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l-IA IFISHl'.S (HKTKKOSOMAI A) 



8. ARNOCiLOSSUS RlTEl'l'KLLII (tixto). 



;v;«riii nu-fi/t.-llii, tocro, 1S44, m Kroliii, Gioni. G.ibiii. Messin.i, Ann. iii, v (xxv), p. ;i.' 



liascaniui lirdifc-r. Schiodte, 1S68, Naturhist. Tidsskrift, (3) v, p. 275, pi. xi, fig. 7. 



I'lmrybdui rucppdUi, Facciola, 1S85, Nat. Sicil., iv, p. 265 ; Jordan and Goss, 1880, Rep. I'..S. Cum. 



I'lsh., xiv, (iSSo), p. 329 ; CoUett, 1806, Ri-s. Camp. Sci. Monaco, x, p. <ig. 

 Amoglussus rufppfUii, Kyle, 1913, Rep. Danish Ocean. Exped. 1908-1911). u. .A. i, p. S7, lij;. ; 



Fage, 191S, Bull. Sor. zool. Fr., xUii, p. 6g, tigs. t~3 ; Chabanaud, 1930, Kukt.i Sci.. Suppl, 



Mem. ii, p. 20 ; liiTtin, 1933, Bull. Soc. zool. Fr., Ivii, p. 495, figs. 

 Dollfustim rucppdUi, Cli.iban.uid, K132, in Joubin, Faune Ichth. Atlant. Xord, x. fiy. 

 Arnoglossus {Doll/iisiiui) r^ieppelll, t hab.inaud. Piii. Mi-m. Soc. Sci. Xat. Man., , xx\v,pp.44, i„|, 



fi25. 29-32. 



AND POSI 



i. figs. 2;- 



IX-ptli C.I huily J 1(1 3! Ml tlie length. IciiKtIi ol lieail 4J t<i 5. Snout a little shorter 

 tlian eye. diaraeter ot wiucli is about 3 111 length of head , eves separated by a narrow 

 bony ridKe, the lower a little in advance of upper. Maxillary (in adult) extending to 

 below anterior part of eye. length about zi in that of head. Teeth rather small, a 

 little enlarged anteriorly. 1 1 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales 

 ctenoid {.') on ocular side, cycloid on blind side : about 75 in lateral line. Dorsal 

 I ro-i 16 (i 18) ; none of the rays prolonged. Anal S6-c)4. I'ectoral of ocular side with 

 13 rays, length about i that of head. Vertebnc 10 i- ^^ — 35. Brownish, with 

 or without traces of darker markings ; young with a series of incomplete dark bars 

 across dor.sal and anal hns ; caudal with a dark vertical band ; pectoral with dusky 

 cros.s-bars. 



Typk. — Not traced- 



DISTRIBI-TIOX. — .Mechterr.inean anil adj.uent p.irts of tiie .\tlantii . 



SriiCIMKNS EXAMINKII ; 



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Almost all the records of this species refer to larval or post-larval specimens. 

 Only two adult examples have been described, one (^J) from the Atlantic ct)ast of 

 Morocco (Chabanaud) the other ;!') from Banyuls (Bertin), Post-larv.T were taken by 

 the '■ Thor " from various Imalities in the Mediterranean, from the coast of Spam U> 

 the Gulf of Corinth. 



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ciola, 



