DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW AND IMPERFECTLY KNOWN 

 SPECIES AND GENERA OF GOBIOID AND PLEURO- 

 NECTID FISHES IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL 

 MUSEUM 1 



B}^ Isaac Ginsburg 



United States Bureau of Fisheries 



In my studies of the fishes of the Gulf of Mexico, I found it neces- 

 sary to prepare monographic accounts of the genera Gobiosoma and 

 Paralichthys, in order to establish definitely the taxonomic status 

 and the morphological as well as the geographical limits of the fishes 

 of these genera occurring on the Gulf coast of the United States. As 

 a result of these studies, new species have been discovered in the col- 

 lection of the National Museum, and these are described in this paper. 

 The courtesy of Dr. Alexander Wetmore and Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, 

 of the National Museum, in placing the material and the facihties of 

 the Aluseum at my disposal, is thankfully acknowledged. The three 

 drawings for this paper were made hj Miss Louella E. Cable, of the 

 United States Bureau of Fisheries. 



Family PLEURONECTIDAE 



Subfamily Paralichthyinae 



Genus PARALICHTHYS Girard 



PARALICHTHYS SCHMITTI, new species 



Description oj type. — Sinistral. Scales ctenoid on eyed side, cycloid 

 on blind side, in 68 rows over straight part of lateral line to end of 

 hypoural, about 29 rows over the curved part. Accessory scales pres- 

 ent on both sides, very numerous, nearly covering surface of many 

 regular scales, and massed in bands around edges of nearly all scales. 

 Scales cover entire head and bod}^, except lower jaw and snout of 

 both sides and preopercle and maxillary of blind side; preopercle of 

 eyed side completely scaled; maxillary of eyed side incompletely scaled 

 at distal end ; small more or less embedded scales extending on rays 

 of vertical fins except those near either end; ventral on eyed side 



'Published by permission of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries. 



No. 2961.— Proceedings U. S. National Museum. Vol. 82, Art. 20 



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