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aa. Mouth larger, the maxillary reaching middle of eye, its length 2} to 22 in head; 
none of the dorsal rays much produced; body more elongate, the depth 23 in 
length. Dorsal rays 86 to 90; anal rays 67 to 70; Lat. 1. about 50. 
ce. [Maxillary nearly 3 in head; color grayish, dotted with brown. } 
CONSPERSUS, 33. 
ce. Maxillary 24 in head; eye large, 4 in head, the interorbital space very nar- 
now, without median groove; curve of lateral line 3% in straight part; gill- 
rakers slender and weak, about X+7 in number; vertebra 10-+-28—38; color 
nearly uniform translucent grayish...........-.-------. e+e. LATERNA, 34, 
aaa. Mouth very large, the maxillary about half length of head; scales small, 65 to 
70 in the lateral line; species of uncertain position. 
d. [Scales cycloid ; mouth very large, the maxillary half length of head; teeth 
uniserial, those in front of jaws larger, those below largest; some of the teeth 
depressible; eye 5 in head,.the interorbital ridge low, about one-fourth width 
of eye; gill-rakers tubercular, X+-9; anterior nostril with a filament oné-third 
length of snout; first ray of dorsal longer than second; lateral line with a 
slight arch, its length 34 in the straight portion, none of the dorsal rays pro- 
duced ; head 3}; depth nearly 2; D.80; A. 60; Lat.1. 70; color grayish-brown; 
the dorsal and anal fins each with two roundish dark blotches on their pos- 
terior half, each larger than the eye ; a similar dark blotch on base of caudal; 
pectoral with a dark band at base, its outer half marked with a dark blotch, 
which is reticulated and mottled with lighter; the intervening part of the fin 
pearly white, with dark specks onthe rays] (Goode §: Bean) . .. FIMBRIATUS, 35. 
dd. [Scales strongly ctenoid, firmly fixed; lateral line with the ‘‘curved portion 
bold and sharply defined”; eye large, 3} in head, about eight times the di- 
ameter of the interorbital space, which is very narrow and scaleless; maxil- 
lary nearly half length of head; dorsal fin beginning on the blind side, before 
the eyes; pectoral about as long as head; caudal fin subsessile; ventral of 
eyed side enlarged in the male, its length 34in body, about three times length 
of right ventral; head 4; depth 24; D. 93; A. 73; Lat. 1. 66 (20-+-46); color 
light brownish-gray; a dark blotch as long as eye on anterier rays of anal; 
another paler at end of curve of lateral line; a few obscure dusky blotches 
elsewhere on body) (Goode:g; Bean) 320 05s 2 toe eeceeieseee VENTRALIS, 36. 
31. ARNOGLOSSUS LOPHOTES. 
? Bothus imperialis Rafinesque, Caratteri, 1810, 23 (Palermo). 
Arnoglossus lophotes' Giinther, iv, 417, 1862 (European, probably British). 
Habitat.—Mediterranean Sea.. b 
We do not know the species called Arnoglossus lophotes. In fact only 
the original types, dried skins from unknown locality, seem to be known 
as yet. Among the Mediterranean fishes, this.one approaches most 
nearly to the description given by Rafinesque of his Bothus imperialis. 
The name imperialis should therefore perhaps be adopted in place of 
lophotes, According to Doderlein, the ‘“‘ Tappa or Linguata Impiriali” of 
the Sicilian fishermen is Arnoglossus bosci. This, according to Day, 
would be Lepidorhombus whiff-iagonis, but Rafinesque’s description 
_ cannot well be applied to the latter species. The’following is a trans- 
lation of Rafinesque’s description : 
“ Bothus imperialis.—Almost three times longer than broad, dorsal 
fin beginning before the eyes; lateral line arched at the base; left side 
smooth olive, clouded with dusky; right side white’; tail even. - It is 
