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FLATFISHl'.S {HKTHKOSC )MA 1 A 



K MANCOrSETTA MACUl.AI A (CuntlR-r), 

 ulala, (.uiiUlK-r, iSSo, Shore I'l^hcs " I li.illi>ii«ir ", p. iS, pi. 

 p. 5I1- 



LepiUopu-lla 



1930, " Discovery " Reports, ii, p. 361. 

 Mancopsctla maculnla, Jordan, 1920, Genera Fish 



-Miincnpstlla 



Depth of body 2I to 2! in the length, length of head about 3},. Upper profile of 

 head a little notched in front of eyes. Snout shorter than eye. diameter of which is 

 3 to 3| in length of head. Maxillary extending to below anterior part of eye, length 

 i or more than J that of head ; lower jaw about i head. About 12 gill-rakers on 

 lower part of anterior arch. 114 to 120 scales in lateral line. Dorsal 118-119. Anal 

 g--yg. Caudal rounded ; caudal peduncle very short. Brownish ; head, body and 

 fins covered with irregular rounded darker spots and blotches. 



Type. — British Museum (Nat. Hist,). Reg. No. 79.5. 14. go. 



Distribution. — South Atlantic, north of the Falkland Islands ; southern Indi.ni 

 Ocean, near Prince Edward's Island. 



Specimens Ex.imined : 



Holotype. 



Genus 31. AC HI 



1930, " Discow 



Reports, 



ChallcnRe 



Achirapsclltt. Xn 



Close to Lepidopsetla, but body more elongate ; the middle portion fairly thick 

 and muscular, continued above and below as a thin semi-transparent region containing 

 the supports of the fins. Eyes separated by a flat, scaled space. Jaws and dentition 

 about equally developed on both sides. Dorsal fin commencing above ]>osterior 

 nostril of blind side ; dorsal and anal ending very close to base of caudal. Pelvic 

 fin of ocular side median in position anteriorly, twisted on to left side of body posteriorly. 

 Scales very small, ctenoid, the long spinules directed vertically, giving the skin a 

 pilose appearance 



A single species from Pierra del Eucgo and tin- l-.ilklaml Isl.mds. 



