200 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [March, 



A NEW FLAT FISH FROM NEW JERSEY. 

 BY HENRY W. FOWLER. 



Citharichthys micros sp. nov. 



Head 3f ; depth 2\; D. 67; A. 52; left P. 16; right P. 10; left V. 

 7; right V. 5; scales 43 in 1. 1. to caudal base; 11 scales above 1. 1. at 

 depressed pectoral tip; 12 scales below 1. 1. at depressed pectoral tip; 

 about same squamation on blind side also ; snout tip to lower eye front 

 about 5\ in head, measured from upper jaw tip; eye 3^; maxillary 

 3^; longest dorsal rays about 2; longest anal rays about 2; least 

 depth caudal peduncle 2f ; caudal length \\; left pectoral \\; right 

 pectoral 2£; interorbital about 6 in eye. 



Body strongly compressed, thin, contour elongately ovoid, with 

 greatest depth about opposite depressed pectoral tip. Caudal peduncle 

 well compressed and only a little free. 



Head moderate, greatly compressed, profiles similar or rather 

 obtuse in front. Snout short, blunt. Eyes close together, only 

 separated by narrow trenchant ridge, lower trifle large and but 

 slightly extending before upper, its center about first third in head. 

 Mouth small, inclined vertically, slightly curved. Lips fleshy, mod- 

 erate. Maxillary bent a little, extends back trifle beyond front eye edge, 

 though not to that of pupil, distal expansion about 4 in eye. Teeth 

 in jaws uniserial, close-set, minute, slightly larger in front, sharp- 

 pointed, conic, erect. No teeth on roof of mouth or tongue. Latter 

 inconspicuous, fleshy, small, far back, end free. Mandible well 

 protruded, rami well elevated inside mouth. Lower nostrils well 

 separated, posterior over lower eye front and anterior a little before. 

 Upper nostrils on front edge of snout well separated. Interorbital 

 narrowly constricted. Preopercle ridge and edge slightly inclined 

 forward. 



Gill-opening forward about midway in head. Rakers 2+6 firm 

 denticles, longest about \ of filaments, pointed, conic and apparently 

 smooth. Filaments If in eye. Pseudobranchiae a little less than 

 filaments. Branchiostegals 4, membrane forming fold over isthmus. 

 Latter truncate and trenchant in front, both sides constricted. 



Scales rather small, cycloid, disposed in rather even longitudinal 

 series parallel with 1. 1. on blind side, similar on upper side except some 



