PARALICHTHIN^ 



8. CITHARICHTHYS MACROPS. Dresel. 



Cilharichthys macropi, Dresel, 1885, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vii, (1884), p. 539; Jordan and Goss, 

 1889, Rep. U.S. Com. Fish., xiv (1886), p. 275 ; Jordan and Evermann, 1898, Bull. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus., xlvii (3), p. 2684, pi. ccclxxxv, fig. 944 ; Parr, 1931, Bull. Bingham Ocean. Coll., iv (i), 

 p. 20. 



Depth of body 2 to 2J in the length, length of head 3J to 4. Head closely com- 

 pressed, its upper profile slightly notched in front of eyes. Snout shorter than eye, 

 diameter of which is about 4 in length of head ; eyes separated by a low, narrow, 

 more or less concave ridge, their anterior margins about level ; upper eye close to 

 edge of head. Maxillary extending nearly to below middle of eye, length 25 in that 



Fig. too. — Citharichtbys macrops. B.M. (N.H.) 1923.6.8. 



of head; lower jaw if in head. Teeth minute. Gill-rakers rather slender; 14 on 

 lower part of anterior arch. Scales firm, cycloid or very feeble ctenoid ; 41 to 44 in 

 lateral line. Dorsal 80-82 : commencing above space between nostrils on blind side 

 and in front of eye ; anterior rays more or less free from membrane, first longer than 

 those which follow. Anal 59-62. Pectoral of ocular side with 10 rays, length if in 

 that of head. Caudal pointed (?) ; caudal peduncle verj' short. Vertebras 34 (9 +25)- 

 Brownish, with a number of more or less regularly arranged round dark brown spots 

 on body and median fins, the largest nearly as large as eye. 



Type. — United States National Museum. No. 21500. 



Distribution. — South Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. 



Specimens Examined : 



1 (117 mm.). 



2 (95, 97 mm.). 

 3(65-82 ,. ). 



Cape Lookout, N. Carolina. 



Ofl Charleston Harbour, S. Carolii 



Caximbas, Florida. 



, Mus. Nat. Hist. 



Charleston Mus. 



