I'i.ATFlSHFS (HiniiKOSDMATA) 



Type, — United States National Museum. 

 Distribution — Hawaiian Islands. 

 Specimens Examined : 

 2. {3,02 ■ ?, no mm.). F'ar.itvpes. 



No. 51639. 



t'.S. Nat. Mus. 



(.enus 10. ANCYLOPSETTA. 



-■4 [Ancyl<ipsina guadrocMala, GUI]. 

 X, p. 193 [Notoscma dilecta, Goode and 



xlvii (3), p. 2633 [Ancylopsetta 



Body oblong or ovate, compressed. Eyes on the left side, separated by a ridge 

 or flattish, scaled space. Olfactory laminae not numerous, arranged transversely to 

 or radiating from a central rachis of moderate length. Mouth rather small, oblique, 

 the length of the maxillary' more than \ that of head ; jaws and dentition about 

 equally developed on both sides ; teeth rather small, conical, pointed, somewhat 

 enlarged anteriorly, but without distinct canines, uniserial in both jaws ; vomer 

 toothless. GiU-rakers short and broad ; lower pharyngeals each with numerous 

 rows of minute pointed teeth, and with two or three larger teeth on posterior part 

 of inner margin. Dorsal commencing above or a little behind nostrils of blind side, 

 and above anterior edge or anterior part of eye ; most of the rays simple, more or 

 less scaled on both sides. Tip of first interha;mal spine not projecting in front of 

 anal fin Pectoral fins unequal, that of ocular side larger : middle rays branched. 

 Pelvic fins short-based and subsymmetrical, that of ocular side with the rays longer 

 than those of pelvic of blind side. Scales small, strongly ctenoid on both sides of 

 body , no supplementary scales Lateral line equally developed on both sides of 



