PARALICHTHIN^ 



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Faralichthys ocellaris, Jordan and Gilbert, 1883, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., v, (1882), p. 617. 



Paralichthys ophyms, Jordan and Gilbert, 1883, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xvi, p. 82a. 



Faralichthys ienlatus, Goode, 18S4, Nat. Hist, .\quat. .\nim. (Fisheries Fish. Indust. U.S., I), p. 178, 

 pi. xlii; Jordan and Goss, 1889, Rep. U.S. Com. Fish., xiv, (1886), p. 246 ; Jordan and Ever- 

 mann, 1898, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlvii (3), p. 2629, pi. ccclxxiii, fig. 922 ; Bean, 1902, Ann. 

 Rep. Forest Fish Game Comm. N.Y., vi, (1901), p. 472 ; Bigelow and Welsh, 1925, Bull. U.S. 

 Bur. Fish., xl (l), (1924), p. 491, fig. 249; Nichols and Breder, 1927, Zoologica, ix, p. 176, 

 fig. ; Hildebrand and Schroeder, 1928, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish., xliii (l), (1927), p. 165, fig- 86. 



Eggs, Larvae and Young. 

 .'^gassiz, 1878, i'roc. .'^mer. .\cad., xiv, p. i, figs.; Hildebrand and Cable, 1931, Bull. U.S. Bur. 

 Fish., xlvi, (1930), p. 464, figs. 



Depth of body about 2J in the length, length of head 3J to 4. Upper profile of 

 head straight. Snout longer than eye, diameter of which is 6 to 7 in length of head 

 and somewhat greater than interorbital width ; eyes separated by a fiat space, their 



anterior margins about level. Maxillary extending to beyond posterior edge of eye, 

 length about 2 in that of head ; lower jaw not projecting, i J to if in head. Teeth 

 strong, canines of moderate size. 14 to 17 (occasionally 12 or 13)' gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Scales all cycloid ; about 108 in lateral line ; supplementar>' 

 scales present- Dorsal (80) 87-95 ; commencing immediately behind posterior 

 nostril of bhnd side and just in front of eye. Anal (60) 65-75. Pectoral of ocular 

 side with 11 rays, length about 2 in that of head. Caudal double-truncate : caudal 

 peduncle i J to i J times as deep as long. Brownish or greyish, variously spotted with 

 white and dark brown ; generally a row of 4 or 5 round dark spots, sometimes ocellated. 

 along upper edge of body, and a similar row of 3 or 4 along lower edge, a pair abo\e 

 and below anterior part of lateral line, and a single spot on middle of straight portion : 

 these spots are rarely absent, but sometimes inconspicuous ; median fins uniform or 

 with indistinct and irregular darker markings. 



Type. — Linnean Society of London. = 



^ See Hildebrand .and Cable, 1931, turn, cit., p. 465. 



- This is a well-preserved skin, 280 mm. in total length, bearing a label in Garden's handwriting. 

 A second skin, 296 mm. long, from the same source, is also in the possession o£ the Society. Both 

 probably came from South Carolina. [See Giinther, 1899, Proc. Linn. Soc, London, (Oct.), pp. 

 =9, 37.] 



