120 FLATFISHES (HF.TEROSOMATA) 



Synopsis of thk Species. 

 I. Depth nearly twice in length ; eye 4^ to nearly 5 in head : (> or 7 short, 

 thick gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch; about uo scales in 

 lateral lino : many dorsal and anal rays bifid ; caudal double-truncate 



1. liolepis. 

 II. Depth i\ ni length ; eye 2§ to 3j in head ; 10 or 11 gill-rakers of moderate 

 length on lower part of anterior arch ; 82 to 80 scales in lateral line ; 

 only the last few dorsal and anal rays bifid ; caudal pointed 1. rasilf. 



I. XYSTREURYS LIOLEl'IS, Jordan and Gilbert. 



Xyslicurys hulcpit. Jordan and Gilbert, iSHi, I'ror. U.S. Nat. Mus., iii. (i8( 

 Cross, 1S89, Rep. U.S. Com. Fish., xiv (18S6), p. ^43 ; Jordan and Ever 

 Nat. Mus., xlvii (-5), p. zf>2\; Starks and Morris, 1007, Univ. Calif. Pub. 

 Starks, 1918, Calif. Fish Game, iv (4), p. 8, fig. 88. 



ramhchlhvs IwU-fiis, Jordan and Gilbert, 18S3. Cull. U.S. N'at. Mus., xvi, p. ; 



'-') P- ^4 '■ Jordan anfl 

 inann, 1898, Bull U.S. 

 Zool., ill (11), p. 242 : 



, Iwlcp. 



Depth of body nearly twice in the length, length of head 3J to 4. Upper profile 

 of head very little notched above eyes. Snout as long as or a little shorter than eye, 

 diameter of which is 4 J to nearly 5 in length of head ; anterior margins of eyes about 

 level, the upper close to edge of head. Slaxillary extending to below middle of eye, 

 length 2j to 2| in that of head ; lower jaw 2 to 2j in head. GiU-rakers short, thick , 

 6 or 7 on lower part of anterior arch. About 120 scales in lateral line ; supplementary 

 scales numerous. Dorsal 74-78. Anal 59-62. Rays of posterior halves of dorsal 

 and anal fins bifid at their tips. Pectoral of ocular side with 13 rays, falcate; length 

 variable, equal to or much longer than that of head. Caudal double-truncate, length 

 of middle rays ij to i J in that of head ; caudal peduncle more than twice as deep as 

 long. Brownish, mottled with darker ; sometimes with distinct round black blotches.' 

 median fins blotched with darker ; pectoral fin with oblique cross-bars. 



Type. — United States National Museum (?). 



Distribution. — Southern Cahfornia. 



light part. 



of straight mh\ 



id p.irli. 



