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90. Alectis ciliaris (Bloch). Pampano. 



Obtained by Dr. Gilbert; not seen by us. We have 

 hitherto been unable to distinguish the specimens of this 

 species from the two coasts of Mexico. We are further- 

 more unable to find any distinction between the American 

 form called crinitus, and the East Indian species, Alectis 

 ciliaris. We do not believe that any distinction exists,. 

 and therefore find ourselves compelled to believe that this 

 species, like Caranx hippos and Caranx latns, is almost 

 cosmopolitan in the tropical seas, ranging from the coast 

 of Arabia to the West Indies. None of the three are 

 found in the Mediterranean. 



91. Hynnis hopkinsi Jordan & Starks, n. sp. Pam- 

 pano. Plate XXXV. 



One large specimen taken with the seine in the harbor 

 at Mazatlan. 



Head 31^; depth 2|; D. VI-i, i8; A, II, i, 15; snout 

 2^; eye 3I in head; maxillary 2^ ; pectoral, 2>\ i^i body; 

 ventral, 1]/^ in head; dorsal lobes 2~ in head: caudal 

 lobes i| in head; anal lobe, 2^ ; preorbital, 4%^ in head. 



Body oblong, compressed, elevated, with angular out- 

 lines, ventrals outline sharp. Top of head sharply cari- 

 nate; profile nearly straight from snout to nape, there 

 boldly convex, then nearly straight to elevated front of 

 soft dorsal ; a concavity in profile before soft dorsal and 

 before anal. Mouth oblique, rather large, the jaws 

 equal. Broad bands of small sharp teeth on jaws, vomer 

 and palatines. Eye very large. Dorsal and anal lobes 

 low. Lateral line with a long arch, as long as straight 

 part, which has about twelve elevated scutes and thirty- 

 seven scales in all from end of curve; curved part of lat- 

 eral line undulating behind. Gill-rakers short rather few, 

 twelve in all, those above angle obsolete. Body minutely 



