la.AIFrSHES (HETEROSOMATA) 



ETROPUS RIMOSUS, Goode and Bean. 



, (18S5}, p. 593 ; Goode and I'-i 

 nam, 1898, Bull. U.S. Nat. M 



Elropus rimosus, Goode and Bean. 1S86, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mu 



1895, Ocean. Ichth., p. 450, figs. 360, 361 ; Jordan anc 



xlvii (3). p. :68S, pi. ccclxxxv, fig. 045. 

 atharichthys rimosus. Pair, 1931, Bull. Bingham Ocean. Coll., iv (i), p. 9, figs. ;, 3. 



Depth of body ij to nearly twice in the length, length of head 4J to 43. 1,'pper 

 prohle of head straight or a little concave ; back distinctly elevated. Snout shorter 

 than eye, diameter of which is 3! to 3I in length of head ; interorbital ridge strongly 

 elevated ; lower eye a very little in advance of upper, which is very close to edge of 

 head. Snout and interorbital ridge densely covered with coarsely ctenoid scales, 

 their free portions characteristically thickened and modified ; dorsal surface of each 

 eye-ball with a small patch of scales. Maxillary extending to below anterior edge of 

 eye, length 3! to 4 in that of head. Gill-rakers rather short ; 5 on lower part of 



anterior arch Scales mostly very finely ctenoid or cycloid ; 40 to 41 m lateral line ; 

 free portion of each primary scale nearly completely covered by a number of smaller 

 supplementary scales. Dorsal 77. Anal 61. Pectoral of ocular side with 10 rays, 

 length 4J to 4I in that of fish (without caudal). Greyish, with a few irregularly placed, 

 indi.stinct brownish blotches. 



Type. — United States National Museum. No. 37332. 



Distribution. — Off the coasts of South Carolina and Florida. 



The type is 100 mm. in length, and was collected by the " Albatross " at Station 

 2408, between Pensacola and Cedar Keys, Florida, at a depth of 21 fathoms. 



I., ETROPUS CROSSOTUS, Jordan and Gilbert, 



l:iropus crossolus, Jordan and Gilbert, 1SS2, Proc. U.S. Nat. .\lus., iv, (iSSi), p. 364 ; 

 Gilbert, 1883, Proc. U.S. Xat. Mus., v, (1SS2), pp. 305, 618 ; Jordan and Gilbert, 

 U.S. Nat, Mus., xvi, p. S39 ; Jordan and Swain, 1885, Proc. U.S. Nat. .Mus., vu, (18 

 Jordan and Goss, 1S89, Rep. U.S. Com. Fish., xiv, (1886), p. 278 ; Jordan and 

 1898, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlvii {3), p. =689, pi. ccclxxxvi, fig. 946; Evermann 

 1902, Bull. U.S. Com. Fish., xx, (1900), p. 328, fig. 107; .Meek and Hildebrand, 

 Mus. Pub. Chicago, Zool. Ser., xv. No. 249, p. 992 ; Hildebrand and Schrocder, 

 U.S. Bur. Fiih-. xliii (i). (1927), p. I73. fig. 88. 



