PARALICHTHIN^ 69 



r. LIOGLOSSINA TETROPHTHALMUS, Gilbert. 



Lioglositna Utrophthalmus, Gilbert, 1891, torn, cit., p. 122 ; Jordan and Evermann, 1898, liull. U.S. 



Nat. Mus., xlvii (3), p. 2622. 



Depth of body 2 J in the length, length of head 3 J. Snout about as long as eye, 

 diameter of which is (3J) 5 in length of head ; lower eye slightly in advance of upper. 

 Maxillary extending nearly to below posterior margin of eye, length 2^ in that of 

 head. 9 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 97 scales in lateral line. Dorsal 

 76-83 ; commencing above anterior part of eye, highest rays 3 in length of head. 

 Anal 58-62. Pectoral of ocular side with 11 rays, length le.ss than | tliat of head. 

 I'elvics 6. Caudal sharply double-truncate ; caudal peduncle i i times as deep as 

 long. Dusky brownish, with two pairs of conspicuous round black spots edged with 

 grey, the anterior pair above and below middle of straight part of lateral line, the 

 posterior smaller, nearer edges of body, and opposite hinder parts of dorsal and anal 



fins : median fins obscurely blotched with darker ; pelvic fin of ocular side with a 

 conspicuous black blotch margined with white ; pectoral with a dark spot near its 

 base. 



Type. — United States National Museum. No. 47268. 



DiSTRiBUTio.N'. — Gulf of California. 



The two types were collected by the " Albatross " at Stations 3014 and 3016, 

 at depths of 29 and 76 fathoms. The type specimen figured measures 320 mm. in 

 total length 



Genus 5. PARALICHTHYS. 



Paralichthys, (iirard, 1S5S, L'.S. Pacific R.R. Survey, x, Fishes, p. 146 {PUurnnectes macuiosus, 

 Girard] ; Jordan and Evermann, i8q8, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlvii (3), p. 2624. 



I'ropsctta, Gill, 1863, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., (1862), p. 330 [Hippoglossus californicus, Ayres]. 



Chanopsetta, Gill, 1S61, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Suppl. (Cat. Fish. E. Coast N. Anier.), p. 50 

 [PUuronecles oblongus, Mitchill] ; Gill, 1864, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., p. 218 [Platessa 

 ncdlaris, De Kay]. 



Body ovate or oblong, compressed. Eyes normally on the left side,' separated 

 by a bony ridge or flat space of moderate width. Olfactory laminae in moderate 



' P. californicus is almost as frequently dextral as sinistral. 



