PARALICHTHIN/E 75 



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

 head nearly straight. Snout longer than eye, diameter of which is 5J to nearly 8 in 

 length of head and (in adults) equal to or a little greater than interorbital width ; 

 eyes separated bv a flat 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 

 about if in head. Teeth strong, canines of moderate size. 9 to 11 (occasionally 8 

 or 12)' gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales all cycloid ; 85 to 100 in 

 lateral line ; supplementary scales present. Dorsal 78-93 (95) ; commencing imme- 

 diately behind posterior nostril of blind side and just in front of eye. Anal (58) 60- 

 74. Pectoral of ocular side with 11 or 12 rays, length about 2 in that of head. Caudal 

 double-truncate ; caudal peduncle twice or more than twice as deep as long. Dark 

 olive brown, obscurely spotted and mottled with darker, and with traces of some 

 white spots ; median fins generally with round dusky spots. 



Typk. — Not traced.^ 



Distribution. — Atlantic coast of America, from New York to Trinidad. 



Specimens Examined : 



1 (::io mm.). North Carolina. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



I (147 ,, ). Beaufort, North Carolina. Ginsburg. 



3 (150-230 mm.) Charleston Harbour, South Carolina. Charleston Mus. 



I (302 mm.). Florida. U.S. Nat. Mus. 



12 (170-290 mm.). Biloxi Bay to Horn Is., Mississippi. Caribb. Biol. Lab. 



1 (x.'io mm.). Tobago. Guppy. 



2 (210, 330 mm.). Two of — Haslar Coll. 



the types of P. vorax. 

 This species has been frequently confused with P deutaius, from which it may be 

 distinguished by the smaller number of gill-rakers, lower average number of dorsal 

 and anal rays, and by the coloration. 



4. PARALICHTHYS ALBIGUTTA, Jordan and Gilbert. 

 [Gulf Flounder.] 

 Paralichthys albigtitla, Jordan and Gilbert. 1883, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., v, (1882), p. 302 ; Jordan 

 and Gilbert, 1883, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xvi, p. 823 ; Jordan and Goss, i88g, Rep. U.S. Com. 

 Fish., xiv, (1886), p. 248 ; Jordan and Evermann, 1898, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlvii (3), p. 2631. 



Eggs, Larv.« .\.\-d Young. 

 Hildebrand and Cable, 1931. Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish., xlvi, (1930), p. 464, figs. 



Perhaps identical with P. lethostigma, but with somewhat larger eye, narrower 

 interorbital space, rather fewer dorsal and anal rays, and larger scales. Interorbital 

 width rarely more than 5 diameter of eye, which is 4I (young) to about 6 in length of 

 head. 70 to 82 scales in lateral line. Dorsal (72) 74-80. Anal 56-62. Brownish 

 or olivaceous, mottled and spotted with darker, and generally with numerous pale 

 spots ; young with 3 more or less distinct ocellated spots forming a triangle, a pair 

 above and below the lateral line just behind the curve and the third on the middle 

 of its straight portion ; these spots frequently persisting in the adult ; median fins 

 with dark spots and blotches and with some smaller pale spots ; pectoral finely 

 spotted with brown. 



Type. — United States National Museum. 



Distribution. — South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the X'nited States. 



Specimens Ex.\mined : 



fi (75-90 mm.). North C arolina. .-imer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 



1 (295 mm.). Cedar Key, Florida. Jordan. 



2 (232, 280 mm.). S.W. Florida. ."Vmer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 I (150 mm.). Apalachicola Bay, Florida. Ginsburg. 



* See Hildebrand and Cable, 1931. 



^ No type specimen appears ever to have been designated. 



