2700 Bulletm //, United States National Museum. 



and poorly defined ; blind side reddisli yellow. Total length about 10 cm. 

 Eio Mamone, near Panama; known to us only from Steindacbner's de- 

 scription and figure. (Steindachner.) Not seen by ua. (Named for W. 

 Fischer.) 

 Solea /(«c/ter(', Steindachner, Beitrago Kenntuiss Muss-Fische Sudamer., i, 13, 1879, Rio 



Mamone, near Panama. 

 Achiris fischcri, Jordan, Troc. Ac Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1887, 391. 



8072. ACHIRU8 SCUTUM (Giiuther). 



Head 3f ; depth 1^. D. 55 ; A. 48 ; P. 3 ; scales 80. No trace of a pectoral 

 on leftside; right pectoral i^uite rudimentary, scarcely longer than the 

 eje; right ventral composed of 5 rays, which are continuous with anal. 

 Scales on nape nearly twice as large as those on the body ; snout with 

 scarcely any fringes on the blind side, right lower lip fringed. Width of 

 int('rorl)ital space less than horizontal diameter of orbit; upper eye 

 slightly in advance of lower. Longest dorsal rays in posterior third of 

 fin, I length of head; caudal rounded, longer than head. Grayish; head, 

 body, and fins with numerous blackish, irregular, waving, sometimes 

 bifurcate, transverse bands, which are broader than the interspaces ; cau- 

 dal with rounded deep black spots; the left side uniform white. Pacific 

 coast of Central America. (Giinther.) Not seeu by us. (sciititm, a shield.) 



Solca scutum, Gunther, Cat., iv, 474, 1802, Gulf of Fonseca, Panama. 

 Achirus scutum, Jordan & Goss, Review Flounders and Soles, 314, 1889. 



Subgenus ACHIRUS. 



3073. ACHIRUS FUIBBIATUS (Giintber). 



Head 3; depth U. D. 46; A. 33; scales 70. Pectorals none ; right ven- 

 tral of 5 rays, which are continuous with the anal. Scales on nape 4 

 times, those on the chin twice, as large as on the body. Upiierpart of the 

 snout slightly bent downward over the mandible and forming a short 

 hook; right lower lip broadly fringed, each fringe being serrated; nostril 

 in a short, wide, fringed tube. No tentacles on left side of head. Width 

 of interorbital space equaling diameter of circular small orbit; upper 

 eye slightly in advance of lower. Longest dorsal rays f of length of 

 head; rays of vertical fins branched; caudal rounded, its length being J 

 of the total. Brown; head and body with numerous large, rounded, or 

 kidney-shaped white spots, edged with dark brown. Gulf of Fonseca, 

 Central America. (Giinther.) Known from 1 specimen, 3^ inches long. 

 {fimbriatus, fringed.) 



Solea fimhriata, Gunther, Cat., iv, 477, 1862, Gulf of Fonseca. (Coll. Sir John Kichardson.) 

 Achirus fimbriatus, Jordan & Goss, Review Flounders and Soles, 315, 1889. 



8074. ACHIRUS FASCIATUS, Lac6pede. 



(American Sole; Hog Choker.) 



Head 4 in body ; depth 1*. D. 50 to 55 ; A. 37 to 46 ; scales 66 to 75 ; eye 

 7 in head; height of dorsal and anal nearly 2; caudal 1|;. Body broad, 

 regularly elliptical; mouth moderate, reaching just past front of lower 



