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length of eye; first rays of dorsal nearly on median line, their tips much ex- 
serted ; pectoral fin in males 1} to 2 times length of head; eye large, 43 in head; 
head 33; depth 22; D. 81 to 88, A.63 to70; vertebrae 10-26 = 36; color fous, 
plain brown, ‘with darker dots or motilined: no ring-like spots or ocelli; fins 
mottled; left pectoral barred; blind side sometimes wholly or partly dusky, 
especially in Northern specimens’.-..-2 2.2. ....2.225..------- PAPILLOSUM, 46, 
bb. Seales rather small, 60 to 70 in the lateral line. 
e. Color dark brown, with many rings and spots of light gray and blackish, some 
of the dark rings with a black central spot; a diffuse dusky blotch on lateral 
line above pectoral, and one near base of caudal peduncle; fins with numerous 
inky spots and dark markings; blind side pale; scales small, firm, moderately 
ctenoid; eyes large, 4 in head, nearly even in front, the ma'e with the inter- 
orbital space deeply concave ; its width two-thirds the vertical depth of the eye; 
female with interorbital area much narrower, with a more or less perfect median 
groove; its width about equal to depth of pupil; maxillary 2} to 3 in head; the 
outer teeth canine-like; gill-rakers very short and thick, about X +7 in num- 
ber; head 3# in length; depth, 23; D. 87 to 92, A. 54 to 68; scales 65 to 70 
pores; vertebrae 9 + 24—=33; pectoral 1} in head in the female, reaching nearly 
te vase of caudal ‘in, the male... 02... 2.0.22 0. 222-25 <2 52. > MICRURUM, 47. 
ce. Color light brown, with grayish and ete bluish dots, some darker areas 
and a few round brown spots ocellated with lighter; intcrorbital space with a 
vertical brown bar bordered by lighter ; fins mottled and spotted ; interorbital 
space in adult male broader than eye ; insertion of dorsal on blind side oe head ; 
pectoral fins in males about 3 in body; head, 4 in length; copes peel 92, 
A. 72, Lat. 1. 60; gill-rakers short and broad, X +.7; maxillary 2} in head, its 
Pipmmraea terry: Nace wee oa ae OSL S shee ee Soeegae LATIFRONS, 48. 
ece. Color light olive-brown, nearly uniform, the vertical fins with elongate dark 
spots; eyes 43 in head, the lower slightly advanced ; interorbital space very 
narrow, as broad as pupil (in both sexes?), somewhat concave; maxillary 24¢ 
in head; pectoral 13 in head; head 3/ in length; depth 2}; D.86, A. 69, Lat. 
Ly Bet EC GE Hes Rei ae ep erie aie at aia ie a RO a Plate ge SO OVALE, 49. 
45. SYACIUM CORNUTUM. 
Rhomboidichthys cornutus Giinther, Shore Fishes Challenger, 1880, 7, pl. 
Habitat—Coast of Brazil, in deep water. 
This species is known from Giinther’s description and figure. In 
very young examples the conspicuous processes about the head are 
undeveloped. 
46. SYACIUM PAPILLOSUM. 
Aramaca Maregrave, Hist. Brasil., 1648, 181. 
Pleuronectes papillosus Linneus, See Nat., x, 271, 1758 (based on Marcgrave), and 
of the earlier copyists. 
Aramaca papillosa Jordan, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1886, 602 (synonymy confused with 
_ S. micrurum). 
? Pleuronectes macrolepidotus Bloch, Ausliindische Fische, vi, 25, tab. 190, 1787 (and of 
some copyists) {apparently based on Marcgrave). 
Pleuronectes aramaca Donndorf, Beytriige zur xiii Ausgabe des Linnischen Natur- 
systems, 1798, 386 (after Marcgrave). 
Thombus aramaca Cuvier, Régne Animal, ed. ii, 1827 (after Marcgrave). 
Citharichthys aramaca Jordan and Gilbert, Synopsis Fish., N.A., 1882, 816. (Pensacola. ) 
Thombus soleeformis Agassiz, Spix Pisce. Brasil., 86, tab. 47, 1829. (Atlantic Ocean. ) 
Hemirhombus solewformis Giinther, Cat. Fish., iv, 423, 1862. (Copied.) 
Aramaca soleeformis Jordan, Proc, U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1886, 
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