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Pleurqpecteg maculosus, GIEARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854. 155, young, San Diego. 

 Paralichthys tnaculogus, GIRARD, U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv., x, Fishes, 147, 1858, not Rhombus 



tnaculosus, CUVIER, also a species of Paralichthys; GUNTHER, Cat., iv, 431, 1862; GILL, 



Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila, 1864, 197; LOCKINGTON, Rep. Com. Fisheries California 



1878-79, 41 ; LOCKINGTON, Proc. TJ. S. Xat. Mus. 1879, 79 ; JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. TJ. S. 



Nat. Mus. 1880,454; JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc.U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881,66; JORDAN, Nat. 



His. Aqnat. Anim., 182, 1884. 

 Hippoglossus calif ornicus, AYRES, Proc. Cal. Ac. Nat. Sci. 1859, 29, and 1860, fig. 10, adult, 



San Francisco. 



Pseudorhombus californicus, GUNTHER, Cat., iv, 426, 1862. 

 TTropsetta calif ornica, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 330; GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 



Phila. 1864, 198. 

 Paralichthys calif ornicus, JORDAN <fc GILBERT, Synopsis, 821, 1883 ; JORDAN <fc Goss, Review 



Flonnders and Soles, 245, 1889. 



2992. PARALICHTHYS JESTUARIUS, Gilbert & Scofiehl. 



Head 3 ; depth. 2 ; eye 5f ; interorbital space flat, 12 in head, $ diam- 

 eter of eye; maxillary 2 in head, equal to pectoral fin; gill rakers 9 + 20, 

 the longest length of eye. D. 72 to 83; A. 58 to 64. (In 7 specimens 

 examined the rays are : Dorsal 72, 79, 81, 81, 82, 83, 83 ; anal 58, 60, 60, 62, 63, 

 63, 64.) Vertebrae 10 + 28; scales weakly ciliated, with small accessory 

 scales, 105 in the lateral line; length of the arch, contained 4 times in 

 straight part of lateral line, 2 in head ; height of arch 4 in head. Four 

 'of the 7 specimens are siuistral. Color pale chocolate brown. Specimens 

 small, 6 to 9 inches in length. Taken at Shoal Point, at mouth of the 

 Colorado River^ Mexico, by the United States Fish Commission steamer 

 Albatross. This species is distinguished from other members of the genus 

 by its numerous fin rays and many gill rakers. It is nearest related to 

 Paralichthys californicus. (cestuarius, pertaining to the river mouth.) 

 Paralichthys cestuarius, GILBERT & SCOFIELD, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1897, 499, pi. xxix, 



Gulf of California, at mouth of Colorado River, Sonora. (Type, No. 48128. Coll. 



C. H. Gilbert.) 



2993. PARALICHTHYS BRASILIENSIS (Ranzani). 



Head 4|-; depth 2i. D. 70 to 75; A. 54 to 60; scales not very small, 

 about 100 in course of lateral line; interorbital space rather broad and 

 flattish, | diameter of eye ; eyes small, of in head ; gill rakers rather short, 

 4 + 15, the longest about f eye; pectoral 1^ in head; curve of lateral 

 line high and short, 4 in straight part, its height If in its length ; mouth 

 moderate, the maxillary 1\ in head; teeth rather few, the anterior canines 

 large. Color dark brown, more or less mottled and spotted with paler. 

 South America; said to range northward to Guatemala. Here described 

 from numerous specimens from Rio Janeiro and from Maldonado, in the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology. The locality " Guatemala" given by 

 Giinther seems to be somewhat doubtful, and the species may not occur 

 in West Indian waters at all. (brasiliensis, living in Brazil.) 



Hippoglossus brasiliensis, RANZANI, Nov. Spec. Pise., 10, tab. 3, 1840, Brazil. 



Platessa orbignyana, VALENCIENNES, D'Orbigny Voy. S. Amer. Merid. Poiss., pt. 5, pi. 16, 



fig. 1, 1847. 



Rhombus aramaca, CASTELNAU, Anim. nouv. ou rares, Poiss., 78, pi. 40, fig. 3 ; not of CUVIEB. 

 Pseudorhombus vorax, GONTHER, Cat., iv, 429, 1862, South America. 

 Pseudorhombus brasilicnsit, GUNTHER, Fishes Centr. Amer., 473, 1869. 

 Paralichthys brasiliensis, JORDAN <fc Goss, Review Flounders and Soles, 246, 1889. 



