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upper part of opercles scaly; gill-rakers rather long, about I3 ■ 

 below the angle. 

 Trachinoius carolinus. The Pompano. Body oblong, compara- 

 tively robust ; head 4 ; depth 2\ ; eye 4z ; scales small and 

 smooth ; D. VI-I, 25 ; A. II-I, 23 ; profile of head evenly con- 

 vex; snout bluntly rounded; mouth small, maxillary reaching 

 middle of eye ; jaws without teeth in the adult ; maxillary with- 

 out supplemental bone; dorsal and anal fins falcate, anterior 

 rays nearly reaching middle of fins, when depressed ; dorsal lobe 

 4j in body ; anal 5 J ; dorsal lobe pale. 



THE RUNITER 



{Carangus chrysos) 



The runner was first described by Dr, S. L. 

 Mitchill, in 18 1 5, from the vicinity of New York. 

 He named it chrysos, meaning " gold," from the 

 golden sheen of its sides. It inhabits the 

 Atlantic coast from Cape Cod to Brazil, but is 

 most abundant on southern shores and in the 

 Gulf of Mexico. 



It has an oblong body, its depth a little less 

 than a third of its length, with the dorsal and 

 ventral curves about equal. The head is shorter 

 than the depth of the body, with a uniformly 

 curved profile and rather sharp snout. The 

 mouth is moderate in size and low, with a single 

 series of teeth in the lower jaw, and two in the 

 upper one, but no canines ; there are also small 

 teeth on the roof of the mouth and tongue. Its 



