PARALICHTHIN.^ 159 



Citharichthys crossotus. Parr, iy3l, Bull. Bingham Ocean. Coll., iv (i), p. 13. 

 Citharichthys crossotus atlanticus, Parr, 1931, toyn. cit., p. r6. 

 Citharichthys crossotus crossotus, Parr, 1931, torn, cit., p. 16. 



Depth of body if to nearly twice in the length, length of head 3J to 4I. Upper 

 profile of head (in adults) distinctly concave, nearly straight in the young ; back dis- 

 tinctly elevated. Snout shorter than eye, diameter of which is 4 to 4^ in length of 

 head ; interorbital ridge slightly elevated ; lower eye a little in advance of upper, 

 which is verj- close to or enters dorsal profile of head. Snout without scales. Maxil- 

 lary extending to below anterior edge or anterior part of eye, length 4 to 4^ in that 

 of head. Gill-rakers of moderate length ; 6 to 9 (usually 7 or 8) on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Scales very finely ctenoid or cycloid ; 41 to 47 in lateral line ; no 

 supplementary scales. Dorsal (75) 77-87. Anal (58) 60-65 (68). Pectoral of ocular 

 side with 10 rays, length 5 to 5 j in that of fish (without caudal). Brownish, with or 



U.S.X.M. 51935. 



without darker blotches, which may form irregular cross-bars ; median fins finely 

 spotted and mottled with black and grey ; often a row of larger spots on dorsal and 

 anal ; other fins more or less spotted. 



Type. — United States National Museum. No. 28124. 



Distribution. — Both coasts of America, from Chesapeake Bay to the West Indies 

 (? and beyond), and from Lower California to Panama. 



Specimens Examined : 



1 (115 mm.). 

 I (83 ,, ). 



4 (98-140 mm.). 



1 (92 mm.), 



2 (78, 81 mm.). 

 12 (95-140 mm.). 

 :o (86-125 ., )■ 

 2 (88, 100 „ ). 

 2 (79, 84 mm.). 



2 (115. 135 mm.). 



5 (65-125 „ ). 

 2 (53, 75 mm.). 



I (92 mm.). 



Beaufort, X. Carolina. 



S. Carolina. 



Off Charleston Harbour, S. ( 



St. John's R., Florida. 



Florida. 



Off Breton Isd., Louisiana. 



Cerros Isd., California. 



Lower California. 



San Bartholome, Mexico. 



Mazatlan, Mexico. 



Panama. 



Pacific. 



Jordan. 

 Stanford Univ. 

 Charleston Mus. 

 U.S. Nat. .Mus. 

 .-imer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 Caribb. Biol. Lab. 



Jordan'.' 



Amer. Mus. Xat. Hist. 



Jordan. 



U.S. Nat. Mus. 



