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reaching origin of soft dorsal; anterior soft dorsal elevated, longest rays 1.9 in head; soft anal similar 
in form, shorter and less high; pectoral slender, falcate, about equaling depth; origin close to margin 
of opercle; caudal obtusely forked, lobes equal; ventral 2.1 in head, its tip reaching posterior margin 
of vent and slightly past midway point from its origin to first anal spine; distance from snout to anus 
2.4 in body to base of caudal. 
Color in life, back light-greenish with 9 very indistinct bands; snout and lips dusky; margin of 
first dorsal yellow, second dorsal and caudal yellow; lower part of body silvery white; black spot on 
margin of opercle near upper angle, the black extending onto body. 
This description is based on a specimen 8 inches in length (field No. 100) taken by me at 
Honolulu in 1889. Only one other specimen was obtained. It is 5 inches in length and does not 
differ from the type except in size. Type, No. 50709, U. S. N. M. 
Fig. 17. — Carangus polilus Jenkins, new species. Type. 
77. Carangus affinis (Ruppell). “ Amuka.” 
D. viii-i, 23; A. n-i-20; depth 3.5 in length; head slightly shorter than depth; anterior soft 
dorsal and anal rays not much elevated, 2.25 in head; breast scaled; 37 scutes; lateral line moderately 
arched; the curved part equaling the straight jiart to front of caudal peduncle; teeth very small, slender, 
in a single series in each jaw; villiform teeth on vomer, palatines and tongue; pectoral long, somewhat 
curved, a little less than 3 in length; its tip reaching to front of second anal fin; caudal peduncle 
almost twice as wide as deep. 
Color in life, upper part of body green, with bluish reflections, lower silvery white; a black spot 
on opercle extending on shoulder, axil of pectoral black. 
This important foocl-fish is very abundant at Honolulu. Eight examples were obtained. 
Caranx affinis Ruppell. Neue Wirbelthiere, Fische, 49, pi. xiv, fig. 1, 1835 (March, 1838), Red Sea. 
Caranx ( Selar ) affinis, Klunzinger, Fische des Rothen Meeres, ii, 19, 1879 (Red Sea); Steindaehner, Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 
LXX, 1900, 495 (Honolulu). 
78. Carangoides ferdau (Forskal). 
Two specimens of this fish, 9.75 and 10 inches in length, are in Dr. Wood’s collection. The group 
of spots on the sides characteristic of this species has almost entirely disappeared in these examples. 
Scomber ferdau Forskal, Desc. Anim., 55, 1775, Red Sea. 
Caranx ferdau, Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, I, 134, 1876 (Red Sea, Tahiti, Seychelles, Bonin Islands); Steiudaehner, Denks. 
Ak. Wiss. Wien, lxx, 1900, 495 (Honolulu), 
