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 58. CITHARICHTHYS SPILOPTERUS. 



Citharichthys spiloplerm Glinther, iv, 1862, 421 (New Orleans, San Domingo, Ja- 

 maica). Giinther, Fish. Central America, p. 471, 1869, pi. Ixxx, tig. 2, 

 (Chiapatn). Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, p. 382 (Panama). 

 Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, p. 618 (Charleston). Jordan 

 and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. 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. S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1886, 53 (Havana). 



Citharichthys cayennenais Bleeker, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Amsterd., xiii, 1862, 6 

 (Cayenne) (name only). 



Citharichthys guatemalensis Bleeker, Neder. Tydschr. Dierk, 1864, 73 (Guatemala). 

 Giintber, 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 almost everywhere 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 compelled to regard all as forming a single 

 species. 



It rarely exceeds 5 or G 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 Hemirhombusfuscus, although in Poey's descrip- 

 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 are in the museum at Cambridge 

 from Panama, Cuba, Para, Sambaia, Pernarnbuco, Camaru, Rio das 

 Velhas, Rio Janeiro, and San Matheo. 



59. CITHARICHTHYS SUMICHRASTI. 



Citharichthys sumichrasti Jordan, sp. nov. 



Habitat. — Pacific coast of tropical America. 



This species is close to C. spilojrterus, differing chiefly in the larger 

 scales and in the different coloration. The type, No. 25299, in the Mu- 

 seum of Comparative Zoology, was collected inRioZanatenco, Chiapas, 

 by Prof. Francis E. Sumichrast. Another specimen is in the mu- 

 seum labeled Panama : Pitkins. 



