NO. 1 SEALE : REPORT ON FISHES 11 



Citharichthys gilberti Jordan and Evermann 



One from Mazatlan, Mexico, December 7, 1931. Length 139 mm. 

 One from Jicarita Island, Panama, February 1, 1931. Length 85 mm. 

 Lateral line straight. Interorbital narrow. Dorsal of 91 rays. 



Citharichthys xanthostigmus Gilbert 



Four from Tenacatita, Mexico, December 10, 1931. Length 87 mm. 

 Color uniform light brownish. 

 Etropus crossotus Jordan and Gilbert 



Three from Tenacatita, Mexico, December 9, 1931. Length 122-134 

 mm. Color brownish with darker spots and markings. Cleft of mouth less 

 than diameter of the orbit. 



Azevia panamensis (Steindachner) 



One from Bahia Honda, Panama, December 21, 1931. Length 107 

 mm. One from Corinto, Nicaragua, February 9, 1932. Length 209 mm. 

 Maxillary extending to below posterior margin of eye. Color dark gray 

 with black spots on dorsal and anal. Ten young specimens, length 20-55 

 mm., were taken at Port Culebra, Costa Rica, February 24, 1934. 



Syaciurn ovale (Giinther) 



Fifteen from Tangola-Tangola Bay, Mexico, February 28, 1934. 

 Length 17-56 mm. Two from Tenacatita, Mexico, March 4, 1934. 

 Length 36-43 mm. Lateral line straight. Gillrakers thick and blunt, 8-9 

 on lower limb. Color whitish powdered with darker specks. 



Paralichthyidae Bastard Halibuts 



Paralichthys woolmani Jordan and Williams 



One from Jicarita Island, Panama, February 20, 1934. Length 95 

 mm. Eyes separated by a narrow ridge. Color brownish with dark spots 

 and blotches. 



