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tyjies obtained in the deep waters (75 fathoms) of the Gulf Stream, ofi' the 

 Carolina coast, {dilevtus, delightful.) 



Notosema (iilecta, Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. (;omp. Zool., x, No. 5, 193, 1883, Gulf Stream 

 off the coast of South Carolina; Goode \ Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 437, 1896. 



ParaUchthys stigmatias, Goode, Nat. Hist. A(xuat. Aiiim., 182, 1884; by inadvertance for 

 dilectus. 



Aneylopsetta dilecta, Jokdan, Cat. Fish. N. A., 134, 1885; Jordan & Goss, Keview Floun- 

 ders and Soles, 250, 1889. 



I028. GASTROPSETTA, B. A. Bean. 



Gaitro2)setta, Barton A. Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1894, 633 (frontaliis). 



Body ol)long-<jvate, highly arched in front, covered with small, cycloid, 

 eml)e(lded scales; lateral line arched in front, deflected downward on 

 caudal peduncle. Teeth small, iu a single series in each jaw. Dorsal lin 

 Leginuiug in advance of eye, its anterior rays produced, not counected by 

 the irregular and broadly fringed numibrane. Gill rakers very short, 

 almost as broad as long, few in number. Ventral of eyed side produced, 

 ending in a long lilamentous ray in the young. This genus is closely allied 

 to Aneylopsetta, from which it difters in form of body, and especially in 

 the entirely smooth scales, singularly branched and produced anterior 

 dorsal rays, and very short and broad gill rakers. {ya6t})iJ, belly ; rpffrra, 

 turbot or flounder. ) 



3004. GASTROPSETTA FRONTALIS, B. A. Bean. 



Head 4| ; depth 2^ ; middle caudal rays 2* ; eye large, 3f in head. D. 60 ; 

 A. 48; V. 6; P. I, 10. Mouth of moderate size, maxillary 2A in head, the 

 Jaws curved; interorbital ridge prominent, very narrow. Dorsal liegin- 

 ning in front of eye on snout, its anterior rays singularly branched, the 

 third and iburtli longest, almost equaling length of head; anal lin begin- 

 ning at vent, which is situated on blind side, its anterior rays scarcely 

 produced ; ventral of colored side nmch produced ; middle caudal raysloug. 

 Color in spirits, light brown ; 3 black spots on body, 2 along back, and 1 

 near anal base; fins with dusky blotches; several vertical stripes across 

 eyes. A smaller specimen from Alhatrosn Station 2317 has D. 62; A. 52; 

 V. 6; P. I, 11. Gill rakers short, broad laminie, 2 + 7. Teeth weak, uni- 

 serial. Anterior rays of dorsal greatly produced, the third 1^ times as 

 long as head. Ventral of eyed side very long, ending in a thread-like 

 iilament. Color as in the preceding. An example from Albatross Station 

 2373 near Apalachicola, is 224 mm. long; its depth 90 mm. D. 60; A. 49; 

 P. I, 10; V. 6; C. 15. Vent situated in a deep notch," which forms the 

 front margin of abdomen, and not on side, as in other specimens. Color 

 darker than that of the Key West examples, being dark reddish brown; 

 body spotted and tins blotched as in the preceding. Two sjiecimens 

 obtained by the Alhatross, January 15, 1885, at Station 2317, Lat. 24° 25' 

 45" N., Long. 81° 46' 45" W., near Key West, Florida, in 45 fathoms of 

 water, the type 8 inches long, the other one 6 inches. (B, A. Bean.) 

 {frontalis, pertaining to the forehead.) 



Gastmpsetta. frontalis. Barton A. Bean, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. 1894, 633, Key West. 

 (Type, No. 37668, U. S. Nat. Mus. Coll. Albatross.) 



