Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2031 



2998. PARALICHTHYS SQUAM1LENTUS, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 3? ; depth 2. D. 78 ; A. 59 ; scales 123 (pores). Body deep, strongly 

 compressed; caudal peduncle very short; profile angulated at front of 

 upper eye. Head wide, the eyes large, wide apart. Mouth very large, 

 oblique, the broad maxillary reaching well beyond pupil, its length more 

 than \ the head. Lower jaw projecting ; mandible with a sharp compressed 

 knob at symphysis ; teeth few, unequal, in a single row, about 8 in each jaw 

 canine-like, the 2 in front of lower jaw longest; lateral teeth of upper 

 jaw minute. Interorbital space a narrow scaleless bony ridge, slightly 

 concave anteriorly, scarcely \ diameter of pupil. Scales very small, 

 smooth, adherent; curve of lateral line 4 in straight part; snout, jaws, 

 and preopercle naked. Gill rakers short, 3-}- 9 in number, triangular, 

 roughly toothed, little higher than wide, the longest nearly eye. Dor- 

 sal beginning over front of eye, the anterior rays 4 in head; pectoral 

 short, shorter than maxillary ; anal spine weak; caudal double rounded. 

 Brownish; body and fins spotted with darker; caudal mottled with white; 

 pectorals banded, with dark spots. South Atlantic and Gulf coasts of 

 United States. This species is very close to Paralichthys albiguttus, from 

 which it differs chiefly in the small scales. It seems to be rather rare. 

 Besides the original types from Pensacola, another referred to the same 

 species is in the National Museum from Charleston, (squamilentus, scaly.) 



ParaUchthys squatnilentus, JOBDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, 303, Pensacola 

 (Type, No. 30862); JORDAN &. GILBERT, Synopsis, 823, 1883; BEAN, Cat. Coll. Fish, 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, 45; JORDAN & Goss, Review Flounders and Soles, 248, 1889. 



2999. PARALICHTHYS ALBIGUTTUS, Jordan & Gilbert. 



(GULF FLOUNDER.) 



Head 3f ; depth 2. D. 72 to 80 ; A. 59 to 61 ; scales 9 to 100 (pores) ; eye 

 6 or 7 in head; maxillary 1|; pectoral 2; ventral 3; caudal 1| ; curve of 

 lateral line 3 in straight part. Body moderately elongate-elliptical ; 

 mouth large, the maxillary reaching past eye; jaws subequal; teeth 

 strong, slender, and curved, about 7 on side of lower jaw, 4 or 5 moderate 

 canines in front of upper jaw, the lateral teeth being minute, close set; 

 iuterorbital space length of eye, the upper ridge rather prominent behind 

 upper eye, scaled posteriorly ; mandibles naked ; a small patch of scales 

 on maxillary ; gill rakers broad and toothed behind, the longest 2 in eye, 

 3 + 10 in number. Fins low; anterior rays of dorsal not elevated nor 

 exserted, the longest rays behind the middle, 2f in head; pectoral not 

 reaching to end of curve ; caudal double lunate. Scales moderate, cycloid, 

 covered with epidermis which bears small flaps about the borders of many 

 of the scales. Dark t)live, mottled with dusky, and marked by numerous 

 more or less distinct pale spots, which are sometimes obsolete ; three dark 

 spots, bordered with white, sometimes present, particularly in the young, 1 

 on lateral line posteriorly and 1 above aud^ below anterior end of straight 

 part of lateral line. Vertebrae 10 -f- 27=37. South Atlantic and Gulf coasts 

 of the United States. This species is common on the South Atlantic and 

 Gulf coasts. It has the few gill rakers of P. lethostigmus, the mottled colora- 

 tion of P. dentatus, while from each it is distinguished by its smaller number 



