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539.— CHALINURA' Goode & Bean. 



1575. Chalinura Simula Goodc & H(!aii. B. 



Order AA.— HP7rER0S0MATA. (U) 



Family CXLVIL— PLEURONEOTID^. (122) 



540.— BOTHUS Ralinesque. (449) 



1576. Bothus maculatus -Mitchill. N. (1255) 



541.— PLATOPHRYS-^ Swaiuson. 



1577. Platophrys leopardinuB^ Giiutbor. P. 



1578. Platophrys nebularis* Jordau & Gilbert. S. 



ular; a very promiueiit snbocular ridge; a promiiieut ridge from tip of enont to 

 middle of interorbital space ; a curved ridge from front of eye above to a point on 

 side of snont just bebind its tip. Maxillary extending to opposite posterior margin 

 of pupil, its lengtb balf bead witbout snout. luterorbital space equal to lengtb of 

 upper jaw. Head (J. D. 11,8-100. A. 117. V. 10. Gulf Stream, lat. 40°, in deep 

 water, ( Goode <f" Bea n . ) 



(Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. X, No. 5, 197, 1883.) 

 ' Chalinura Goode & Bean. 



(Goode & Bean, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Vol. X, No. 5, 1883, 198; type, Chalinura 

 Simula.) 



Scales cycloid, fluted longitudinally, -witb slightly radiating stride. Snout long, 

 liroad, truncate, not much produced. Mouth lateral, subterminal, very large. Head 

 •witbout prominent ridges except the snbocular ones and those upon the snout. Sub- 

 orbital ridge not reaching angle of preopercle. Teeth in the upper jaw in a villiform 

 band, those of the outer series much enlarged, those of the lower jaw uniserial, large. 

 No teeth on vomer or palatines; small pseudobranchiaj present. Gill-rakers spiny, 

 strong, depre8sible,in double series on anterior arch. Gill membranes apparentlj' free 

 from the isthmus. Ventrals below the pectorals; chin with a l)arbel. Vertical tins 

 an \n Coryphcenoides. Deep-sea fishes. (XaAfi'o?, rein ; 6f pa, tail.) 

 Chalinura Simula Goode & Bean. 



Form of Coryphoenoides. Snout broad, obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the 

 month; its width at the tip nearly equal to its own length or to the interorbital 

 width. Eye 5 in head, as long as snout ; preoijercle emarglnate behind. Second 

 spine of dorsal serrate; ventral prolonged in a filament which reaches 18th ray of 

 anal. Head 5^; depth Of. D. 11.9-11:5. A. 118. P. 20. V.9. Gulf Stream, about 

 latitude 40". {Goode ^- Bean.) 



(Goode & Bean, 1. c, 1883, 199.) 



"Platopiirvs Swainsou. 

 (Bhomioidichthyft Bleeker). 



(Swainsou, Nat. Hist. Class'n Fishes, etc., 1839, 11, 30*2; type Bhombus ocellafus 

 Agassiz.) 



Eyes and color on the left side. Body ovate, strongly compressed ; mouth of the 

 large type, but comparatively small; the maxillary (mc-tbird or less of tbe lengtb of the 

 hcail ; teeth small, subequal, in one or two series; no teeth on vomer or palatines. 

 Interorbital space broad and concave, usually bro.adest in adult males. Gill-rakers 

 moderate. Dorsal fin beginning in front of eye; all its rays simple ; ventral of col- 

 ored side on ridge of abdomen; caudal convex behind; pectoral of left side usually 

 with one or more filamentous rays, longest in the male. Scales very small (in Amer- 

 ican species) ; lateral line with a strong arch in front. Coloration usually variegated. 

 Sjtecies numerous in warm seas. (UXarv?, broad ; oj<ppu?, eyebrow.) 



^ niiomhoidichthi/H leopardinitH Giiutbor. IV, 34; Parophrys leopardinus Jordan & Gil 

 bert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 260. Giiaymas. 



' Platophrys nehulai-ia Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884,31. Key West, 

 (Jordau); Long Island (Bean). 



