FLATFISHES (HETEROSOMATA) 



Tvi'i:- — United States National Museum. No. 43415. 

 Distribution. — Bay of Panama, in deep water. 

 Only the holotype, 95 mm, in total length, known. 

 Albatross " at Station J799 {S" 44' N., 79^ og' W.), in 2r 



This was taken by the 

 fathoms 



7. CITHARICHTHYS ARCTIFRONS. Goode. 



Ctlharichlhys arclifroiis. Goode, iSSi, Troc. U.S. Nat. Mus., iii, (1880), pp. 341, 472 ; Goode and 

 Bean, 18S3, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zocil., x, p. 194 ; Jordan and Gilbert, 1883, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus.. 

 xvi.p. 818 ; Jordan and Goss. 1889, Rep. U.S. Com. Fish., xiv, (i8«6), p, 275 : Goode and Bean. 

 1S95. Ocean. Ichth., p. 442, fin. 366 ; Jordan and Evermann, 1898, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., 

 xlvii (3), p. 2683; Bigelow and Welsh, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish., xl (i), (1924), p. 521, fig. 271 ; 

 Breder, 1927, Bull. Bingham Ocean. Coll., i (i), p. 88 ; Parr, 1931, Bull. Bingham Ocean. Coll., 

 IV (I), p. 8. 



Depth of body 2? to 25 m the lenntli. lc^,^th of licad 4 to 4J 

 pressed, its upper profile very -lightly notched in front of eyes- 



Head closely com- 

 Snout shorter than 



eye. diameter of which is 35 in length of head ; eyes separated by a narrow ridge, the 

 lower very little in advance of upper, which is very close to edge of head ; a blunt, 

 bony protuberance projecting forward in front of lower eye and above upper lip. 

 Maxillary extending to below anterior part of eye, length 3^ (3^) in that of head ; 

 lower jaw a little more than twice in head. Anterior teeth not enlarged. Gill-rakers 

 short; 7 on lower part of anterior arch. Scales cycloid or very feebly ctenoid , about 

 40 in lateral line. Dorsal 7S-83 ; commencing above posterior nostril of bUnd side 

 and a little in front of eye. Anal (61) 64-67. Pectoral of ocular side with 9 or 10 

 rays, length about | that of head. Caudal double-truncate (?) ; caudal peduncle 

 very short. Uniformly pale brownish. 



Type. — Umted States National Museum, No, 2590S. 



Distribution. — Deep waters of the Gulf Stream ' 



Specimens Examined : 



U.S. Nat. Mus. 



Also I from 40' 02' N., 70° 37' 30° \V,, loi fathoms (Mus. Comp. Z06I.). 



• According to Parr, tins species is quite abundant on tlie continental shelf between Cape Cod 

 ,ind Cape Hatteras (40 to 200 fathoms). 



