. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 206 FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 178. OARANX CRYSOS (MitcliiU). "Horse Mackerel"; "Sun-fish"; "Albacore"; "Olbacore"; Oavally; Crevalle; Horse Crevallg (S. C); Jack Crevalle (S. 0.); Hard-tail; Runner; Jurel; Yellow Mackerel. Scomber crysos Mitchill, Transactions Literary and Philosophical Society of New York, i, 1815, 424; New York.' Carangus chrysoa. Yarrow, 1877, 208; Beaufort. Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 376; Beaufort. Carangus pisquettis, Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 376; Beaufort (after Yarrow). Paratractua pisq
. The fishes of North Carolina . Fishes. 206 FISHES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 178. OARANX CRYSOS (MitcliiU). "Horse Mackerel"; "Sun-fish"; "Albacore"; "Olbacore"; Oavally; Crevalle; Horse Crevallg (S. C); Jack Crevalle (S. 0.); Hard-tail; Runner; Jurel; Yellow Mackerel. Scomber crysos Mitchill, Transactions Literary and Philosophical Society of New York, i, 1815, 424; New York.' Carangus chrysoa. Yarrow, 1877, 208; Beaufort. Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 376; Beaufort. Carangus pisquettis, Jordan & Gilbert, 1879, 376; Beaufort (after Yarrow). Paratractua pisquetos. Yarrow, 1877, 208; Beaufort. Caranx chrysus, Jordan, 1886, 27; Beaufort. Jenkins, 1887, 88; Beaufort. Caranx crysos, Jordan & Evermann, 1896, 921, pi. cxlii, fig. 388. Diagnosis.—^Depth contained times in total length; head contained times in length; maxillary extending to pupil; eye shorter than snout, contained times in head; gill-rakers long and numerous; plates covering entire straight part of lateral line, 50 in number; dorsal rays viii + i,24; anal rays ii + i,19; pectorals about length of head. Color: light green above, golden yellow or silvery below; a black opercular spot; fins pale, {crysos, gold.). Fig. 84. Cavally; Hard-tail. Caranx crysos. The range of this cavally extends from Brazil to Massachusetts. On the North Carolina coast it is ordinarily less common that Caranx hippos. Yarrow reported a few seen at Fort Macon in early fall, and took one 14 inches long in May. Jenkins noted the fish as common in the summer of 1885. One or two specimens have been obtained in recent years for the Beaufort laboratory, and in 1905 the species, was very common, upward of 240 specimens being caught between July 18 and August 28 in a pound net operated in the interest of the laboratory. The local name in most general use is "olbacore". In the Gulf of Mexico the species is very abundant and highly esteemed as food. The length rarely exceeds 15 i
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