.So FL.MFISHKS (HHTKROSOM.X'l A) 



above anterior edge or anterior part of eye. .^nal (58) 60-68 (76). Pectoral of ocular 

 side with 1 1 rays, length a little more than I that of head. Caudal pointed ; caudal 

 peduncle rather deeper than long. Greyish or brownish, generally mottled or blotched 

 with darker ; 4 rather conspicuous ocelli, each surrounded by a pinkish area, a pair 

 just behind middle of body and near its edges, and another lielow last rays of dorsal 

 and above last rays of anal respectively. 



Tvpi;, — Not traced. 



Distribution. — Coasts of New England and New York ; extending into deeper 

 water as far as the 100 fathoms line. 



Specimens Examined ; 



I (302 mm.). Woods Hole, Mass. 



J (88, 115 mm.). Vineyard Sound, Mass. 



I (107 mm.). Buzzards Bay, 



I (2S5 ,, ). Approx. 4n' 10' N., 73' 36' W. 



I (.'•;.: ,, ). N. Atlantic. 



9. P-^RALICHTHYS ISOSCELES, Jordan. 

 raiahchthyi isoicdcs, Jordan, 1890, I'roc. U.S. X.it. Mus., xiu, p. 330. 



Apparently clo.se to P. oblongus and P. triocdlatiis. Depth of body 2.;'^ in the 

 length, length of head 3|. Diameter of eye 5 in length of head ; eyes separated by a 

 narrow, nearly or quite naked ridge. Maxillary scaled, length i\ in that of head. 

 Teeth slender, sharp, the anterior moderately enlarged. 8 or g giU-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Scales finely ciliated ; 88 to 90 in lateral line. Dorsal 84. 

 .\nal 66. Length of pectoral of ocular side if in that of head. Caudal double- 

 truncate. Greyish brown, more or less mottled with darker ; snout and lower jaw 

 with dark spots ; a vague dark spot just above curve of lateral line and another 

 behind pectoral ; three large black ocelli forming a triangle, a pair above and below 

 lateral line and near edges of body, the third on lateral line just before end of dorsal ; 

 fins all more or less speckled or mottled with dark ; peh'ic blackish, with two or three 

 small, inky spots. 



Type. — United States National Museum. 



Distribution. — Bahia, Brazil. 



Known only from the 4 types, 125 to 280 mm. in total length. 



This species may prove to be identical with P. tnocellatus. Allowing for the 

 liiHerence in the sizes of the .specimens described by Jordan and those of tnocellatus 

 in the British Museum, the two are very similar, but Jordan records 88 to 90 scales 

 m the lateral line in isosceles. 



10 PARALICHTHYS TRIOCELLATUS, Ribeiro. 



l\iralUhth\slTu,ccllcitui, Ribeiro, 1904, Lavoura (Bol. Soc. Nac. Agric), 4-7. (1903), p. iqj ; Ribeiro, 

 1915, Arcli. Mus. Nac. Rio do J., xvii, Hotcrosomata, p. 13, fig. ; Rihfiro. uiiS, Arch. Mus. 

 nac. Rio de J., xxi, p. 16;, 



I'aralichthys oblongus, ReKan. 1914, Rep. Urit. Antarct ("Terra Nova") Expcd., 1910, Zool., 1, 

 I. p. 23- 



Depth of body 2^ to 2| in the length, length of head 3J to 35 Upper profile of 

 head a little concave m front of upper eye. Snout equal to or shorter tlian eye, 

 diameter of which is 3I to 3 1 in length of head ; eyes separated by a low narrow ridge, 

 their anterior margins about level. Maxillary extending to a little beyond middle 

 of eye, length about 2 in head ; lower jaw not projecting, 1 3 to if in head. Teeth of 

 moderate size, canines not much enlarged. 8 or 9 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Scales mostly feebly ctenoid on ocular side, cycloid on blind side ; about 60 

 in lateral line ; very few supplementary scales. Dorsal 82-86 ; commencing imme- 

 diately behind posterior nostril of blind side and in front of eye. Anal 67-69. Pectoral 



