THE SHORE FISHES. 269 



29800, 0884-1, M. ('. Z. 29810, 08842, 08839, M. (\ Z. 29800, 3 to 4| iiichos loni^ 

 from Funafuti, Ellice Islands. One siKH-inion, No. 09087, 31 inches loiiii fi-oni 

 Marshall Islands. 



Caranx ignobilis (Fdrsk.Il). 

 Dpspi-ipl. Anim,, 1775, p. do. ,J(iui)An e>c Skai.k, Hull. K. S. Hnr. Fi.sh., 190(i, 25, p. 2:11. 



Nos. At), AS, A9, M. C. Z. 29751, each 14 inches Ions from Xukuhiva. Mar- 

 (|uesas Islands. 



There are about thirty-three scutes, counting;; all in straight portion of 

 lateral line: there are more than twenty-seven shown in the hgures of I^ii])p(^ll 

 (C. sansun) and .Jordan i Evermann, when counted as above. 



Caranx ferdau (Forskai.). 



GiJNTHER, Fisehc dor Siidscc, lcS7(i, 5, ]). i;i4, lal'. S7, SS. 



Scomber ferdau Forsk.^l, Descript. Aiiiiii., 177."), p. .'i.'). 



Carnngoirle-1 ferrlini .Jordan & Evehmann. Hull f, S, Msh. f'diiini,, !!;()"i, 23. ]}t. 1, p. 1!IS. fig. 77. 



No. A71, a specimen 13? inches long from Makemo, Paumotu Islands. 



Head 3.42 in length to base of caudal; dejith 2.43; eye 4.7.5 in head; snout 

 3.04; maxillary 2.53; pectoral 2.57 in length to base of caudal, slightly shorter 

 than longest dorsal ray; base of dorsal 2.215 in length to base of caudal, slightly 

 greater than its longest ray; longest anal ray S.liti; base of anal eciual to jiectoi-al ; 

 dorsal rays 31 ; anal 2(i; scutes 29 on right side, 25 on left. 



Color: no spots now evident on body; axil of pectoral dusky; margin of 

 soft anal pale. 



This specimen is somewhat deeper than indicated by most descriptions and 

 seems most like that represented by (liinther's Si'idsee, plate 87; it also has many 

 pf)ints in common with Caranx (lilbciii .h)rdan it S(>al(> in Fishes Samoa, ]). 234. 



Trachinotus i.\( ki'khk. 



Day's description and figure of I'raclu/iiotii.s Ixiillonii do not agree. It is 

 stated that "the maxillary nearly reaches to beneath the centre of the orbit," 

 liut in the figure it barely reaches the front of the eye. It is also stated that the 



