PCECILOPSETTINJi 



Specimens Examined ; 



1 (143 mm.}. Holotvpe. 



2 (88, 105 mm.). 



Kei Is., 

 Andama 



29 fms. 

 Sea, 185 fms. 



" Challenge 

 Ind. Mus. 



Also 4 from the Gulf of Manar and the Andaman Sea (Ind. Mus.), including 

 the holotype of P. maculosa. 



4. PCECILOPSETTA HAWAIIENSIS, Gilbert. 



Pcecilopsetta hawaiiensis, Gilbert, 1905, Bull. U.S. Com. Fish., x,\iii (2}, (1903), p. 679, pi. xcv ; 

 Fowler, 1928, Mem. B. P. Bishop Mus., ,x, p. 93 ; Norman, 1931, Treubia, xiii, p. 425. 



-Pacilopsclla hawaiiensis. B.M. (N.H.) 193 



Very close to P. coloraia, but dorsal with (62) 67 rays ; anal with (53) 58 rays ; 

 pectoral of ocular side with 10 rays, all simple ; caudal peduncle a little more than 

 twice as deep as long. Brownish, with traces of darker markings, those near the edges 

 of the body being more conspicuous ; a series of brown blotches along dorsal and 

 anal fins ; a pair of conspicuous black spots at middle of upper and lower margins 

 of caudal ; pectoral with a narrow black margin ; faint traces of the rows of black 

 spots on middle of body on bUnd side. 



Type. — United States National Museum. No. 51638. 



Distribution. — Hawaiian Islands ; 128 to 238 fathoms. 



Specimen Examined : 



I (121 mm.). Paratype. Hawaiian Is. 



The holotype is a male, 126 mm. in total length. 



U.S. Nat. iMus. 



5. PCECILOPSETTA PR,ELONGA, Alcock. 



Pcecilopsetta pralonga, Alcock, 1894, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Ixiii (2), p. 139, pi. vii, fig. 2 ; Alcock, 

 1895, Illust. Zool. " Investigator ", Fishes, pi. xv, tig. 2 ; Alcock, 1896, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 

 Ixv (2), p. 328 ; Alcock, 1898, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) ii, p. 156 ; Norman, 1927, Rec. Ind. 

 Mus., xxix, p. 40, fig. II ; Norman, 1931, Treubia, xiii, p. 425. 



Boopsetta ttmbrarum, Alcock, 1896, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Ixv (2), p. 305 ; .\Icock, 1897, Illust. 

 Zool. " Investigator ", Fishes, pi. xvii, fig. 5. 



Boopsetta prcrlonga, Alcock, 1899, Cat. Indian Deep-Sea Fish., p. 126. 



