Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2635 



being on the lateral line; the ocellated spots are frequently furnished 

 with a bright white center, and the sides and vertical tins have often a 

 few scattered white spots; a small, indistinct, dark spot on middle of 

 each eighth or tenth ray of dorsal and anal. Vertebr;e 9 + 26 = 35. South 

 Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States; not rare; a very handsome 

 species, (quadrocellatus, having 4 ocelli.) 



Ancylopsetta quadrocellata, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 224 ; not Platesta quadrocel- 

 lata, STOKER; JORDAN & Goss, Keview Flounders and Soles, 250, 1889. 



Paralichthys ommatus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882,616, Charleston; 

 JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 824, 1883 ; JORDAN & SWAIN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884. 

 234 ; JORDAN <fc Goss, Review Flounders and Soles, 250, 1889. 



Pseudorhombus quadrocellatus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1878, 370. 



1027. NOTOSEMA, Goode & Bean. 



Notosema, GOODE & BEAN, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., x, No. 5, 192, 1883 (dilecta). 



Bocly sinistral, elliptical in form, the caudal fin pedunculate. Mouth 

 moderate, beneath the central axis of the body. Eyes large, close together, 

 the upper one nearly encroaching upon the profile, the lower slightly in 

 advance of the upper. Teeth in a single series in the jaws, about equally 

 developed on each side, largest in front, absent on vomer and palatines. 

 Pectoral fins somewhat unequal, that upon the blind side f as large as the 

 other; dorsal fin commencing slightly behind anterior margin of upper 

 eye, the first 8 rays separated into a distinct subdivision of the fin, several 

 of them being prolonged; caudal rounded, sinistral; ventral much elong- 

 ated. Scales small, ctenoid on colored side of body ; lateral line promi- 

 nent, strongly arched, alike on both sides, the tubes simple. Gill rakers 

 moderately numerous, rather stout, subtriangular, pectinate posteriorly. 

 Pseudobranchije well developed. Vertebrae 35. This genus is scarcely dis- 

 tinct from Ancylopsetta, the body more elongate, the dorsal and ventral 

 rays more produced. (V&TO$, back; dtfjua, banner.) 



3003. NOTOSEMA DILECTCM (Goode & Bean). 



Head 3; depth 2. D, 68; V. 6. A. 54 to 56; scales 48 (pores) on 

 straight part of lateral line; width of interorbital area almost imper- 

 ceptible ; mandible reaching to middle of pupil of lower eye, its length 2 

 in head; upper jaw 2^ times length of head. Origin of dorsal over an- 

 terior margin of eye, second and third rays the longest, which are 2 in 

 greatest depth of body ; anal beginning close to vent, its posterior rays 

 longest; caudal pedunculate, double truncate; pectoral of eyed side sub- 

 triangular, its length 5 in length of body; ventral of eyed side much 

 produced, its length more than 3 times that of its mate. Color dark 

 brown, speckled with darker, 3 large subcircular ocellated spots nearly as 

 large as eye, with white center, dark iris, narrow, light margin, and a 

 brown encircling outline, these arranged in an isosceles triangle, the apex 

 on the lateral line, the others before it and distant from the lateral line a 

 distance equal to their own diameter; blind side white ; fins blotched with 

 dark brown. (Goode & Bean.) Gulf Stream. Known from the original 



