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  REPORT 
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  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [132] 
  

  

  539.— 
  CHALINURA 
  1 
  Goode 
  & 
  Beau. 
  

  

  1575. 
  Chalinura 
  Simula 
  Goode 
  & 
  Beau. 
  B. 
  

  

  Order 
  AA.— 
  HETEROSOMATA. 
  (U) 
  

  

  Family 
  OXLVIL— 
  PLEUKONECTID^. 
  (122) 
  

  

  540.— 
  BOTHUS 
  Rafinesque. 
  (449) 
  

  

  1576. 
  Bothus 
  maculatus 
  Mitchill. 
  N. 
  (1255) 
  

  

  541— 
  PLATOPHRYS- 
  Swainson. 
  

  

  1577. 
  Platophrys 
  leopardinus 
  3 
  Giiuther. 
  P. 
  

  

  1578. 
  Platophrys 
  nebularis 
  4 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  S. 
  

  

  idar 
  ; 
  a 
  very 
  prominent 
  subocular 
  ridge 
  ; 
  a 
  prominent 
  ridge 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  to 
  

   middle 
  of 
  interorbital 
  space 
  ; 
  a 
  curved 
  ridge 
  from 
  front 
  of 
  eye 
  above 
  to 
  a 
  poiut 
  on 
  

   side 
  of 
  snout 
  just 
  behind 
  its 
  tip. 
  Maxillary 
  extending 
  to 
  opposite 
  posterior 
  margin 
  

   of 
  pupil, 
  its 
  length 
  half 
  head 
  without 
  snout. 
  Iuterorbital 
  space 
  equal 
  to 
  length 
  of 
  

   upper 
  jaw. 
  Head 
  6. 
  D. 
  11,8-100. 
  A. 
  117. 
  V. 
  10. 
  Gulf 
  Stream, 
  lat. 
  40°, 
  in 
  deep 
  

   water. 
  (Goode 
  cf 
  Bean.) 
  

  

  (Goode 
  & 
  Bean, 
  Bull. 
  Mns. 
  Comp. 
  Zool., 
  Vol. 
  X, 
  No. 
  5, 
  197, 
  1883.) 
  

   1 
  Chalinura 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  

  

  (Goode 
  & 
  Bean, 
  Bull. 
  Mus. 
  Comp. 
  Zool., 
  Vol. 
  X, 
  No. 
  5, 
  1883, 
  198; 
  type, 
  Chalinura 
  

   Simula. 
  ) 
  

  

  Scales 
  cycloid, 
  fluted 
  longitudinally, 
  with 
  slightly 
  radiating 
  striae. 
  Snout 
  long, 
  

   broad, 
  truncate, 
  not 
  much 
  produced. 
  Mouth 
  lateral, 
  subtermina.1, 
  very 
  large. 
  Head 
  

   without 
  prominent 
  ridges 
  except 
  the 
  subocular 
  ones 
  and 
  those 
  upon 
  the 
  suout. 
  Sub- 
  

   orbital 
  ridge 
  not 
  reaching 
  angle 
  of 
  preopercle. 
  Teeth 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  jaw 
  in 
  a 
  villiform 
  

   band, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  series 
  much 
  enlarged, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw 
  uniserial, 
  large. 
  

   No 
  teeth 
  on 
  vomer 
  or 
  palatines; 
  small 
  pseudobranchiae 
  present. 
  Gill-rakers 
  spiny, 
  

   strong, 
  depressible,in 
  double 
  series 
  on 
  anterior 
  arch. 
  Gill 
  membranes 
  apparently 
  free 
  

   from 
  the 
  isthmus. 
  Ventrals 
  below 
  the 
  pectorals 
  ; 
  chin 
  with 
  a 
  barbel. 
  Vertical 
  fins 
  

   as 
  in 
  Coryphosnoides. 
  Deep-sea 
  fishes. 
  (XaXivoi, 
  rein 
  ; 
  ovpa, 
  tail.) 
  

   Chalinura 
  Simula 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  

  

  Form 
  of 
  Coryphojnoides. 
  Snout 
  broad, 
  obtuse, 
  scarcely 
  projecting 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  ; 
  its 
  width 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  nearly 
  equal 
  to 
  its 
  own 
  length 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  interorbital 
  

   width. 
  Eye 
  5 
  in 
  head, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  snout 
  ; 
  preopercle 
  emargiuate 
  behind. 
  Second 
  

   spine 
  of 
  dorsal 
  serrate; 
  ventral 
  prolonged 
  in 
  a 
  filament 
  which 
  reaches 
  18th 
  ray 
  of 
  

   anal. 
  Head 
  5*; 
  depth 
  6f. 
  D. 
  II, 
  9-113. 
  A. 
  118. 
  P. 
  '20. 
  V.9. 
  Gulf 
  Stream, 
  about 
  

   latitude 
  40°. 
  ( 
  Goode 
  $ 
  Bean. 
  ) 
  

  

  (Goode 
  & 
  Bean, 
  1. 
  c, 
  1883, 
  199.) 
  

  

  2 
  Platophrys 
  Swainson. 
  

   (Bhomboidichthys 
  Bleeker). 
  

  

  (Swainson, 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Class'n 
  Fishes, 
  etc., 
  1839, 
  II, 
  302; 
  type 
  Bhombus 
  ocellatus 
  

   Agassiz.) 
  

  

  Eyes 
  and 
  color 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  side. 
  Body 
  ovate, 
  strongly 
  compressed 
  ; 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  

   large 
  type, 
  but 
  comparatively 
  small 
  ; 
  the 
  maxillary 
  one-thi 
  id 
  or 
  less 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   head; 
  teeth 
  small, 
  subequal, 
  in 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  series; 
  no 
  teeth 
  on 
  vomer 
  or 
  palatines. 
  

   Interorbital 
  space 
  broad 
  and 
  concave, 
  usually 
  broadest 
  in 
  adult 
  males. 
  Gill-rakers 
  

   moderate. 
  Dorsal 
  fin 
  beginning 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  eye 
  ; 
  all 
  its 
  rays 
  simple 
  ; 
  ventral 
  of 
  col- 
  

   ored 
  side 
  on 
  ridge 
  of 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  caudal 
  convex 
  behind 
  ; 
  pectoral 
  of 
  left 
  side 
  usually 
  

   with 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  filamentous 
  rays, 
  longest 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  Scales 
  very 
  small 
  (in 
  Amer- 
  

   ican 
  species) 
  ; 
  lateral 
  line 
  with 
  a 
  strong 
  arch 
  in 
  front. 
  Coloration 
  usually 
  variegated. 
  

   Species 
  numerous 
  in 
  warm 
  seas. 
  (IJXavvi, 
  broad 
  ; 
  axppvi, 
  eyebrow.) 
  

  

  3 
  Bhomboidichthys 
  leopardinus 
  Giiuther, 
  IV, 
  34 
  ; 
  Parophrys 
  leopardinus 
  Jordau 
  & 
  Gil 
  

   bert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  , 
  1884, 
  260. 
  Guaymas. 
  

  

  * 
  J'latophrys 
  nebularis 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1884,31. 
  Key 
  West; 
  

   (Jordau) 
  ; 
  Loug 
  Island 
  (Beau). 
  

  

  