]'AKALICHTHIN.E 



8i 



of ocular side with lo or ii rays, length i^ to if in that of head. Caudal double- 

 truncate ; caudal peduncle more than twice as deep as long. Brownish, with traces 

 of irregular darker markings ; a pair of conspicuous ocelli above and below the straight 

 portion of the lateral line, midway between it and the dorsal and anal fins ; a similar 

 ocellus, sometimes wanting, on hinder part of lateral line ; distal part of pelvic fin 

 of ocular side duskv. 



Type. — Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. 

 Distribution. — Coast of Brazil. 

 Specimens Examined : 



4 (So- 1 35 I 



C. Frio, Brazil, 40 fms 



" Terra Nova.' 



Also a photograph of the type. 



II. PARALICHTHYS CALIFORNICUS (Ayres). 



[Bastard Halibut, Monterey Halibut.] 



Plcuroiucles maculosus (no» Cuvier),^ Girard, 1856, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., vii, (1854), p. 155, 

 Paralichthys maculosus, Girard, 1858, U.S. Pacific R.R. Survey, x. Fishes, p. 147 ; Gunther, 1862, 



Cat. Fish., iv, p. 431 ; Gill, 1864, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., p. 197 ; Lockingtoa, 1880, 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., ii, (1879), p. 79. 

 Hippoglossus californicus, Ayres, 1862-3 (?), Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ii, (1859), p. 29; ii, (i86n), 



fig. 10. 

 Pseudorhombus californicits. Giinther, 1862, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 426. 

 Uropsetta californUa, Gill, 1863, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., (1862), p. 330; Gill, 1864, Proc. 



Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., p. 198. 

 Paralichthys califormcus, Jordan and Gilbert, 1883, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xvi, p. 821 ; Jordan and 



Goss, 1889, Rep. U.S. Com. Fish., xiv, (1886), p. 245 ; Jordan and Evermann, 1898, Bull. 



U.S. Nat. Mus., xlvii (3), p. 2625 ; Starks and Morris, 1907, Univ. Calif. Pub. Zoo!., iii (11), 



p. 242 ; Starks, 1918, Calif. Fish Game, iv {4), p. 9, fig. 89. 



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

 of head nearly straight. Snout as long as or longer than eye, diameter of which is 

 4 (young) to 7 in length of head and somewhat greater than interorbital width ; eyes 

 separated by a flat space, the upper a little in advance of lower. Maxillary (in adults) 

 extending to beyond posterior edge of eye, length a little more than 2 in that of head ; 



* A species of Pseudorhombus (see p. 104). 



