Citharichthys arctifrons, Goode

Goode, G. B. & Bean, T. H., 1883, Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer “ Blake, ” Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding., Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 10 (5), pp. 183-226 : 194

4. Citharichthys arctifrons, Goode .

Citharichthys arctifrons, Goode , op. cit., pp. 341, 472. (Nov. 23.)

Eight young individuals, the longest measuring two inches, were dredged at Station 313, off Charleston, S. C., in 75 fathoms; also, three specimens, badly mutilated, from Station 336, lat. 38° 21' N, long. 73° 32' W., in 197 fathoms, and another large one at Station 311, lat. 39° 59' 30", long. 70° 12' W., in 143 fathoms. Other small ones were from Station 314.

The peculiar elongated snout, similar to that of Macrurus , is attributable to age.

The species has also been taken by the U. S. Fish Commission off Newport in 83-155 fathoms.