2C7G DuUctin //, United States National Museum. 



3045. CYCLOPSETTA CHITTE>DENI, B. A. Bean. 



Head 3^ in body; depth 21. D. 82; A. 62; scales 90; eye 5 in head. 

 Month widely cleft, obliciue, the jaws curved; cleft of mouth less thau 2 

 iu head. Teeth of each jaw in a single series, those of lower jaw strong 

 and sharp, curved inward and backward, those of upper jaw not so large, 

 and very irregular in size. Ventral lins well developed, that of eyed side 

 being on abdominal ridge, and about f as long as pectoral; pectorals \ as 

 long as head, their length equaling a little more than ^ of body depth, 

 posterior margin oblique; gill rakers very shorb, tubercular, almost as 

 broad as long, 3 or 4 -f- 8 in number. Color brown ; lins lighter, marked 

 with blackish; 3 small faint blotches of black on first half of dorsal fin, 

 and 3 rather distinct blotches on second half, last blotch extending to 

 caudal peduncle; anal fin with 3 black blotches situated as and similar to 

 those of dorsal fin; ventral of eyed side blackish, that of blind side pale; 

 caudal fin with 3 black spots at its extremity; pectoral fin of colored 

 side blackish; quite a large blotch of black on body under this fin. This 

 species is distinguished from Cyclopsetta Jimhriata by its shorter head, 

 smaller and closely adhering scales, larger teeth, the little-produced 

 anterior dorsal rays and by the oblifjue posterior margin of the pectorals. 

 In C. fivibriata the scales are rather large and deciduous, the teeth small, 

 the anterior rays of the dorsal considerably j)roduced, and the posterior 

 margin of the pectoral is subtrnncate. A single specimen collected by 

 Dr. John F. Chittenden, of the Victoria Institute, Port of Spain, Trinidad 

 Island, and named iu his honor. It is 7| inches in length. (B. A. Beau.) 



Cyclopsetta chittendeni, B. A. Bean, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mus. 1894, 635, Trinidad. (Type, No. 

 44100. Coll. Dr. Chittenden.) 



8046, CYCLOPSETTA FIMBRIATA (Goode &Bean). 



Head 3i in length ; depth nearly 2. D. 80; A. 60 or 61; pectoral 10; ven- 

 tral 6; scales 25-70-31 ; maxillary 2 in head; caudal 4* in total length; 

 pectoral .5^. Mouth very large, the upjier jaw strongly curved, lower jaw 

 included; teeth uniserial in each jaw, some of the anterior ones in the 

 upper jaw being much larger than those following, while those in the 

 lower jaw are still larger than these, some of the teeth in each jaw de- 

 pressed; upper eye placed at a distance from profile equal to ^ its own 

 diameter, which is a little less than 5 in head; eyes in th(» same vertical; 

 interorbital ridge low, 4 in eye; gill rakers very short, tubercular, about 

 9 on lower part of angle. Scales cycloid; curve of lateral line slight, 

 curve 3^ in straight part. Dorsal beginning on snout in advance of nos- 

 trils, first ray higher than second, highest rays behind middle of fin; ori- 

 gin of anal under base of pectoral, its highest rays behind middle of fin, 

 higher than highest dorsal rays ; ventral of eyed side on ridge of abdo- 

 men ; middle caudal rays produced. Color grayish brown ; dorsal and 

 anal fins each with 2 round dark blotches upon their posterior halves, 

 which are slightly larger than eye ; a similar dark blotch upon middle of 

 caudal, sometimes with smaller blotches irregularly placed near its outer 

 margin; pectoral with a very narrow dark band near its base, whole of 

 outer half marked with a dark blotch, reticulated and mottled with 



