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58. CITHARICHTHYS SPILOPTERUS. 
Citharichthys spiloplerus Giinther, iv, 1862, 421 (New Orleans, San Domingo, Ja- 
maica). Giinther, Fish. Central America, p. 471, 1869, pl. Ixxx, fig. 2, 
(Chiapam). Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1582, p. 382 (Panama). 
Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1882, p. 618 (Charleston). Jordan 
and Gilbert, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 1882, p. 630 (Panama). Jordan and Gil- 
bert, Bull. U.S. Fish Com., 1882, p. 108-111 (Mazatlan and Panama). Jor- 
dan and Gilbert, Syn. Fish. N. A., 1882, p. 817. Jordan, Proc. U. 8. Nat. 
Mus. 1886, 53 (Havana). 
Citharichthys cayennensis Bleeker, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Amsterd., xiii, 1862, 6 
(Cayenne) (name only). 2 a 
Citharichthys guatemalensis Bleeker, Neder. Tydschr. Dierk, 1864, 73 (Guatemala). 
Giinther, Fish. Central America, 472, 1869 (copied). 
Hemirhombus fuscus Poey, Synopsis, 406, 1868. Poey, Enumeratio, 1875, 138, 
Habitat.—Both coasts of tropical America, north to New Jersey and 
Mazatlan. 
This little flounder is almostevery where abundant on the sandy shores 
of tropical America, in shallow water. Careful comparison of specimens 
from South Carolina, Brazil, Mazatlan, and Panama shows no tangible 
difference, and we are compelied to regard all as forming a single 
species. 
It rarely exceeds 5 or 6 inches in length. It usually comes into 
the markets mixed with other shore-fishes and it nowhere receives any 
notice as a food-fish. 
This species is common in the markets of Havana, and it is evidently 
the original of Poey’s Hemirhombus fuscus, although in Poey’s deserip- 
tion there seems to be some confusion, because the teeth are said to be 
biserial above, and 60 scales are counted in the lateral line. 
A specimen from Poey in the museum at Cambridge is labeled 
“‘Hemirhombus fuscus type.” Collector’s number, 87. This belongs to 
C. spilopterus, and it has 48 scales in the lateral line. 
Bleeker’s Citharichthys guatemalensis agrees*in all respects with Cith- 
arichthys spilopterus. We are unable to find any description of Cith- 
arichthys cayennensis, if, indeed, the species has ever been described. 
Specimens of Citharichthys spilopterus areinthe museum at Cambridge 
from Panama, Caba, Para, Sambaia, Pernambuco, Camaru, Rio das 
Velhas, Rio Janeiro, and San Matheo. 
59. CITHARICHTHYS SUMICHRASTI. 
Citharichthys sumichrasti Jordan, sp. noy. 
Habitat. —Pacifie coast of tropical America. 
This species is close to C. spilopterus, differing chiefly in the larger 
scales and in the different coloration. The type, No. 25299, in the Mu- 
seum of Comparative Zoology, was collected in Rio Zanatenco, Chiapas, 
by Prof. Francis E. Sumichrast. Another specimen is in the mu- 
seum labeled Panama: Pitkins, 
