760 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



BOTHUS, Raf. 



(Rhombus. Pleuronectes.) 



B. maculatus, Mitcli. {aquosus, Lophopaetta.) Spotted Turbot. Sand 

 Flounder. Window-pane. 



Light olive brown, nearly translucent, marbled with paler, 

 and with blackish blotches ; body rhomboid ; eye large ; mouth 

 large ; teeth in one lateral series in both jaws ; scales well-devel- 

 oped cycloid ; no bony tubercles ; dorsal and anal scaled ; lateral 

 line arched in front ; dorsal begins on snout ; left side upper- 

 most. Dorsal rays, 65 ; anal rays, 52 ; lateral-line scales, 85 ; 

 length, 18 inches. 



" Occasionally this species is seen in our waters, but it is rare, 

 and only taken associated with allied species." 



CITHA.RIOHTHYS, Bleak. 



(Hemirhombus. Metoponops. Orthopsetta.) 

 C. arctifrons, Goode. 



Light brown ; body comparatively elongate ; scales cycloid, 

 deciduous ; lateral line straight ; eyes close together ; dorsal 

 begins over eye ; pectoral on colored side twice the length of 

 other. Dorsal rays, 83 ; anal rays, 67 ; left pectoral rays, 10 ; 

 right, 7 ; lateral rays, 40 ; length, 6 inches. Gulf Stream, oif 

 Rhode Island ; probably referred to in following note, which 

 designates a tropical species : 



" Oitharichthys microstomus. 



" This is a rare species, met with occasionally, with other 

 flounders, and in its habits generally resembles them." 



The following is associated with the preceding, but less abun- 

 dant. 



O. unicornis, Goode. 



Ashy gray ; eyes black ; lateral line dark ; body deepest over 

 pectorals ; strong ridge between eyes, ending in spine on snout ; 

 teeth minute, closely set, stronger on blind side. Dorsal rays, 

 74; anal rays, 60; right pectoral rays, 4 ; left, 10; lateral-line 

 scales, 40 ; length, 3 inches. 



