PARALICHTHIN^ 



Closely related to P. albiguita. Depth of body about 2 in the length, length of head 

 3i to 3f . Upper profile of head nearly straight. Snout longer than eye, diameter 

 of which is 5 to 5I in length of head and much greater than interorbital width ; 

 eyes separated by a fiattish space, the upper a little in advance of lower. Maxillary 

 extending to below posteror edge of eye or a little beyond, length 2 in that of head; 

 lower jaw a little projecting, i§ in head. Teeth rather strong, canines large. 9 

 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales all cycloid ; about 115 in lateral 

 line ; no supplementary scales. Dorsal 75-78 ; commencing immediately behind 

 posterior nostril of blind side and just in front of eye. Anal 59-61, Pectoral of 

 ocular side with 12 or 13 rays, length about \ that of head. Caudal rounded ; caudal 

 peduncle twice as deep as long. Brownish ; the body and fins obscurely spotted with 

 darker ; caudal mottled with white ; pectoral with dark cross-bars and some dark 

 spots. 



Type. — United States National Museum. No. 30862. 



Distribution. — South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. 



Specimens Examined : 



2 (119, 121 

 I (360 mm. 



Pensacola, Florida. 

 Dry Tortugas, Florida. 



U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 Longley. 



6. PARALICHTHYS BRASILIENSIS (Ranzani) 



840, De Nov. Pise, (2) [N. Comm. \c. Sci. Inst. Bonon., 

 , p. 7&, pi. xl, fig. 3. 



Hippoglossus brasiliensis, R; 



p. 10, pi. ill. 

 Rhombus aramaca, Castelnau, 1855, Anim. Nouv, Rares Amer. Sud 

 t Pseudorhombus dentatus, Giinther, 1862, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 425. 

 Pseudorhombus vorax (part), Giinther, 1862, torn, cit., p. 429. 

 Pseudorhombus brasiliensis, Giinther, 1869, Trans. Zool. See, vi, p. 429 

 Paralichthys paiagonicus, Jordan and Goss, 1889, Rep. U.S. Cora. Fish., 



1895, An. Mus. nac. B. .'\ires, iv, p. 77 ; Evermann and Kendall, 1 



XXXI, p. 107. 

 Paralichthys brasiliensis (part), Ribeiro, 



Arch. Mus. nac. Rio de J. 



, (1886), p. 248 ; Berg, 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 



i, Heterosomata, p. zi. 



Fig. 43. — Paralichthys 



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

 head a little notched in front of upper eye. Snout longer than eye, diameter of which 

 is 6J to 8 in length of head and about equal to interorbital width ; eyes separated by 

 a fiat space, their anterior margins about level. Maxillary extending to a little beyond 



