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FLATFISHES (HETEROSOMATA) 



above anterior part of eye ; first few rays more or less free from membrane, but 

 scarcely prolonged. Anal 63-66. Pectoral of ocular side with 11 rays, length i^ 

 to 15 in that of head. Pelvic fin of ocular side about as long as or longer than head, 

 more than twice as long as that of blind side. Caudal rounded ; caudal peduncle 

 twice or more than twice as deep as long. Greyish or brownish, with 3 large, round, 

 dark ocellated spots, with pale centres and bluish-white margins, the two anterior 

 ones above and below lateral line in middle of body, and the third on posterior part 

 of lateral line ; median fins nearly uniform. 



Type. — United States National Museum. No. 47291. 



Distribution. — Gulf of California to Panama Bay. 



Specimens Examined : 



I {215 mm.). Panama. lordan. 



1(270 ,, ). Panama Canal Zone. U.S. Xat. Mus. 



The type, 13 mches in length, was taken by the 

 (Gulf of CaUfornia), in 1 1 fathoms. 



.\lbatro3s " at Station 3022 



2. ANCYLOPSETTA DILECTA (Goode and Beanl. 



Nolosema dilccta, Goode and Bean. 1S83, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 



Ocean. Ichth.. p. 437, figs. 362, 365 ; Jordan and Evermann, 



P- 2635. 

 Paralichthys sligmalias, Goode, 1884. Nat. Hist, .\quat. Anini 



Ancylopselta dth-cta, Jordan, 1885, Cat. Fish. N. An 

 Com. Fish., xiv, (1SS6), p. 250. 



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c. p. 193 ; Goode and Bean, 1893. 

 ioS, Bull. U.S. .Nat. Mus., xlvii (3), 



(Fisheries Fish. Indust. U.S., I.), 

 Jordan and Goss, 1880, Rep., U.S. 



Depth of body twice in the length, length of head 4. Upper profile of head a 

 little notched in front of eyes. Snout shorter than eye, diameter of which is about 

 4 in length of head ; eyes separated by a narrow ridge, their anterior margins about 

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

 length 2i in that of head ; lower jaw i J in head. Teeth only shghtly directed inward. 

 Gill-rakers pointed, longer than broad ; 7 on lower part of anterior arch. About 86 

 scales in lateral line. Tubules of lateral line short, simple ; supratemporal branch 

 feebly developed. Dorsal 68 ; commencing a little behind posterior nostril of blind 



