FAMILY BOTHIDAE — WOODS 65 



caudal peduncle 2.77 to 2.99; length of longest dorsal rays 1.95 to 

 3.34; longest anal rays 1.95 to 2.65; length of middle caudal rays 1.32 

 to 1.5; length of pectoral fin 1.48 to 2.22; all in length of head. Angle 

 of upper profile with lengthwise axis of body 60 to 73 degrees; upper 

 profile convex in specimens of all sizes. 



Teeth of jaws strong, pointed, close set, slanted or curved inward, 

 slightly longer near symphysis; no teeth on vomer or palatines; 

 premaxUla curved ; maxilla with a knob on eyed side fitting into notch 

 just in front of ventral eye; no knob on largest specunens (89 mm.) 

 on tip of lower jaw, but a slight prominence just behind tip of snout; 

 interorbital area concave, scaled; anterior margin of upper eye about 

 middle of lower eye in large specimens; pectoral fin pointed, upper 

 rays not elongate and filamentous in any of the specimens at hand; 

 caudal rounded, middle rays longest; left pelvic fin inserted on anterior 

 edge of isthmus, right pelvic fin inserted beside fourth ray of left 

 fin. 



Color in alcohol. — Pale, dirty yellowish to brownish; bhnd side 

 without pigment, eyed side with numerous small white-edged circles 

 or oval spots, none as large as eye, scattered all over head and body, 

 traces of dusky black spots of about the same size scattered between 

 white spots and circles; m darkest specimens, small spots are pale 

 areas with black spots more prominent; all specimens with a single 

 round black spot about as large as eye on lateral line about midway 

 between tip of caudal rays and upper eye; darkest specimen with 

 minute flecks of black scattered all over head, body, and vertical 

 fins; pectorals and pelvics colorless in most specimens, pectorals 

 with three transverse rows of small dots in some. 



Genus ARNOGLOSSUS Bleeker 



Arnoglossus Bleeker, Versl. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 13, p. 427, 18G2 

 (type species, Pleuronedes arnoglossus Schneider). 



ARNOGLOSSUS INTERMEDIUS (Bleeker) 



Plate 124,C 



Platophrys intermedius Bleeker, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 3, p. 47, 1866 (type 

 locality, Menado, Celebes). 



SPECIMEN STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: Arji Island, 100 yards off shore, lagoon coral area at depths up 

 to 40 feet, poison and spear, Aug. 7, 1946, S-46-308, Brock and Herald, 1 

 specimen, 24.4 mm. 



Description. — Dorsal fin rays 80; anal 63; pectoral 11; pelvics 6-6; 

 caudal rays 9+8 counting all rays; scales not yet formed; gill rakers 

 on first gill arch on upper arch, 8 on lower. 



Depth of body 2.35; length of head 3.26; both in standard length 

 (tip of snout to base of middle caudal rays). Snout 3.75; eye 3.75; 



