FISHES OF HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
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The above description, based upon the type (original No. 100), a specimen 8 inches long, obtained 
by Doctor Jenkins, at Honolulu, 1889. Another example, No. 327, 5 inches long, is in the same 
collection, and these agree very closely with specimens from the Philippines, which are determined as 
Carcmgus hasselti. Carangus politics is probably a synonym of the latter species. 
? Selar hasselti Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen., XXIV, 53, 1852, Moluccas. 
? Caranx hasseltii, Gunther, Cat., II, 430,1860 (Moluccas; Amboyna). 
Carangus politics Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Coram., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 445, fig. 17, Honolulu (type, No. 50709, 
U. S. Nat. Mus.) 
148. Carangus affinis (Riippell). “ Arnuka “ Pi'ialcah&la.” Fig. 70. 
Head 3.9 in length; depth 3.5; eye 4.1 in head; snout 3.6; interorbital 3.6; maxillary 3; D. vii-i, 
23; A. n— i, 20; scutes 43. 
Fig. 76 . — Carangus affinis (Riippell). 
Body fusiform, dorsal and ventral outlines about the same; head longer than deep; snout conic, 
its tip on a line with middle of eye; upper jaw bluntly rounded; lower jaw produced, rather pointed; 
series of small teeth on vomer, palatines, and tongue, a single row of minute canine-like teeth in each jaw; 
tongue rounded, thin, and moderately wide, free for most of its length; maxillary reaching anterior 
