113. PLEURONECTID.E CITHAEICHTHYS. 817 



2f. D. 81; A. 63; Lat. 1. 53 '(Lat. 1. 70, GiintJier). West Florida to 

 Cuba; abundant in deep water. 



(Pletironectcs aramaca Cuvier, Kegne Anim.: Hemirhombus aramaca Gthr. iv, 422: 

 1 Hemirhombus fuscus Poey, Syii. Pise. Cub. 1868, 406. 

 era. Teeth in both jaws in single series (Citharichthys). 



1257. C. sordidus (Grd.) Gthr. 



Dull olive brownish of varying shade, the males with dull orange 

 spots and blotches; each scale with a darker edge; dorsal and anal 

 fins in the male blackish, with dull orange blotches, and edged ante- 

 riorly with yellowish ; female paler, the tins nearly plain. Form' ellip- 

 tical; iuterocular space concave, scaly, a conspicuous sharp ridge above 

 the lower eye; mouth not large, the maxillary about 3 in length of head ; 

 teeth anteriorly subequal, growing much smaller behind. Gill-rakers 

 about 16 below the angle. Lower pharyngeals narrow, each with one 

 row of slender teeth. Scales rather large, thin, and membranaceous, 

 readily deciduous, their edges slightly ciliate; accessory scales numer- 

 ous. Eye large, much longer than snout, 3J in head; depth of caudal 

 peduncle less than one-third head; pectorals long, nearly two-thirds 

 length of head. Head 3|; depth 2&. D. 95; A. 77; Lat. 1. 70. Coast 

 of California north, to Vancouver Island; very abundant; a small, soft- 

 fleshed, dull colored species. 



(Psettietithys sordidus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 142; Giinther, iv, 421; 

 Lockiugton, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 83: Metoponops cooperi Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila. 1864, 198: Orthopsetta sordida Gill.) 



125. C. spilB>teriis Giinther. 



Olive brownish, usually with large blotches of darker; a series of 

 distant, obscure, blackish blotches along the basal portions of the anal 

 and dorsal fins. Body ovate. Mouth small, very oblique, the gape 

 curved; maxillary 2| times in length of hea'd, reaching beyond middle 

 of orbit; snout projecting; eyes small, even, shorter than snout, about 

 6 in head, separated by a narrow ridge, which is concave and scaleless 

 anteriorly ; teeth all small ; front teeth of upper jaw wide-set, much 

 larger than the posterior, which are close together and very small; 

 teeth of lower jaw few, wide apart. Gill-rakers short and strong, 13 

 below angle. Pectorals short, less than half length of head. Scales 

 large, those on middle of sides posteriorly largest. Head 3; depth 

 2-^g-. D. 80; A. 61; Lat. 1. 45. Size small. Tropical America, north 

 to Florida and Louisiana (here described from specimens obtained at 

 Panama). 



(Giinther, iv, 421; Giiuther, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1866, 471: Citharichthys micros- 

 tomus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 223.) 



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