78 FLATFISHES (HETEROSOMATA) 



posterior edge of eye, length about 2 in that of head ; lower jaw a little projecting, 

 I i to 15 in head. Teeth strong, canines large. 10 or 11 gill-rakers on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Scales all cycloid : 73 to 77 in lateral line ; few supplementary scales. 

 Dorsal 70-75 : commencing above posterior nostril of blind side and well in front of 

 eye. Anal 52-56. Pectoral of ocular side with 10 or 11 rays, length i* to 2J in that 

 of head. Caudal rounded or double-truncate; caudal peduncle about 15 times as 

 deep as long. Brownish, indistinctly blotched or mottled with darker and with 

 numerous small, more or le.ss distinct, pale spots ; often a dark spot at base of upper and 

 lower rays of caudal tin ; median fins with some large dark spots and with a number 

 of smaller pale spots ; pectoral with irregular dark cross-bars. 



Fic. 44.— Para/uA/Ziv.'i braiUu-tiii^. Type of /'. patagnnicui. M.C.Z. 11399. X J. 



Xype. — Instituto di Zoologia, Universita di Bologna 



Distribution. — Atlantic coast of South America, from southern Brazil to Pata- 

 gonia. 



Specimens Ex.^mined : 

 ? I (670 mm.), stuffed. i*ort Famine, Magellan Strait. Zool. Soc. CoU. 



I (385 .1 )• O"^ °* ""■ tyP«» S- -America. Schomburgk. 



of P, vorax. 

 I {320 mm.). ,, — — 



There appears to be little doubt as to the identity of P. patagonicus with the species 

 described by Ranzani as brasihensis. The type of Jordan and Goss's species [Mas. 

 Comp. Zool., No. 11399J has been examined by Col. Tenison and is illustrated here. 

 The proportionately larger eye (5J in head) and narrower interorbital space are 

 accounted for by the smaller size of the specimen. 



7. PARALICHTHVS BICYCLOPHORUS, Ribeiro, 



I'araUMhyi bicyclnphonn , Ribciro, 1915, Arcli. Mus. nac. Rio de J., xvn, Hcterosoiiiata, p. 14, fig. 



Depth of body about 2 J in the length, length of head nearly 4. Uppier profile of 

 head nearly straight. Snout longer than eye, diameter of which is 5^ in length of 

 head, and greater than interorbital width ; eyes separated by a flat space, the lower 

 a little in advance of upper. Maxillary extending almost to below posterior edge of 

 eye. Teeth apparently of moderate size. 11 giU-rakers on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Scales ciliated ; 103 in lateral line ; supplementary .scales present. Dorsal 

 S4 : origin in front of eye. Anal 65. Pectoral of ocular side about 2 in length of 

 head. Caudal double-truncate. Brownish, mottled and spotted with darker and with 

 traces of paler markings ; a large round black ocellus margined with paler below the 



