PARALICHTHIN^ 



127 



side, and above anterior margin of eye ; second to fifth or sLxth rays prolonged, 

 forming a distinct lobe, highest rays } length of head. Anal 54-56. Pectoral of 

 ocular side with 11 rays, length ij in that of head. Pelvic fin of ocular side longer 

 than head, nearly 3 times as long as that of blind side. Caudal double-truncate ; 

 caudal peduncle twice as deep as long. Brownish, speckled with darker ; 3 large, 

 round, dark ocelli of complicated pattern, with pale 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 blotched with dark brown. 



Type. — Museum of Comparative Zoology. No. 25783. 



Distribution. — Oflf the coast of Carolina, United States. 



Specimen Examined : 



(1921 



N. Atlantic (Gulf Stream) 



U.S. Xat. Mus. 



3. ANCYLOPSETTA QUADROCELLATA, Gill. 



Ancylopselia quadrocellata, Gill, 1864, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., p. 224 ; Jordan and Goss, 1889, 

 Rep. U.S. Com. Fish., xiv, (1886), p. 250; Jordan and Evermann, 1898, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 

 xlvii (3), p. 2634, pi. ccclxxv, fig. 925. 



Pscudorhombus quadrocellatus, Jordan and Gilbert, 1879, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mu5., i, (1878), p. 370. 



ParalicMhvs oinmatus, Jordan and Gilbert, 1883, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., v, (1882), p. 616 ; Jordan 

 and Gilbert, 1883, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xvi, p. 824. 



Fig. Sz.—Ancylopsella quadrocellata. B.M. (N.H.) 1913.12.8.4. x i. 



Depth of body i§ to i| in the length, length of head 3 J to 3f. Upper profile of 

 head a little notched in front of eyes. Snout about as long as eye, diameter of which 

 is 5 to 5|- 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 or beyond, length about li in that of head ; lower jaw twice in head. Teeth 

 only slightly directed inward. Gill-rakers short, broad, bluntly pointed , 7 on lower 

 part of anterior arch. About 80 scales in lateral Une. Tubules of lateral line short, 

 simple ; supratemporal branch well developed. Dorsal 70-75 (76) ; commencing 

 just behind posterior nostril of blind side and above anterior margin or anterior 

 part of eye ; some of the anterior rays more or less free from membrane, a little 

 prolonged, forming a low lobe. Anal 56-58 (59). Pectoral of ocular side with 



