Jordan and Evcrmann. Fishes of North America. 2621 



2987. HIPPOGLOSSI> T A MACROPS, Steindaclmer. 



Head2f; depth 2^. D.66; A. 52; scales 75 to 80 ; upper orbit 3| in head. 

 Body elliptical, deeper than in related species; mouth moderate, the max- 

 illary reaching to middle of eye; teeth small, sharp, uniserial; lower eye 

 slightly in front of upper; eyes separated by a naked narrow ridge; nos- 

 trils close together, the anterior ending in a tube; horizontal limb of pre- 

 opercle somewhat concave, the vertical convex. Dorsal beginning over 

 middle of eye; pectoral of left side \ head, much longer than maxillary, 

 which is 2f in head; interorbital space a narrow ridge; scales of left side 

 all strongly ctenoid, those on blind side ciliated only on posterior third of 

 body; no anal spine. Color brownish, with obscure darker blotches. 

 Body sinistral (in the only specimen known). (Steindachner.) Pacific 

 coast of Mexico. One specimen from Mazatlan ; not seen by us. {f-iccupbc,, 

 large; ffity, eye.) 



Ilippogloslina macrops, STEINDACHNER, Ichth. Beitr., v, 13, pi. 3, 1876, Mazatlan ; JORDAN 

 & Goss, Review Flounders and Soles, 242, 1889. 



2988. HIPPOGLOSSINA BOLLMANI, Gilbert. 



Head 3*(3| to 3i) in length ; depth 2f to 2f (3 to 31) ; snout 5 in head. 

 D. 60 to 63 ; A. 47 to 49 ; scales along lateral line 70 to 75. Body regularly 

 elongate, elliptical; dorsal and ventral outlines equally curved; orbital 

 rim entering anterior profile, which is equally curved before and behind 

 eyes; greatest depth of body above pectorals. Mouth rather large, the 

 maxillary reaching about to middle of pupil, 2^ to 2f in head. Teeth 

 equally developed on both sides, small and equal, uniserial. Prernaxillary 

 spine prominent. Interorbital space a narrow, sharp, naked ridge; eyes 

 large, the lower slightly in advance of upper, 3| to 4 in head. Gill rakers 

 moderately long and slender, the longest 3 in length of ventral of eyed side ; 

 2-J-8 or 9 developed, the last 2 much shorter. Scales small, firm, strongly 

 ctenoid, those below pectoral much reduced, about 40 in a cross series; 

 arch of lateral line strongly marked, 2f to 2i jn straight part. Dorsal 

 beginning above middle of pupil of upper eye, its anterior rays low, its 

 longest rays 2f in head; a strong antrorse spine before anal; pectoral 

 of eyed side 2 in head, that of blind side 2 to 2f in head; ventrals 

 subequal, each 6-rayed, 4 in head, extending more than their length 

 beyond anus; each is lateral, but that of eyed side nearest ridge of abdo- 

 men, and a little behind its fellow; last ray of left ventral joined to 

 abdomen alongside of anal spine; caudal acute, its peduncle long. Color 

 grayish brown, a row of 6 round, bluish spots, smaller than pupil, along 

 base of dorsal, 4 similar spots along base of anal, and a few indistinct 

 smaller ones on rest of body and head ; body with 6 large black spots some- 

 what smaller than eye, these regularly 4 below dorsal and 2 above anal, 

 the first of dorsal above arch of lateral line, the second above anterior 

 third of straight part, the third at base of last rays and almost forming a 

 cross bar with the 1 at base of anal rays. Dorsal, anal, and caudal dusky, 

 with small whitish spots ; a pale spot at base of last 4 dorsal and anal 

 rays; a small black spot at base of outer caudal rays on peduncle; pecto- 

 rals and ventrals dusky, but not spotted; right side immaculate. Length 



