more 
than half the total length) and C. dorsalis (slenderer, with the rays of — 
the second dorsal, I, 25) are really distinct species. It seems, however, — 
very unlikely. The remaining species of M. Guichénot, as well as his 
family Vomerida, seem to be wanton synonyms, without excuse. 
