PARALICHTHIN^ 87 



lower jaw scarcely projecting, ij to i§ in head. Teeth rather strong, canines large. 

 (11) 12 to 14 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales all cycloid ; 102 to 

 1 10 in lateral line; supplementary scales present. Dorsal 70-80; commencing a 

 little behind posterior nostril of blind side and just in front of eye. Anal 52-64. 

 Pectoral of ocular side with 1 1 or 1 2 rays, length about J that of head. Caudal double- 

 truncate ; caudal peduncle nearly twice as deep as long. Greyish or brownish, spotted 

 and blotched with darker and often with pearly white ; on the median fins the dark 

 blotches are more distinct, especially on the caudal, where they form two or three 

 irregular rows ; pectoral spotted with darker. 



Type. — United States National Museum. No. 47575. 



Distribution. — Pacific coast of tropical America from Lower California to Panama ; 

 Galapagos Is. 



Specimens Examined : 



2 (150, 223 mm.). Two of the I.n Paz, Lower California. Jordan (Hopkins 



types of P. sitialoiS. Exped.). 



2 (2.50, 268 mill.). Panama. Jordan. 



1 (230 mm.). Panama Market. U.S. Nat. Mus. 



^ (3"" ,, )■ Panama Canal Zone. ,, 



Also one from Galapagos (Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.), and one from Panama (Mus. 

 Comp. Zool). 



16. PARALICHTHVS FEKNANDEZIANUS, Steindachner. 

 Parahchthy!, ft-rnandcziaiius, Steindachner, 1905, Zool. Jahrb., Suppl. vi, p. 208. 



Depth of body 2J in the total length, length of head 4. Snout longer than eye, 

 diameter of which is 75 in length of head. Maxillary extending to beyond posterior 

 edge of eye, length 2 J in that of head. There are 5 large canine teeth on ocular side 

 of lower jaw and 10 smaller ones on the blind side. 11 gill-rakers on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Scales ctenoid on ocular side, cycloid on blind side ; about 140 in 

 lateral line ; supplementary scales present. Dorsal 78 ; commencing a little in front 

 of eye. Anal 60. Pectoral of ocular side with 11 rays, length a little more than 

 2j in that of head. Brownish, sprinkled with fine darker dots ; blind side of dorsal 

 fin with large irregular brown spots. 



Type, — Not traced. 



Distribution. — Juan Fernandez Is., Chile. 



The type was 510 mm. in total length. 



17. PARALICHTHVS HILGENDORFI, Steindachner. 

 Pamlichlhys hilgcnJnrfi, Steindachner, 1905, Zool. Jahrb., Suppl. vi, p. 209. 



Depth of body twice in the total length, length of head 3^. Snout a little longer 

 than eye, diameter of which is 5} in length of head and much greater than inter- 

 orbital width. Maxillary extending to below posterior edge of eye, length less than 2j 

 in that of head, 8 or 9 teeth on each side of lower jaw, those in front stronger, but 

 scarcely larger than anterior teeth in upper jaw. 9 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior 

 arch. Scales ctenoid on ocular side, cycloid on blind side ; about 94 in lateral line. 

 Dorsal 75 ; commencing above anterior edge of eye. Anal 61. Pectoral of ocular side 

 with II rays, length 2 in that of head. Greyish brown, with numerous fine darker 

 dots. 



Type. — Not traced. 



Distribution. — Juan Fernandez Is., Chile. 



The type was 273 mm. in total length. 



