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of operele; lower jaw profusely covered with fine brown points; a black spot at upper end of opercular 
opening; axil black; vertical fins all more or less dark; produced part of soft dorsal almost black, low 
part of soft dorsal black at base, then lighter, narrowly tipped with dark; anal dark brown, with a 
subterminal stripe of yellowish white along edge of fin; pectoral and ventrals pale. 
The above description based upon the type, No. 50638, U. S. N. M. (field No. 04452), a large 
example, 27 inches long, from Honolulu. This species somewhat resembles Carangus margincitus, from 
which it differs in the much more slender body, larger eye, and dark anal fin. The type is the only 
example obtained. 
Carangus elacate Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Apr. 11, 1903), 177, Honolulu. 
143. Carangus marginatus (Gill). “ Ulna.” 
Head 3.4 in length; depth 2.8; eye 4 in head; snout 3.75; interorbital 4; maxillary 2; D. vm-i, 
22; A. it— i, 16; scutes about 34. 
Body oblong, compressed, dorsal outline evenly arched to nape, rather steep thence to tip of snout; 
head slightly longer than deep; snout bluntly pointed; mouth moderate, slightly oblique, lower jaw 
prominent, slightly produced; villiform teeth on vomer, palatines and tongue, a single row of small, 
wide-set, sharp, conic teeth in each jaw; tongue rounded, rather thick, free for most of its length; 
maxillary reaching to posterior edge of pupil, its width 1.25 in eye, sheathed by preorbital for the 
greater part of its length; eye anterior, pupil above axis; interorbital slightly trenchant; dorsal spines 
weak, longest 2.75 in head; origin of soft dorsal midway between tip of snout and fork of caudal, 
longest soft dorsal 1.75 in head, 2 in base of fin; caudal deeply forked, anal similar to soft dorsal; 
ventrals reaching just beyond vent, 2.35 in head; pectoral long and falcate, reaching considerably 
beyond end of arch, slightly longer than head, equal to base of soft dorsal; arch of lateral line nearly 
straight to under sixth dorsal spine, then descending rather abruptly to straight part under about the 
fifth dorsal ray, making rather a sharp angle, arch 1.35 in straight part; scales on entire body, cheeks, 
and upper parts of operele; breast scaly; scaly sheath of fins not greatly developed. 
Color in alcohol, grayish silvery, with slight bluish reflection above, becoming light below and 
white on belly; spinous dorsal dusky, the produced part of soft dorsal black, rest of fin edged with 
dark; caudal edged with dark; anal pale, a row of about 10 spots at its base, these seeming to be pro- 
duced by the bone showing through the membrane; other fins pale, the pectoral with a black spot at 
its axil; a small black spot on operele at upper part of gill-opening. 
The above description based on a specimen (No. 04052) 11.25 inches long from Honolulu. We 
have examined 7 others from Honolulu, 8 to 11.25 inches long. Comparison with specimens from 
Panama fails to show any differences. 
Caranx margincitus Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Scl. Phila. 1863, 166, Panama; Jordan & Evermann, Fish. North & Mid. Amer., 
I, 922, 1896; Jordan & Evermann, Amer. Food and Game Fishes, 306, 1902. 
Carangus marginatus, Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 444 (Honolulu). 
144. Carangus forsteri (Cuvier & Valenciennes) . “Ulua.” 
Head 3.3 in length; depth 2.5; eye 5.5 in head; snout 3.5; interorbital 3.8; maxillary 2.6; D. vii-i, 
23; A. ii-i, 19; scutes about 35. 
Body oblong, greatly compressed, dorsal outline arched, steeper anteriorly, straight from nape to 
tip of snout; ventral outline curved from caudal peduncle to origin of anal, straight thence to tip of 
snout; head subconic, longer than deep, greatly compressed; snout bluntly pointed, lower jaw slightly 
produced; mouth moderate, slightly oblique; small villiform teeth on vomer, palatines, and tongue, a 
single row of larger, wide-set conic teeth on each jaw; tongue rounded, thin, free for most of its length; 
maxillary broad, its width 1.2 in eye, reaching anterior edge of pupil, and slipping under preorbital 
for most of its length; interorbital very convex, trenchant; dorsal spines slender and weak, longest 
2.8 in head; origin of soft dorsal midway between tip of snout and fork of caudal, just over second 
anal spine; longest dorsal ray 1.6 in head, 2 in its base; caudal deeply forked; longest anal ray 1.8 in 
head; ventral short, reaching past vent, 2.5 in head; pectoral long, falcate, 1.1 in head, reaching con- 
siderably beyond arch of lateral line; lateral line arched to under fifth dorsal ray, chord of arched 
part greater than head, 1.3 in straight part; scutes on entire straight portion, obscure anteriorly; entire 
body scaly; breast not naked. 
