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This species is taken in the lower part of the bay under almost the same conditions as C. hippos, 
with which it associates. It appears, however, that small fish, 5 to 8 inches in length, are less com- 
mon than C. hippos of similar size, while marketable sizes t}/s to 1 pound) are taken in slightly greater 
numbers. As many as 40 fish of various sizes, all weighing less than 1 pound, were observed during 
September, 1921, among the day’s catch of one pound net at Lynnhaven Roads, Va. 
The small quantity taken is marketed in the vicinity of Norfolk, where this species and C. hippos 
were retailed together in 1921 and 1922 at about 20 cents a pound. The local names are “Jenny 
Lind” and “rudder fish.” 
This fish, like C. hippos, is principally of southern distribution. It is the common “runner” 
of the Gulf coast, where it is taken in large quantities and is esteemed as food. It does not reach as 
large a size as C. hippos, the maximum weight recorded being 3 pounds. 
Habitat. — Cape Cod, Mass., to Brazil; rarely to Nova Scotia. 
Chesapeake localities. — (a) Previous record: Cape Charles city, Va. (6) Specimens in col- 
lection: From Lynnhaven Roads and Ocean View, Va. 
Fio. 130.— Cara nx crysos 
117. Caranx latus Agassiz. Jurel; Horse-eye jack; “Jenny Lind.” 
Caranx latus Agassiz, Pise., Brasil., 1829, p. 105, Brazil; Jordan and Evermann, 1896-1900, p. 923, Pi. CXLII, fig. 389. 
Head 3.65; depth 2.25; D. VIII-I, 21; A. II-I, 17; lateral scutes 35. Body rather deep, com- 
pressed; upper anterior profile strongly convex; head short, deep; snout rather blunt, 3.4 in head; 
eye 3.8; interorbital 3.3; mouth oblique, terminal; maxillary reaching a little beyond middle of eye, 
2.1 in head; teeth present on jaws, vomer, palatines, and tongue, some of the outer ones in the jaws 
enlarged; gill rakers, a little longer than half the eye, 14 on lower limb of first arch; scales small, 
cycloid, covering the entire breast, not especially numerous on soft dorsal and anal; lateral line 
anteriorly with a prominent arch, about three-fourths as long as the straight part; lateral scutes 
strong posteriorly, forming a prominent keel on caudal peduncle; first dorsal low, with slender spines; 
second dorsal and anal moderately elevated anteriorly, each with a low sheath of scales at base; 
caudal fin broadly forked; ventral fins small, inserted under base of pectorals; pectoral fins long, 
falcate, three in length of body. 
Color greenish blue above, silvery below; no opercular spot (this spot, although wanting in the 
specimen at hand, is sometimes present); fins more or less yellowish in life; the distal parts of dorsals 
and caudal dusky. 
A single specimen, 195 millimeters (7 % inches) in length, was seen and preserved. This 
species has a deep body like C. hippos, but less robust. It is most readily distinguished from that 
species by the fully' scaled breast and usually by the absence of a dark spot on the opercle. 
This fish, like the others of the genus, is of southern distribution. It appears to be the rarest 
of the three species herein recorded from Chesapeake Bay, as only a single individual was seen. 
On the Atlantic coast of Panama it is the most common species of the genus, occurring in the markets 
almost daily. The size attained is rather small, probably not exceeding 1 pound. 
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