PARALICHTHIN^ 



67 



more conspicuous ; fins profusel>' mottled with lighter and darker ; pectoral fin 

 barred ; a dark spot above and below on the caudal peduncle immediately in front 

 of base of fin, clearly visible on blind side. 



Type. — United States National Museum. No. 41905. 



Distribution. — Southern CaUfornia. 



Specimens Examined : 



I (320 1 

 3 (73-1 



I.). Co-type. 



San Diego. 

 California. 



Eigenmann. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. 



2. HIPPOGLOSSINA MACROPS, Steindachner. 



Hippoglossina macrops, Steindachner, 1876, SitzBer. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Ixxiv (i), p. 13, pi. iii ; 

 Giinther, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 21 ; Jordan and Goss, 1889, Rep. U.S. Com. Fish., 

 xiv (:886), p. 242 ; Jordan and Evermann, l8g8. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlvii (3), p. 2621 ; 

 Abbott, 1899, Proc. .'\cad. Nat. Sci. Philad., p. 475. 



Fig. 35— Hi. 



t macrop 



B.M. (N.H.) 79-8.20.3. X J. 



Depth of body 2j to 2J in the length, length of head 3 to 3^. Snout shorter than 

 eye, diameter of which is 3J to nearly 4 in length of head ; lower eye a little in advance 

 of upper. Maxillary extending to below middle of eye or a little beyond, length 

 2f to 2j in that of head ; lower jaw 2 to 2\ in head. Gill-rakers long, slender ; 12 on 

 lower part of anterior arch. 76-79 scales in lateral line. Dorsal 65-67 ; highest 

 rays about ^ length of head. Anal 51-52. Pectoral of ocular side with 10 or 1 1 rays, 

 length i| to 2^ in that of head. Pelvics 6. Caudal with 17 rays (13 branched), 

 rounded ; caudal peduncle deeper than long. Brownish, with obscure darker spots 

 and blotches on head, body and fins. 



Type. — Vienna Museum. 



Distribution. — Coast of Chile.' 



Specimens Examined : 



2 (132, 205 mm.). 



Trinidad Channel, Magellan Strait. 



Coppinger (" Alert "). 



■ As suggested by .\bbott, the t>-pe locality (Mazatlan) gi' 

 incorrect. 



I by Steindachner is almost certainly 



