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FLATFISHES (HETFROSOMATA) 



II rays, loiisth i; to 15 in that of head. Pelvic fin of ocular side (in adults) 

 a little less than J length of head (nearly 5 or more in young), not much longer 

 than that of blind side. Caudal rounded ; caudal peduncle more than 3 times 

 as deep as long. Brownish, with 4 conspicuous oblong ocellatcd spots, a smallish 

 one above curve of lateral line, a pair of large ones above and below lateral line in 

 middle of body, and a fourth large one on posterior part of lateral line ; often some 

 scattered white spots on body and median fins ; a series of small indistinct dark 

 spots on dorsal and anal. 



Type. — United States National Museum. No. 8081. 



Distribution. — Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. 



Specimens Examined : 



1 (loS ,, ). 

 I (::io „ ). 

 lu (So-JOo mil 



Morehcad, N Carolina. 



C. Lookout, N. Carolina. 



Off Charleston Harbour, S. Carolii 



Off Horn. Isd., Mississippi. 



Coles. 



Amer. Mus. Xat. H.st. 

 Charleslon Mus. 

 Canhli. Hiol. L.ili. 



Regan [IQ16, Rep. Brit. Antarct. (" Terra Nova ") Exped., 1910, Zool., i, 4, 

 p. 146, pi. ix, figs. 3, 4] has described some post-larvrc, said to be of Ancylopsetta, 

 from Rio de Janeiro. The locality at which these were taken, however, suggests 

 that they do not belong to this genus, but probably to a species of Paralichthys. 



Cenus II. CASTRO PSETTA. 



(.aslropselta, Bean. 1895. Proc. U.S. Nat. .Mus., xvii, (1894), P- 633 [Gaslrofiu-lla frn,i!aU<:, Bean) ; 

 Jordan and Evermann, 1898, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlvii (3), p. ^636. 



Close to Ancvlopseita. Teeth small. Dorsal fin commencing in advance of eye. 

 its anterior rays free and somewhat prolonged. I'elvic fin of ocular side with the rays 

 prolonged. Scales all cycloid, embedded m the skm. 



A single species from off the coast of Florida. 



npsftta fronlalii. Bean. iS.|S, Proc. 

 1.S9S. Bull. U.S. Nat. M 



GASTROPSETTA FRONTALIS, Bean. 



. iS.,5, Proc. U.S. Xal. Mus,, xvii, (1S94). p. 633, fig. 1 ; Jorda 



