Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 899 



CentrouotHs anjeuteits, LACEPEDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 316, 1802, Equatorial America. 

 Lichia yuiebra, QUOY & GAIMAKD, Voy. Freyc., Zool., 365, 1824, Equatorial America. 

 Choritu-nnts sultans, CuviEB & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vni, 39 J, 1831, Martinique; 

 Brazil, and San Domingo. 



Olinrincninx </(///</(, ClJVlKH & VALENCIENNES, /. 0., VIII, 396, 1831. 



Scombroidex in-<-U1<-ntlis, JORDAN fe GILBERT, Synopsis, 447, 1883. 

 (%c>j-;//.-,s- itionKi/Hs, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 166, 1863, Panama. 

 ChorineitiHs inanudns, Gi'NTiiEii, Fish Cciitr. Amer., 433, 1869. 



Olitjopliks saurus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 973, 1883; JORDAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885, 

 375. 



1285. OL1GOPLITES SALIENS (Blocb). 

 (SAUTEUR.) 



Head 5i in total length with caudal ; depth 4-J (with caudal). D. IV-I, 

 19 ; A. II-I, 20. Upper maxillary very narrow posteriorly, reaching beyond 

 vertical from posterior rim of orbit ; length of intermaxillary half that of 

 head ; snout a little longer than eye ; the infraorbital, situated above the 

 maxillary, is broader than the bone next above it ; none of these bones 

 reach to anterior preopercular edge. Posterior margin of infraorbital 

 ring nearly vertical. Coloration uniform. (Giinther.) West Indies ; not 

 seen by us ; perhaps not distinct from Oliyoplites saurus. Length 1 foot. 

 (saliens, leaping.) 



Scomber salient, BLOCK, Ichthyologia, pi. 335, 1793. See Vol. x. 

 Scomberoides sallalor, LACEPEDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., n, pi. 19, fig. 2, 1800. 

 Chorinemus salient, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., viu, 389, 1831. 

 OligoplUes saliens, GUNTHER, Cat., n, 475, 1860. 



Represented in Lake Maracaibo, in fresh or brackish waters, by 



1285a. OLIGOPLITES SALIENS PALOMETA (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Entirely similar, but with the posterior margin of the infraorbital ring 

 deeply concave. (Giinther.) Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela ; said to be a 

 food-fish of some importance, (palometa, a Spanish name applied to var- 

 ious species of Bramidcv, fitromateidce, and Carangidce.) 



Chorinemus palometa, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vni, 392, 1831, Lake Mara- 

 caibo. 



1286. OLIGOPLITES ALTUS (Giinther). 

 (JUREL ; Monda.) 



Head 3 to 4| ; depth 3 to 3 ; eye 3| to 4 in head ; snout 3f to 4 in head ; 

 maxillary very narrow, li? in head, not quite reaching posterior border 

 of orbit. D. V-I, 19; A. II-I, 19. Lower jaw projecting. Lowest bone 

 of infraorbital broader than the bone above it. Pectoral fin longer than 

 the ventral, nearly as long as the head without snout. Body much deeper 

 and more compressed than in other species. Color silvery, bluish above. 

 Pacific Coast of tropical America from Mazatlan to Panama ; a pretty fish, 

 rather common, easily distinguished by the deep body, (alias, high.) 



Clioriiii'mus aldm, GUNTHER, Fishes Centr. Amer., 433, 18G9, Panama. 



OligopliU's <i1tns, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 374; ibid, Bull. U. S. Fish. Cotnm., 

 1882, 10G and 110; JORDAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885, 375. 



