472 DB. GUNTHEE ON THE FISHES OF CENTRAL AMERICA. 



one-third as long as the eye. Greenish olive (in spirits) ; a series of distant blackish 

 spots along the basal portions of the anal and dorsal fins. 



This species occurs on the shores of the tropical parts of the Atlantic, and has been 

 found by Mr. Salvin also on the Pacific coast, at Chiapam. 



196. CiTHARICHTHYS GUATEilALEXSIS. 

 Bleeker, Nederl. Tydschr. Dierk. 1864, p. 73. 



D. 77. A. 57. L. lat. ca. 45. 

 '^ Citharichthys corpore ovali, altitudine 2f circiter in ejus longitndine; capite 4| 

 circiter in longitudine corporis, seque alto circiter ac longo ; oculis sinistris, minus 

 diametro \ distantibus, superiore quam inferiore vix niajore 5 circiter in longitudine 

 capitis, paulo ante inferiorem prominente ; linea frontonuchali declivi rectiuscula ; 

 naribus non tubulatis, utroque latere approximatis ; rictu curvato ; maxillis subaequali- 

 bus, superiore usque ante oculi inferioris marginem superiorem adscendente, sub oculi 

 inferioris partem posteriorem desinente, 2f circiter in longitudine capitis ; dentibus 

 maxillis conicis acutis parvis, caninis nullis, utroque latere maxilla superiore numerosis 

 postrorsum magnitudine decrescentibus, maxilla inferiore parcioribus, intermaxillaribus 

 majoribus subaequalibus ; praeoperculo obtusangulo angulo rotundato ; squamis prse- 

 operculo in series verticales 8 circiter, operculo in series verticales (3 vel 7 dispositis, 

 linea laterali corpore antice parum declivi ; capite regione oculo-temporali conspicua 

 obliqua ; prima dorsali ante medium oculum superiorem incipiente et vix ante pinnam 

 caudalem desinente radiis longissimis corpore plus triplo humilioribus ; pinnis pecto- 

 ralibus et ventralibus (ex parte abruptis) ; anali dorsali vix humiliore ; caudali postice 

 angulata 5f ad 5 J in longitudine corporis; colore corpore latere oculari viridescente (?), 

 latere anophthalmo albido, pinnis fiavescente (?)." 



The specimen, which is 145 mm. long, and in the Leyden Museum, is stated to be 

 from Guatemala. 



197. Hemirhombus ovalis. (Plate LXXX. fig. 1'.) 

 Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 154. 



D. 80. A. 69. L. lat. 58. 

 The dorsal commences before the eye. Teeth of the upper jaw in a double series, 

 with one or two pairs of small canine teeth in front ; those of the lower jaw closely set, 

 conical, in a single series. Scales largest in the middle of the body, adherent, ciliated ; 

 lateral line ascending gently over the pectoral fin, straight for the rest of its length. 

 The height of the body is contained twice and two-thirds in the total length ; the length 

 of the head four times and two-thirds. Snout rather shorter than the eye, the diameter 

 of which is two-ninths of the length of the head. Jaws equal anteriorly ; tlie length of 

 ' The artist ha.s unfortunatelv omitted to reverse the view of thi.s figure. 



