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arch of lateral line barely twice as long as liigli, nearly 5 in straight part; 

 maxillary 2^ in head. Mr, Garman has kindly examined for us 6 other 

 specimens, with the following results: 



"raralichthys adspersus from Callao, has gill rakers — 



'" iV as long as eye; 



'"rg about f as long as the eye. 



" 'i^- nearly as long as the eye. 



'"-^4 about f as long as the eye. 



'"i^- about f as long as the eye. 



" '-rr near f as long as eye.'" * 



"We arc now disposed to regard these Mazatlan specimens as identical 

 with Paralichfhys adsjtersus, the range of variation in the number of gill 

 rakers in the latter probably including the former. Pacific coast of 

 tropical America, from Gulf of California to the coast of Peru ; everywhere 

 abundant and very variable, {adspersus, covered with spots.) 



Pscudorhombus adspersus, Steindachner, Ichthyol. Notizen, v, 9, pi. 2, 1867, Chinchas 



Islands. 

 raralichthys adspersus, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mii8. 1882, 370; Jordan <fc 



Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish. Coram. 1882, 108 and 111; Jordan, Cat. Fish N.A.,133, 1885; 



Jordan Sc Goss, Review Flounder.s and Soles, 246, 1889; Jordan & Williams, Proc. 



Cal. Ac. Sci. 1895, 503. 



2995. PARALICHTHYS AVOOLMA.VI, Jordan & TTilliams. 



HeadSi; depth about 2; gill rakers 5 + 11. D. 74; A. 57; P. 12; V.6; 

 scales 100. Flosli firm; body oblong; mouth large, mandible heavy, not 

 projecting; about 8 teeth on each side of lower jaw, the anterior ones 

 long and slender; teeth in upper jaw smaller than those in lower jaw, 

 the lateriil teeth very small and close set. Eye small, 5|^ in length of 

 head ; interorbital area moderately prominent, narrow, about f length of 

 eye. Scales cycloid, small anteriorly and increasing in size jiosteriorly, 

 covering head and fins; lateral line greatly arched anteriorly, arch about 

 3A^ times in length of straight portion. Gill rakers slender, the longest 

 about ^ in length of eye. Pectoral and ventral fins small ; pectoral about \ 

 in length of head ; origin of dorsal opposite anterior margin of eye ; caudal 

 ending in an obtuse angle, not <louble concave; caudal peduncle strong; 

 anal spine obsolete. Body and fins blotched with deep brown and pearly 

 white and specked with very dark brown, blotches more definite on me- 

 dian fins and especially on caudal where there are 3 indefinite lines of 

 blotches crossing the fin. Galajiagos Islands. One specimen taken by the 

 AIhafross\n 1890, which was at first identified as Paralichthys adsjjersus, from 

 which species it differs but little except in the number of gill rakers. 

 (Named for Mr. Albert Jefferson Woolman, of Duliith, Minnesota, in recog- 

 nition of his work on the fishes of Mexico and Florida.) 



raraUchthyg woohnani, Jordan & "Williams, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas. 1890, 457, Galapagos 

 Islands. (Type, No. 47575. CoM. Albatross.) 



* Garman, in lit., ^ay 3, 1895. 



