418 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



The pectorals orij;iiiate immediately behind the branchial openiii};, fai- below the lateral 

 line. The third and Iburtli rays of tiie fin upou the eyed side elonji'ated. Its leiigtb (3S 

 Tnilliuieteis) is contaiucd 2i times in total length. This tin has 10 rays; that of the blind 

 side contains (! rays; its length (12 millimeters) is less than one-third tliat of its mate, and 

 is less than half the length of the head. 



The ventral on the eyed side originates npun the ventral ridge at a distanei' IVoin the 

 snout (27 millimeters) e(iual to the icngtli of tiic liead; it contains .J rays, the length <if tlic 

 tirst (tii millimeters) contained 4 times in length of the; head. The veutral of the blind side 

 has 6 rays; its length is contained 2if times in length of the head. 



Kadial formula: D. 91 ; A. 73; \\ lO/G; V. 5. L. hit. 4S; L. transv. 14/10. 

 Color, grayish browu above, white below. 



The tjqje specimen, 92 millimeters long to base of caudal, was taken by the l>l((hf from 

 station xxi, off Guadaloupe, in 175 fathoms. Additional e.\am])les were obtained by the 

 same vessel from station xxvi, otl Ste. liUcie, in 110 fathoms; and from stations xix, xxvili 

 and XXIX, oft' Barbados, in 310, SOo, and 9o5 fathoms resi)ectively. 



ClTHAl.'KIITIIVS IVETULUS, ((ioODK and Hean). .JhUDAn ami Gii.unUT. (Fiyun- TOi.) 



Remirhombus pwtulus, GooDE and Bkan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis., v, Sig. 26, Sept. 12, 1882, 414 (speiMineii from 

 Pensaeola, Florida). — Jokdan, op. cit., 304, quoting " Bean MSS." (from stoniacli of rcdsuapper, Pcnsacola. ) 



Citharichlhys pivtiilim, Johuan and GiLBEliT, Bull. XVI, U. S. Nat. Mu.s., !H)4. 



Citharifhlhijs (Aramaca) paliiliis, JonUAN and Goss, Cat. Fish. N. Amur., 1885, V.i'^. 



Cithnriclitliiia aramaco, Jokdan and (jilkkkt, Bull, xvi, U. S. Nat. Mus., 816 (not Iltiitiihuinhns unuiKicn, 

 Aurtoruin). 



Body sinistral; general form that of an clli])se, the caudal extremity being considerably 

 produceil. Its height is contained 2;^ times in its length, 2:5 times in its length to the end of 

 the caudal fin, and is 4 times the height of the tail at its lowest portion. Its height at the 

 ventrals is 3 times as great as at the tail. Its greatest width is eijual to the diameter of the 

 upper orbit. 



The scales on the cheek of the blind side are arranged in 13 series; tho.se npon the 

 nape and interorbital space of the eyed side are smaller than upon the body. The scales on 

 the body are large, thin, deciduous, and cycloid. There are 57 scales in the latcnal line, 

 54 of which are tube-bearing. Lateral line straight, and over the axis of the body, save in 

 its anterior fourth, within which it slightly aseCTids with a very gentle curve, to the upper 

 angle of the gill opening. Above the lateral line are 13 scales; below, 22. The vertical 

 fins are scaly two-thirds of the distance to their tips. 



The head is short, its length being contained 3^ times in the standard body length, 4J 

 times in the total length, and li; times in the greatest height of body. The snout is short; 

 its length, slightly less than the diameter of the lower eye, is contained 5 times in the length 

 of the head. Mouth rather large, the upper edge somewhat curved, its cleft very obli(pie, 

 the maxillary extending to below the middle of the lower eye. The lower jaw extends to the 

 vertical from the anterior margin of the upper eye. Length of the upper jaw equals one- 

 third the distance from the snout to the insertion of the anal. The lower jaw equals the 

 distance from the Tip of the snout to the posterior margin of the lower eye and is contained 

 2J times in the length of the head. Teeth moderate, ecpuilly developed on both sides, in two 

 rows in the upper jaw, those of the outer row upon the blind side of the upper jaw and tlie 

 anterior portion of the eyed side considerably larger than those in the inner row. The teeth 

 of the lower jaw uni.serial, almost as large as in the outer row of the uii])ej- jaw. 



The eyes are large, prominent, and far apart. Their longitudinal diameter e()uals the 

 length of the snout, and is contained 5 times in the length of the head. Their vertical 

 diameter is about three-fourths as great as their longitudinal diameter. The lower eye is 

 far in advance of the upper, the veitical from the anterior margin ot the upper orbit cutting 

 the lower orbit at a point about two thirds the distance from its anterior to its posterior 

 margin. The n])])er eye is close to the dorsal ])rolile, separated from it by a distance equal 

 ing about one-half its longitudinal diameter. The interorbital space is tiattish and uneven, 



