PCECILOPSETTIN^ 389 



(63) 64 (68). Anal 54 (56). Pectoral of ocular side with 10 simple (?) rays, length 

 about 2j in that of head. Caudal rounded or pointed ; caudal peduncle nearly 

 twice as deep as long. Brownish, with indistinct darker markings, of which a series 

 at upper and lower edges of body are most conspicuous ; a pair of conspicuous black 

 blotches at middle of upper and lower margins of caudal ; pectoral blackish distally ; 

 young with several series of rather faint dark spots on blind side. 



Type. — United States National Museum. No. 26102. 



Distribution. — Of the coast of New England; Gulf of Mexico: iii to 896 

 fathoms. 



Specimen Examined : 



I (84 mm.). 2,s= 41' N., 86° 07' W., 169 fms. U.S. Nat. Mas. 



2. PCECILOPSETTA INERMIS (Breder). 



Paralimanda inermis, Breder, 1927, Bull. Bingham Ocean. Coll., i (i), p. 87, fig. 36. 

 Pfecilopsetta inermis, Norman, 1931, Treubia, xiii, p. 425. 



Fig. 278.— Pacilopsella tncrmis. [.\fter Breder.] X i. 



Depth of body about 2^ in the length, length of head about 4^. Snout much 

 shorter than eye, diameter of which is a little more than 2i in length of head ; eyes 

 separated by a narrow ridge, the lower .scarcely in advance of upper, which enters 

 dorsal profile of head. Maxillary extending to below anterior edge of eye, length 

 3I in that of head ; lower jaw 2\ in head. Teeth more or less uniserial, developed 

 only on blind side of jaws. 11 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales 

 cycloid on both sides of body ; about 68 in lateral line. Dorsal 62. Anal 53. Pectoral 

 of ocular side with 9 rays (6 branched), length about 2j in that of head. Caudal 

 rounded , caudal peduncle about twice as deep as long. More or less uniformly 

 brownish ; distal parts of dorsal, anal and caudal fins dusky ; a pair of black blotches 

 at middle of upper and lower margins of caudal ; pectoral nearly black ; blind side 

 pale, with four longitudinal series of faint dusky spots. 



Type. — Bingham Oceanographic Collection; Peabody Museum of Natural History, 

 Yale University. No. 516. 



Distribution. — Glover Reef, off British Honduras ; 484 fathoms. 



The single known specimen is 11 1 mm. in total length. 



