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FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



178. OARANX CRYSOS (MitcliiU). 



"Horse Mackerel"; "Sun-fish"; "Albacore"; "Olbacore"; Oavally; Crevalle; Horse 



Crevallg (S. C); Jack Crevalle (S. 0.) ; Hard-tail; Runner; Jurel; 



Yellow Mackerel. 



Scomber crysos Mitchill, Transactions Literary and Philosophical Society of New York, i, 1815, 424; New York. ' 



Carangus chrysoa. Yarrow, 1877, 208; Beaufort. Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 376; Beaufort. 



Carangus pisquettis, Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 376; Beaufort (after Yarrow). 



Paratractua pisquetos. Yarrow, 1877, 208; Beaufort. 



Caranx chrysus, Jordan, 1886, 27; Beaufort. Jenkins, 1887, 88; Beaufort. 



Caranx crysos, Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 921, pi. cxlii, fig. 388. 



Diagnosis. — ^Depth contained 3.25 times in total length; head contained 3.75 times in 

 length; maxillary extending to pupil; eye shorter than snout, contained 3.5 times in head; 

 gill-rakers long and numerous; plates covering entire straight part of lateral line, 50 in number; 

 dorsal rays viii + i,24; anal rays ii + i,19; pectorals about length of head. Color: light green 

 above, golden yellow or silvery below; a black opercular spot; fins pale, {crysos, gold.) 



Fig. 84. Cavally; Hard-tail. Caranx crysos. 



The range of this cavally extends from Brazil to Massachusetts. On the 

 North Carolina coast it is ordinarily less common that Caranx hippos. Yarrow 

 reported a few seen at Fort Macon in early fall, and took one 14 inches long in 

 May. Jenkins noted the fish as common in the summer of 1885. One or two 

 specimens have been obtained in recent years for the Beaufort laboratory, and 

 in 1905 the species, was very common, upward of 240 specimens being caught 

 between July 18 and August 28 in a pound net operated in the interest of the 

 laboratory. The local name in most general use is "olbacore". In the Gulf of 

 Mexico the species is very abundant and highly esteemed as food. The length 

 rarely exceeds 15 inches. 



179. CARANX LATUS Agassiz. 



Jurel; Horse-eye Jack. 



Caranx laius Agassiz, Pisces Brasilienses, 105, 1829; Brazil. Jenkins, 1885, 11; Beaufort. Jordan, 1886, 271 



Beaufort. Jenkins, 1887, 88; Beaufort. Jordan & Bvermanii, 1896, 923. 

 Caranx richardifiolhTOQiL, Ichthyology of South Carolina, 96, pi. 13, fig. 1, 1860; South Carolina. 



Diagnosis. — Shaped like C- hippos, but with less strongly curved profile; depth .4 length; 

 head contained 3.4 times in length; maxillary extending as far as posterior edge of pupil; canine 



