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types obtained in the deep waters (75 fathoms) of the Gulf Stream, oft' the 

 Carolina coast, (dilectus, delightful.) 



Notosema dilecta, GOODE <fc BEAN, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., x, No. 5, 193, 1883, Gulf Stream 

 off the coast of South Carolina; GOODE <fc BEAN, Oceanic Ichthyology, 437, 1896. 



Parallchthys stigmatias, GOODE, Nat. Hist. Aquat. Auim., 182, 1884; by inadvertance for 

 dilectus. 



Ancylopsetta dilecta, JORDAN, Cat. Fish. N. A., 134, 1885; JORDAN & Goss, Review Floun- 

 ders and Soles, 250, 1889. 



1028. GASTROPSETTA, B. A. Bean. 



Gastropsetta, BARTON A. BEAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1894, 633 (frontalis). 



Body oblong-ovate, highly arched in front, covered with small, cycloid, 

 embedded scales; lateral line arched iii front, deflected downward on 

 caudal peduncle. Teeth small, in a single series in each jaw. Dorsal iin 

 beginning in advance of eye, its anterior rays produced, not connected by 

 the irregular and broadly fringed membrane. Gill rakers very short, 

 almost as broad as long, few in number. Ventral of eyed side produced, 

 ending in a long filamentous ray in the young. This genus is closely allied 

 to Ancylopsetta, from which it differs in form of body, and especially in 

 the entirely smooth scales, singularly branched and produced anterior 

 dorsal rays, and very short and broad gill rakers, (yatirfjp, belly ; ipijrra, 

 turbot or flounder.) 



3004. GASTROPSETTA FRONTALIS, B. A. Bean. 



Head4f; depth2|; middle caudal rays 2|; eye large, 3f in he ad. D.60; 

 A. 48; V. 6; P. I, 10. Mouth of moderate size, maxillary 2| in head, the 

 jaws curved; interorbital ridge prominent, very narrow. Dorsal begin- 

 ning in front of eye on snout, its anterior rays singularly branched, the 

 third and fourth longest, almost equaling length of head ; anal fin begin- 

 ning at vent, which is situated on blind side, its anterior rays scarcely 

 produced ; ventral of colored side much produced ; middle caudal ray s long. 

 Color in spirits, light brown ; 3 black spots on body, 2 along back, and 1 

 near anal base; fins with dusky blotches; several vertical stripes across 

 eyes. A smaller specimen from Albatross Station 2317 has D. 62; A. 52; 

 V. 6 ; P. I, 11. Gill rakers short, broad lamina}, 2 + 7. Teeth weak, uni- 

 serial. Anterior rays of dorsal greatly produced, the third 1| times as 

 long as head. Ventral of eyed side very long, ending in a thread-like 

 filament. Color as in the preceding. An example from Albatross Station 

 2373 near Apalachicola, is 224 mm. long; its depth 90 mm. D.60; A. 49; 

 P. I, 10; V. 6; C. 15. Vent situated in a deep notch, which forms the 

 front margin of abdomen, and not on side, as in other specimens. Color 

 darker than that of the Key West examples, being dark reddish brown; 

 body spotted and fins blotched as in the preceding. Two specimens 

 obtained by the Albatross, January 15, 1885, at Station 2317, Lat. 24 25' 

 45" N., Long. 81 46' 45" W., near Key West, Florida, in 45 fathoms of 

 water, the type 8 inches long, the other one 6 inches. (B. A. Bean.) 

 (frontalis, pertaining to the forehead.) 



Oastropsetta frontalig, BARTON A. BEAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1894, 633, Key West. 

 (Type, No. 37C68, U. S. Nat. Mus. Coll. Albatross.) 



