PARALICHTHIN^ 



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Fig. 4S. — Paralichth 



All the known specimens of this species are small, measuring from 6 to g inches 

 in length. 



13. PARALICHTH YS ADSPERSUS (Steindachner) . 



? Hippoglossus kingii, Jenyns, 1842, Zool. Voy. " Beagle ", iv. Fish., p. 138, pi. xxvi.' 

 Pseudorhombus adspersus, Steindachner, 1867, SitzBer. Akad. Wiss. Wien, iv (i), p. 7ofj, pi. ii. 

 Paralichthys adspersus, Jordan and Goss, 1889, Rep. U.S. Com. Fish., xiv, (1886), p. 246 ; Abbott, 



1899, Proc. .\cad. Nat. Sci. Philad., p. 363 ; Thompson, 1916, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1, p. 468 ; 



Evermann and Radcliffe, 1917, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xcv, p. 140. 

 ? Pseudorhombus hingii, Reed, 1897, Cat. Feces Chilenos (An. Univ. Chile), xcv, p. 16. 

 ? Paralichthys kingii, Delfin, 1901, Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat., i\', (1900), p. 104; Fowler, 1^)27, Proc. 



Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Ixxviii, (1926), p. 282. 



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

 head nearly straight. Snout a little longer than eye, diameter of which is 4 J to 6 J in 



* No specimen was preserved, the description being based on a coloured drawing made by 

 Mr. King, an officer of the " Beagle ". This drawing shows the dorsal fin with a distinct anterior 

 portion, lower than the remainder and with the membrane notched between the rays. 



